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A windchest is a component of a pipe organ on which the pipes sit. As the organist plays the instrument, the keys, stops, and windchest work together as a mechanism (called an 'action') to direct pressurized air (called 'wind') into the pipes, thus creating sound.
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 ...
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.
In any organ, each pipe has a valve located at its foot which responds to the organist's commands from the console's keyboard, pedalboard and stop controls. These valves are contained in windchests upon which the organ's pipework is set. Any type of apparatus that connects an organ's console with its windchest is referred to as its "action".
The circuit is connected to the windchest via either electric or pneumatic means. In the case of a pneumatic connection, the action is referred to as electro-pneumatic. Electric action can be combined with various kinds of windchest design, including the slider chest (electric slider). Because an electric circuit is an absolute system—it is ...
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.
See for example Category:Pipe_organs. Many articles are missing specifications, or they are not properly formatted. Speaking of pipe organ articles, the category only lists 59. Certainly there are many more notable pipe organs that could have an article for themselves, or a larger mention on the church/venue-article. Category:Organ stops is ...
See also: Category:Pipe_organ. Please add organs and tag them with in progress when you start out doing one, to avoid more than one participant working on a list at the same time. Aarhus Cathedral DONE Danmuz 09:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC) Las Piñas Bamboo Organ DONE Danmuz 09:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC)