How Does an Organ Work? - Christmas Lectures with Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor goes inside a church organ to see how the different sounds are produced.
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Charles Taylor gave the 1989 Christmas Lectures "Exploring Music" about how science and music are often treated as separate subjects but one can often say a lot about the other.
His fourth lecture, where this clip is from, explores the science of wind instruments.
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