hydraulis.
The earliest form of organ, its invention attributed to Ctesibius in Alexandria about 300 bc. It had up to four ranks, each with four to 18 pipes, averaging about eight. How these were tuned is unknown. A pump on each side provided the air, the pressure being stabilized by a tank of water, hence the name (Gk. ... ...
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