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THE FIRE ORGAN

 

 

 

 

The”Fire Organ” is an instrument that transforms the heat from a flame into a new energy source, that of sound. 

The thermal exchanges that take place in the tubes of the Organ, which are generated by multiple vibrations within, are directly linked to meteorology. In particular, the idea of unstable equilibriums, the liberation of energy occurring between the conflicting masses of hot air, with those of cold air.

Fire, Air, Metal (those alloys born from the earth), Water in all of its forms, and then of course Life, which combines plants and animals from our planet, of which We – humans- are merely a humble part. The Thermal Instruments take these essential elements, and uses them to their advantage, as each new “alchemy” forges sounds which we call the“Thermal Chants”.

Being in permanent evolution, the “Fire Organ” is made up of several complementary installations:
- Thermal Percussion: which liberates the breaths of the fire in titanium tubes
- Thermal Flutes: which transform the flame from the burner into high frequency sounds
- The Thermal Scales, which oscillate over a fixed flame
- The Continual Thermal Sound, is the continuous vibrations of a column of air within different sizes of glass tubes

Each instrument used is often modified according to the function and needs of each new creative event.


 

 

 

 



Conseiller technique 
pour les instruments thermiques :

Pierre JOULAIN

Directeur de Recherche au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de Combustion et de détonique de Poitiers

Membre du NFPA SFPE
National Fire Protection Agency - Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Professeur associé du Fire Protection Engineering Department University of Maryland, College Park.
Membre de International Association of Fire Safety Service (IAFSS)
Organisateur en Juillet 1999 du sixième Symposium of IAFSS en France.

Joulain@lcd.ensma.fr