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A reed pipe comprises a metal tongue (the reed) which rests against a shallot, in which is carved a tunnel. The reed and shallot are held in place by a wooden wedge. This assembly protrudes from the underside of the block and hangs down into the boot. A tuning wire is inserted through the boot and is bent to hold the reed against the shallot.
Drawings of the reeds of regals and other reed pipes, as well as of the instrument itself, are given by Praetorius (pl. iv., xxxviii.). The regal may be seen as the ancestor of the harmonium, the reed organ, and the various varieties of "squeezebox" such as the accordion, the concertina, and the Bandoneón.
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.
Orgelbau Mebold is a company building pipe organs in Siegen, Germany. It was founded in 1967 by Hans Peter Mebold (27 April 1942 – 21 July 2001), and has been run since 2018 by his son Mathias Mebold (born 1978).
Hinners pipe organ at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Staplehurst, Nebraska (built 1917) Hinners Organ Company was an American manufacturer of reed and pipe organs located in Pekin, Illinois . Established in 1879 by German-American John Hinners, the firm grew through several partners, becoming Hinners & Fink in 1881, Hinners & Albertsen in 1886 ...
A. L. White and Organ. Albert Lorenzo White was born on June 8, 1866, and grew up learning the carpentry trade in Yalesville, Connecticut, before moving to Detroit in 1885. . After a failed marriage, he moved to Chicago, where he founded the A.L. White Manufacturing Company in 1900 and started to produce folding, portable organs as well as conventional organs that were purchased by houses of wors
Reed pipe, type of organ pipe; Reed aerophone, wind instrument using a reed This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 21:56 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Nicholson & Co. Ltd manufactures pipe organs. It was founded in 1841 by John Nicholson. It was founded in 1841 by John Nicholson. Its work encompasses the creation of new instruments as well as historical restorations, rebuilds and renovations.