25 Jul 2011
Our Changing World - Flame Organ
In the sleepy coastal town of Taeiri Mouth, Alastair Galbraith has built a very strange instrument. Harnessing the power of thermo-acoustics, his Flame Organ uses Rijke tubes to produce sound. To hear the organ's eerie music, and tease out some of the science behind it, Ruth Beran visits the musician at his home.