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            Ever heard of the cah’i orgel?

            A key instrument in Aruban folklore music


            (Oranjestad)—The cah’i or-   either England or Germany,                                mahogany wood, it contains
            gel music box is an important  but  made  its  way  to  Italy  Rufo  Wever  was  a  young  a cylinder with a maximum of
            and unique instrument that  down to Venezuela, where  musician  in  1937  when  he  eight music pieces. By rotating
            is used on the ABC islands  in 1881, Mr. Horatio Sprock  established  his  own  cah’i  the lever on the front side of
            in the Dutch Caribbean. This  (1866-1949)  from  Curacao  orgel business on the island.  the box, the cah’i orgel pro-
            instrument is a staple in our  was first introduced to it. After  Before that he experimented  duces music similar to that of
            folklore  music,  and  its  sig-  that, Sprock made his own  with his uncle’s cah’i orgel,  a piano, and is accompanied
            nificance in the traditions of  cah’i orgel “Josefina”, and  and  he  over  the  years  he  often by someone else play-
            Aruba has and continues to  successfully  debuted  it  on  learned to build and repair  ing the “wiri”, a percussion
            bring together the old and  the streets of Barquisimeto.  the  instrument.  In  fact,  he  instrument made out of steel
            young.                       Back in Curacao, he started  was incredibly skilled in this,  and reminiscent to the Spanish   Fun fact: another name for
                                         his own cah’i orgel business  and he was one of the few  guiro. Back then, you would   the cah’i orgel is the “tingilingi
            The origin of the cah’i orgel  along  with  his  brother  Luis.  to have recognized from the  often also find someone play-  box.”
            is said to have come from  In Aruba, it is said that the  start that the cah’i orgel is  ing the triangle alongside the
            Europe around 150 years ago.  cah’i orgel was introduced  an  instrument  that  needs  cah’i orgel and wiri. In Aruba,   Source: “E Cilinder Magico
            A cross breed between the  by Rufo Wever, who later in  preserving.                    the cah’i orgel and wiri is used   entre Aruba y Curaçao” by
            barrel piano and the organ,  his career became one of                                  for traditional music genres,   Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé, Herta
            the most popular stories said  the composers for the Aruban  As mentioned, the cah’i orgel  such  as  the  Aruban  waltz,   Parabirsing-Balentina  and
            that the instrument came from  national anthem.           is a music box. made from  tumba, mazurka and more.       Nidia Rosaria-Wallé.q
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