Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
De Caus Water Organ Automaton
Hortus Palatinus Renaissance Garden

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Water organs, powered by water wheels were often hidden in Renaissance gardens, especially at other places where water was to be found, such as at fountains. Water pushed air into the organ pipes, thus the water organs played! Water organs played an almost subliminal music.

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