Largest NATURAL Musical Instrument in the WORLD

This is a video of a stalagtite organ that plays instead of pipes, by using rubber mallots that strike various stalagtites throughout the caverns. Our first visit to Luray Caverns in Virginia.The song played is an old Gospel called:"A Mighty Fortress is our God"

Comments

1. I think the sponsors should be calling this a stalactite carillon (the definition of "bell" is more flexible that that of "organ pipe"). I shudder to think of how tuning is controlled -- they wouldn't sculpt ancient stalactites to the necessary dimensions required for the desired tunings, would they?
2. Amazing! I've never even heard of this "natural organ". I could make out;A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD....WOW! I know those stalagtites have been there a looooooong time, but...do they ever melt? The sound went from bright to deep grumbling. Nature can be absolutley WONDROUS! Thanks!
3. @MarshalBeard Thanks...yes I know the camera is awful...thank God we got a new one....perfect quality vids, so I'll be taking it next adventure we go on :)
4. OMG! sry but ur camera sucks... get a cannon or something:P that noise is extremely annoying and the quality is pretty bad :( but besides that AWESOME VID! IF YOUTUBE DIDNT CHANGE, I WUD STILL GIVE 5 STARS!
5. cool
6. thank you for explaining! Yes, there is a damping mechanism. thanks for watching : )
7. Very neat.
8. Thanks!!! Glad you enjoyed it, we sure did....
9. LOL...yes, the camera makes an irritating noise, unfortunately....thanks for the comment!!!!
10. Sounds pretty good, and use nature to play music is a great and beautyful idea ... but what is that noise? Does it come from the camera, or is it Woody Woodpecker? lol