Pyrophone

One of the pyrophones constructed by Kastner, as seen in 2013 in the Musée historique de Strasbourg
Durant's diagram of the sound-creating gas burners,[1] the, "mechanisms that allowed two flames to unite or diverge to produce a musical note"[2]
Kastner

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.

  1. ^ Dunant, Henri (August 1875). "The Pyrophone" . Popular Science Monthly . Vol. 7. p. 447 – via Wikisource. Also published with a following discussion in (February 19, 1875). "Description of M. Kastner's New Musical Instrument, the Pyrophone", Journal of the Society of Arts, Volume 23, p.293-7. The Society of Arts. [ISBN unspecified].
  2. ^ Wade, John (2016). The Ingenious Victorians: Weird and Wonderful Ideas from the Age of Innovation, p.136. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473849044.