Talk:Cat organ

Joke?
(Checks calendar, sees it's not April 1.) Is this real? I find it hard to believe, and I don't have access to any of the references at the moment. —Keenan Pepper 02:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Googling for "Cat Piano" suggests its either real or a wannabe meme. Also, Athanasius_Kircher, a featured articel, mentions it. I think it may be real! 68.39.174.238 18:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Athanasius Kircher, a scientist, described (not invented) a Katzenklavier in his book Musurgia Universalis (1650). Did he tell jokes? - no. Different sources tell totally different models of them. Some instruments use the voice of cats and some the reaction of cats while being tortured (which leads to a tone on a piano). It's probably not a hoax, see or http://www.mannheim.de/io2/browse/Webseiten/Bildung/Bildung%C2%B2.Online/Magazin/Wundersame%20Instrumenten-Welt/2005_01_36_Serie_Musikschule_de.xdoc www.mannheim.de Scriberius 21:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


 * It seems to be for real. This  appears to credit the invention to Johann Christian Reil.  Maybe Monty Python's 'Mouse Organ' wasn't an original after all?


 * Here are some recent mentions of it on popular (but not necessarily WP:RELIABLE ) websites:


 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/19/katzenklavier-music-piano-cats/print


 * http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2011/01/27/white-trash-repairs-historical-thursday-katzenklavier/#more-18686


 * Guy Macon 21:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Kircher
I just went through the whole Kircher Musurgia Universalis and can confirm that there are no images of the cat piano there, Didn't read the whole text of course, nor any of his other writings, but definitely no images of it come from this book. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 03:18, 2 June 2014 (UTC)


 * With the help of a friend who is an expert on the writings of the period I was able to find it -- it is definitely there. Added long citation and links to references. Will write the New York Times for a correction. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 06:30, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

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