Talk:Water organ

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"For the latter, solar heat was used to syphon water from one closed tank into another, thereby producing compressed air for sounding the pipes."

This sentence, in the third paragraph, is confusing. Someone who knows how this mechanism works should revise it. While "syphon" may be used correctly, it confuses because it seems that gravity is not the driving mechanism.

Would this be an accurate revision?

"For the latter, solar heat warmed and expanded air in a closed tank partially filled with water. This forced water into another tank, compressing air in the second tank. Compressed air in the second tank sounded the pipes."

Let's not bother with the words Where is the evidence that anything like this existed. The story sounds like a 19th century invention 195.92.67.75 17:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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The last paragraph seems to describe a trompe, a simple form of hydraulic blast pump --scruss 02:50, 1 July 2006 (UTC)