The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard....
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An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air (commonly referred to as wind) is...
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notable pipe organs in the world, with links to corresponding articles about them. It is generally agreed upon that the world's oldest playable pipe organ is...
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the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones. The organs have...
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electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally...
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Blenheim Palace (redirect from Pipe organs of Blenheim Palace)
July 2018. "The National Pipe Organ Register – Blenheim Palace: the Long Library". www.npor.org.uk. "The National Pipe Organ Register – Blenheim Palace:...
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This is a list of notable pipe organ builders. William Anderson (1832–1921) Australian Pipe Organs Pty Ltd Robert Cecil Clifton (1854–1931) William Davidson...
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An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops...
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The organ pipe coral (Tubipora musica) is an alcyonarian octocoral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the...
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tuning of a pipe organ. Electronic organs typically do not require tuning. A pipe organ produces sound via hundreds or thousands of organ pipes, each...
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A flue pipe (also referred to as a labial pipe) is an organ pipe that produces sound through the vibration of air molecules, in the same manner as a recorder...
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Scaling is the ratio of an organ pipe's diameter to its length. The scaling of a pipe is a major influence on its timbre. Reed pipes are scaled according...
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associated with electronic and pipe organ stops. Countless stops have been designed over the centuries, and individual organs may have stops, or names of...
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The water organ or hydraulic organ (Greek: ὕδραυλις) (early types are sometimes called hydraulos, hydraulus or hydraula) is a type of pipe organ blown by...
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The organ pipe mud dauber (Trypoxylon politum) is a predatory wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is fairly large, ranging from 3.9–5.1 cm, and has been...
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A tibia is a sort of organ pipe that is most characteristic of a theatre organ. Tibia pipes are generally made of wood, stopped, from 16' (Occasionally...
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originally marketed by the Hammond Organ Company to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, or instead of a piano. It quickly...
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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. national monument and UNESCO biosphere reserve located in extreme southern Arizona that shares a border with...
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instrument was made in 1780 in Denmark. More portable than pipe organs, free-reed organs were widely used in smaller churches and in private homes in...
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main sound of a pipe organ Pan pipes, see Pan flute, an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe Piped music, or elevator...
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A theatre organ (also known as a theater organ, or, especially in the United Kingdom, a cinema organ) is a type of pipe organ developed to accompany silent...
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The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number...
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principle is the same as a traditional pipe organ, but rather than being played by an organist, the barrel organ is activated either by a person turning...
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The London Bridge station pipe organ, popularly known as Henry, is a Victorian pipe organ located at London Bridge station in the United Kingdom. Built...
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Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. is an American builder of pipe organs, based in Warrensburg, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1970 by Michael Quimby, President...
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The Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ, known also as the Midmer-Losh and the Poseidon, is the pipe organ in the Main Auditorium of the Boardwalk Hall (formerly...
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Jakarta Cathedral (section Pipe organ)
piano, two electones, and two playable pipe organs. On an elevated platform in the south transept sits an organ made by George Verschueren of Tongeren...
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Dome Pipe Organ (Latvian: Doma ērģeles), the second largest pipe organ in Latvia, is located in Riga Cathedral. The largest mechanical pipe organ in Latvia...
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bordun, or bordone normally denotes a stopped flute type of flue pipe in an organ characterized by a dark tone, strong in fundamental, with a quint transient...
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The Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland, Ohio is America's oldest continuously operating pipe organ workshop. The company was founded in 1855 by Gottlieb...
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