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Tracker action in Jørlunde church.Organ by Frobenius (2009). Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe(s) of the corresponding note. [1]
The Barker lever is a pneumatic system which multiplies the force of a finger on the key of a tracker pipe organ.It employs the wind pressure of the organ to inflate small bellows called "pneumatics" to overcome the resistance of the pallets in the organ's wind-chest.
The electro-pneumatic action is a control system by the mean of air pressure for pipe organs, whereby air pressure, controlled by an electric current and operated by the keys of an organ console, opens and closes valves within wind chests, allowing the pipes to speak. This system also allows the console to be physically detached from the organ ...
If key action consists of mechanical linkages, the organ is described as having mechanical action or tracker action.In mechanical-action instruments, the keys are connected to the windchests via a linkage system incorporating rods called trackers (usually made of wood), rollers (horizontal cylinders that transfer the vertical motion of a tracker across a horizontal distance), and squares ...
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 advantages of the tubular-pneumatic action over the mechanical tracker action are a lightness of touch that does not change when couplers are used, and the flexibility of console location. Although the former was a great improvement over the tracker organ, the console location was still limited to around 50 ft (20 m) from the pipework.
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Charles Brenton Fisk (February 7, 1925 – December 16, 1983) was an American pipe organ builder who was one of the first to reintroduce mechanical tracker actions in modern organ building over electro-pneumatic actions. Born in Washington D. C., he developed an early fascination with organs and electronics.