Photograph: Pipe Organ made of Bamboo

Daily Herald photograph entitled 'Pipe Organ made of Bamboos'. The photograph shows the first bamboo pipe organ being installed at the Sony building in Sukiya-bashi, Tokyo. Dated April 25th 1966.

Photograph from the Daily Herald Archive, indexed as Music, Instruments - Organ.

Pipe Organ made of Bamboos

The world's first bamboo pipe organ appeared at the Sony building at Sukiya-bashi, Tokyo. The main pipes among the 9780 pipes of the organ are made of excellent bamboo collected from all parts of Japan to produce milder tones than metal pipe organs. Nihen Gakki Co. spent a year and a half and 40 million yen to make it.