Computer audition: hearing organ pipes like an expert

A listening dashboard that tests which audio models hear organ pipes the way an expert does.

→ Open the dashboard: klavecimbel.com/marcussen

When an organ is refurbished, an expert can hear which pipes have changed. Hans Fidom, head of research at the Orgelpark, wants a model that listens the way he does, starting with the Marcussen organ in Rotterdam’s Laurenskerk. I built this dashboard to test which audio models agree with his ears.

A model’s distances (left) beside Hans’s ratings (right).