
The
Goat Organ is designed and made by Matt Smith a rather elaborate automata
involving five organ pipes two sets of bellows and nine valves . The goat on
the floor pumps the bellows whilst the goat on the organ hits the keys , both
goats are of course singing . As this is going on the organ pipes slide up and
down and produce a tune ( of sorts ) .
The organ is made of black walnut , ebony and beech , the goats are lime and
rosewood , The box is Douglas fir with the mechanism being made of stainless
steel , brass , birch plywood , yew , and special bellows leather . Each of these
takes me longer to make than it used to take British Leyland to make a Mini
( hence the price ! ! ).
A limited edition of fifteen finished in December 2003.
The model is 200mm x 130mm x 480mm high
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