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This arrangement encourages the organist to play the melody line on the upper manual while playing the harmony line, chords or bassline on the lower manual. On pipe organs each manual plays a specific subset of the organ's stops, and electric organs (e.g., Hammond organ) can emulate this style of play.
The console of the Wanamaker Organ in the Macy's (formerly Wanamaker's) department store in Philadelphia, featuring six manuals and colour-coded stop tabs.. The pipe organ is played from an area called the console or keydesk, which holds the manuals (keyboards), pedals, and stop controls.
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Andante (Prelude) in D minor for organ, WAB 126/2 (c. 1846) Prelude in E flat major for organ, WAB 127 (c. 1835, doubtful authorship, possibly by Johann Baptist Weiss) Four Preludes in E flat major for organ, WAB 128 (c. 1835, doubtful authorship, possibly by Johann Baptist Weiss) Prelude (Perger Präludium) in C major for organ, WAB 129 (1884)
A book playing a large Gavioli fairground organ. Book music (French: Livre de musique) is a medium for storing the music played on mechanical organs, mainly of European manufacture. Book music is made from thick cardboard, containing perforated holes specifying the musical notes to be played, with the book folded zig-zag style.
A flue stop that is the "backbone" sound of the organ. Most commonly at 8 ft in manuals, and 8 ft or 16 ft in the pedals. Diaphone: Diaphonic Diapason Valvular: A special type of organ pipe that produces tone by using a felt hammer to beat air through the resonator. Common on theatre organs but not often used in classical instruments. Dulcian ...
On April 26, 1941 Ray Nelson entertained fans that showed up early with a pipe organ behind the ballpark's grandstands. The Chicago Tribune notes that Nelson had to cut the music before the first ...
The concept was marketed as a "Symphonic Registrator" organ, but few of these instruments were sold. [1] The company's largest organ was a 5-manual, 24-rank, which was installed in the Rochester Theatre, in Rochester, New York in 1927. The theatre was demolished in 1964, [4] and the organ sold. [5]