Hydraulis - Ύδραυλις - Water Organ - The 1st Organ - Reconstruction

The Hydraulis - the first organ

Archaeological finds of fragments of the hydraulis led to concrete replicas or records of the hydraulis
I used a selection of these replicas as a template for Hydraulis 3D models:

Hydraulics of Aquincum
Hydraulics from Aventicum
Hydraulics by Dion
Mix Aquincum with Villa by Nenning
Carthage oil lamp

According to Greek and Roman engineers and mathematicians from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD, such as Vitruvius, Heron of Alexandria or Iulius Pollux, the Hydraulis was invented by Ctesibius.

Ctesibius, a Greek inventor and mathematician, is said to have invented the hydraulis in the 3rd century BC in Alexandria.

Records of Ctesibius’ water organ have not survived, but Vitruvius and Heron of Alexandria provide descriptions of how to build an organum hydraulicum.

Attempts have been made to illustrate the water organ described by Vitruvius and Hero of Alexandria since the Middle Ages.
But the old descriptions are very complicated

Since the end of the 19th century there have been many archaeological finds that have confirmed the old writings and made it possible to replicate the Hydraulis

Thank you for your TIME
Michael