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Word: hydraulus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first mechanical pipe organ, a water-driven monster called a hydraulus, so awed the ancients that they enshrined it in a temple of Venus. A 5th century organ at Jerusalem thundered forth such a gigantic noise that admirers listened from the Mount of Olives, nearly a mile away. The stir that the organ is creating today is almost as awe-inspiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Organ Revival | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

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