The Great Stalacpipe Organ

Luray Caverns - Located in the Cathedral, the Great Stalacpipe Organ is the world's largest musical instrument.

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[bmhall100]

Its not natural, the stalactites DID NOT grow and be able to produce these notes. They grew, and then they were filed and cut by man to produce the right notes, so its a man made instrument. Saying this instrument is natural is like saying a statue is natural

[inloveforever07]

I love it

[KatyKatetheLeeKaylee]

@bmhall100 Ah but that is a conteractive comment, it could be condsidered natural since the tune is COMING from the stalactites themselves. Even if they were shaped to play the note, nature is helping create the music. So it is natural yet unatural in different ways.

[bmhall100]

@bmhall100 But then nature had been tampered with to get the sound from the stactites to create the sound, so its man made. Its like the countryside in britain, most if it is man made, nature didnt put the hedges there in rows and make the square fields did it...

[CybrgDragon]

@bmhall100 It is however, mostly natural. The scientist/musician who created it found all the notes of the musical scale, then filed them to produce the right tone of that note. Then he made all the machinery that taps them.

[bmhall100]

Its NOT natural, the sounds are man made! And the stalactites were shaped and filed down etc to produce the right note!

[Mauccampos]

This is a truly "made from scratch" one.

By the way it sounds profoundly sweet, almost angelical; it makes me daydream.

[BayAreaBiker2001]

It sounds like a harp.

[John081590]

I think that the size does not matter. The fact that this is an instrument created by nature is awesome enough fro anyone.

[SpyroJunkie]

I just went here and it was awesome! One of the coolest places i've ever been!