Water organ of Villa d’este, Italy

The Renaissance villa “Villa d’este” outside of Rome is famous for its more than five hundred fountains, water games and water surprises, all of which are mechanically driven by old, good engineering spirit. Water is led by gravity through underground tunnels and led to the various installations who needs nothing more than this natural pressure to function. The pipes in the water organ are also driven by the weight/pressure of the water.

Villa d’este: Pirro Ligorio and Alberto Galvani 1550. Read more

Organ and hydraulics: Claude Venard och Thomaso Chiruchi