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Wednesday 11 september 2024

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Ever heard of the cah’i orgel?
A key instrument in Aruban folklore music

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