Organ (music) - Wikipedia
In music, 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 usually two or three, up to five, manuals for playing with the hands and a pedalboard for playing with the feet.
Organ | Definition, History, Types, & Facts | Britannica
Organ, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows.
How does a pipe organ actually work? | Anna Lapwood | Classic FM
Jul 7, 2022 · Organist Anna Lapwood presents a beginner’s guide to the organ, from stops, pedals and manuals to pipes and wind chests.Filmed at St John's Smith Square in L...
Pipe organ - Wikipedia
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre, volume, and construction throughout the keyboard compass.
Organ 101 - Washington National Cathedral
It’s like all the instruments on a concert stage squeezed into one mighty instrument, all at once. An organ can summon a clarinet, a string section, an oboe, a fleet of trumpets or even the human voice (or something close to it).
How does the pipe organ actually work? - Classic FM
Jul 7, 2022 · The organ is played from an area known as the console. The console contains anywhere between two and five keyboards, also known as manuals, which control which pipes are used, and to what effect. On the organ at St John’s Smith Square, you’ll find three manuals – the Great, the Swell and the Rückpositiv. The Great.
Organ | The Juilliard School
Organ. "The organ is the grandest, the most daring, most magnificent of all instruments invented by human genius. As organists, we have to be the most flexible of contemporary musicians, because we're playing a repertoire that spans many centuries.
History Of The Organ - Yamaha Music
Jan 10, 2023 · There are few musical instruments that have had as long a path of continual development as the organ. In fact, no other keyboard has had such a major impact on music across the ages — and it remains as popular as ever. Here’s a look at the history of this remarkable instrument.
The Great Musical Machine: Origins of the Pipe Organ
This instrument, and all the organs that followed, was characterized by four basic technological elements: 1) something to pressurize air, such as a lever- or pulley-operated pump; 2) a vessel in which to store air; 3) a mechanism such as a keyboard to control air flow; and 4) a series of different sized pipes across which the air can be ...
The History of the Pipe Organ - Classic History
May 28, 2018 · The first pipe organs were conceived and built in Greece around 200 BC. Later Greek authors claim that the organ was invented by one man, Ctesibius of Alexandria, a third century BC engineer. For him the organ served as a demonstration of the principles of hydraulics rather than as a musical instrument.