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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