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Fintan's Favorite Instrument: Pyrophone

Since when has there been an organ that uses fire to make sounds?? Apparently, there are a lot of instruments that use fire to create different pitches. Here's a video explaining how it works.

I have a feeling that Fintan created this idea... Tolkien's book series wasn't enough mischief for him, he needed an entire instrument that runs off flames. Imagine him playing this to make his noxflares grow because someone told him that plants like to grow when there is music playing, or something like that.

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The Pyrophone, also known as the "fire organ" or "fire-explosion organ," is indeed a real instrument from the 19th century. It was invented by Georges Frédéric Eugène Kastner, a French physicist and musician, in the mid-1800s. The Pyrophone produces sound by using flames within glass tubes or metal pipes. The heat from the flames causes the air inside the tubes to vibrate, creating musical notes. The intensity and frequency of the sound can be altered by adjusting the size and intensity of the flames.

photo : Edelseider

fuckyeahfrankquitely

For those non-Scots, here is a cover of Electric Soup with Quitely’s earlier creations, The Greens! A (loving) pisstake on The Broons, Scotland’s favourite comic strip family :D

theinturnetexplorer

The Story of Rock

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TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).

Bonus:

drst

These are my people.

petermorwood

Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.

In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…

…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…

…even though most writers now use monitor / keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.

In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.

The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.

The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…

And of course the Save icon is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.

Why it wasn’t a 5¼ floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.

Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.

Graphics and terminology are funny things.

nehirose

reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.

porcupine-girl

I’m mostly entertained by the guy who thinks you need to know that “case” means “box” in French as though that’s not what it means in English.

catgirlforeskin

skeumorphism my beloved

bizships

It’s fascinating. This post alternately made me feel old and taught me something. Tumblr is amazing.

redcurlzbychoice

And because we continue to use signs of ancient hardware, youngsters come up with questions like “why is the icon for ‘save’ a vending machine with a can of soda?” (One day I’ll find that post and link it)

everythingfox

Minecat

everythingfox

Looks like garfield

justcatposts

The moment where he calculates.

(Source)

zegalba

Hadi Rahnaward: 'Fragile Balance' (2023) rug sculpture created with matches

vintageeveryday

In 1935, quarry workers in Port Madoc, North Wales used a unique device to ride the rails when returning from work. The device consisted of three wheels and a hand brake.