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- From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
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- Subject: das orgeltod
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 00:21:47 GMT
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- built in the 1720s, said the guide. for the bass they imported
- elephant at great expense. the high notes go all the way up to
- ferret.
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- look at the polishing of the bones. the art was never practiced
- in europe and they had to import craftsmen from hindustan. if
- you look closely enough you will see an iridescent sheen, which
- is due to gradual imbedding of the diamond polishing dust.
- after completion the polishing artists were incorporated into
- the third midrange, to insure uniqueness.
-
- yes, as you point out the tremolos are not complete.
- construction was directed and financed by the bishop of lower
- palatine, malachi von wert, who was of course quite mad.
- before work was quite complete word got out, and the pope
- forced his resignation. he was hanged in kiel on the fifth of
- may 1728.
-
- on the gallows he requested that he too be added to the
- midranges; but this was, of course, denied.
-
- yes, the traps are quite elegant. the springs are of whalebone
- and still work as far as anyone knows. but those are just the
- externals; no one really knows the extent of the thing.
- recently some people from the university of koln wanted to do
- an x-ray examination, but the bishop refused permission.
-
- yes; in 1939, on his way to france with a panzer division, ss
- general von blitzer attempted it. a courageous man, but perhaps
- his valor was greater than the situation demanded.
-
- no, in fact the remains were never found. for all we know he's
- still in there.
-
- no, not in the midranges. <laughs>
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