"Once it gets into the pipes, you lose all the effort that was put into it," he said.
But today, the organ is long gone, and the "pipes" you saw there, round, gleaming and gold, are in reality very convincing trompe l'oeil paintings.
Twenty-five puzzles are concealed within it, cunning locks and springs and slides, and the front houses an octave of organ pipes you can play by sliding drawers in and out.
What are uilleann pipes, you ask? Well look no further than Riverdance!
And if you've been blessed with golden pipes, you can apply to compete here.
We're not there yet though, and so we have Eva promising to retro fit a few smarts to the pipes you have in the meanwhile.
Using the Fitbit API, developer Aaron Coleman built-in a variable difficulty engine that allows you to redeem steps counted during a day in exchange for in-game rewards, like wider gaps between the pipes you have to navigate your bird avatar through.
The Catchtilly now boasts an especially quirky range of pipes; you can find everything from a cactus, to a peach, to Garfield in the shape of a pipe.
Ms. Pipes, you dismiss way too easily my experience and presumably those of hundreds of other "non-celebrity" moms I have personally met over the last decade by writing me off as a "junk science" peddler.
Gather all the PVC pipes you can get.
Make sure all pipes you purchase are the same size in order to build your storage.
