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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.
A flute mutation stop pitched 1 + 3 ⁄ 5 ft, supporting the 8 ft harmonic series. Trichterregal (German) Trechterregal (German) Reed: An 8 ft pitch reed stop on a pipe organ with funnel-shaped resonators. [6] [7] A trichterregal was used by Schnitger in the Schnitger organ that he built for St. James's Church, Hamburg. Trombone (English ...
The Hazel Wright Organ is an American pipe organ located in Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. It is one of the world's largest pipe organs. As of 2019, it has 293 ranks and 17,106 pipes, fully playable from two 5-manual consoles. [1][2] The organ is called "Hazel" by fans. [3]
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 .
The organ's wind supply is the most powerful ever used in a pipe organ. The DC motors for the original eight blowers had a total power of 394 horsepower (294 kW). These were replaced with AC motors in the early 1990s, which have a total of 600 horsepower (450 kW) and their seven blowers pump 36,400 cubic feet (1,030 m 3) of wind per minute. The ...
Organ console. 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. In electric-action organs, the console is ...
More articles or information. Expo 2012. The Vox Maris ("Sound of the Sea") [1] [2] is an instrument that was built for the Yeosu Expo 2012 in Korea by the German organ building company Hey Orgelbau ( de) [3] [4] [5] and was recognized as the acoustic signet of the exposition. [2] [6] It combines elements of the pipe organ and the steam whistle.
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 driven through it. Each pipe is tuned to a note of the musical scale. A set of organ pipes of similar timbre comprising the complete scale is known as a rank; one or more ranks constitutes a stop.