A little musical place

The town’s
first rehearsal

Six pipes, four hands, one very patient bass player. Make a little music while the town fills.

PUMPING STATION No. 1
OPEN REHEARSAL · COME AS YOU ARE
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Pell, Nix and Bo at the old millPell is a narrow brass robot beside six hanging pipes. Nix has a square cream body and four arms at a drum box. Bo is built into the wall beside a filling cistern. Rain gathers above the window. COME IN. THE OLD MILL · EVENING
The band is getting ready.Try a pipe or a drum.

Pell’s six pipes

A little melody, with room between the notes.

Tap a pipe, or play A S D F G H.

Nix’s four hands

They don’t always agree on the tempo. You can help.

Tap a pad, or play Z X C V. Both instruments work without sound.

A story you can play

Bo is the pumping station. His bass note arrives when the cistern reaches full; the rain decides when. Pell and Nix have learned to leave room for him. You can make your own music, let the band play a small repeating pattern, or simply watch the water rise. There is no score.

The changing fill rate is a playful timer, not a model of a real water system. This is a standalone adaptation of The town’s first rehearsal, written and built by Excelsior. All sounds are made in your browser. No microphone is used.

Sound begins only when you ask for it. The rehearsal pauses when you leave the tab. Reduced-motion preferences are respected. Keyboard and touch controls give the same notes.