page_title: Pyrophone
hierarchical_section_title: Pyrophone
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pyrophone ou "orgue à gaz", instrument de musique construit en 1876 (quand l'Alsace était allemande) par Frédéric Kastner (1852-1882)English: Pyrophone (fire organ) built in 1876 by Frédéric Kastner (1852-1882) from Alsace
context_page_description: A pyrophone, also known as a "fire/explosion organ" or "fire/explosion calliope" is a musical instrument in which notes are sounded by explosions, or similar forms of rapid combustion, rapid heating, or the like, such as burners in cylindrical glass tubes, creating light and sound. It was invented by physicist and musician Georges Frédéric Eugène Kastner, son of composer Jean-Georges Kastner, around 1870.
context_section_description: A pyrophone, also known as a "fire/explosion organ" or "fire/explosion calliope" is a musical instrument in which notes are sounded by explosions, or similar forms of rapid combustion, rapid heating, or the like, such as burners in cylindrical glass tubes, creating light and sound. It was invented by physicist and musician Georges Frédéric Eugène Kastner (born 1852 in Strasbourg, France - died 1882 in Bonn, Germany), son of composer Jean-Georges Kastner, around 1870.
caption: One of the pyrophones constructed by Kastner, as seen in 2013 in the Musée historique de Strasbourg.
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