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The pipe organ is played from an area called the console or keydesk, which holds the manuals, pedals, stop controls and pistons. Pistons are used to select a registration with stops. In electric-actio
The console of the Wanamaker Organ in the Macy's (formerly Wanamaker's) department store in Philadelphia, featuring six manuals and colour-coded stop
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 United States Naval Academy chapel's new five-manual console, crafted by R. A. Colby, Inc. of Johnson City, TN. It boasts 522 draw knobs, and, tog
The United States Naval Academy chapel's new five-manual console, crafted by R. A. Colby, Inc. of Johnson City, TN. It boasts 522 draw knobs, and, together with the other controls available to the organist, has 796 total controls.
The four-manual organ console at St. Mary's Redcliffe church, Bristol, England. The organ was built by Harrison and Harrison in 1912 and restored in 1
The four-manual organ console at St. Mary's Redcliffe church, Bristol, England. The organ was built by Harrison and Harrison in 1912 and restored in 1990. The manuals, from the bottom to top are: Choir, Great, Swell, and Solo/Echo.
Image of a console and pedalboard, clearly showing the balanced swell pedal
Image of a console and pedalboard, clearly showing the balanced swell pedal
Pipe organ
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The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single tone and pitch, the pipes ar
Organ console
…The pipe organ is played from an area called the console or keydesk, which holds the manuals (keyboards), pedals, stop controls and pistons. Pistons are used to select…
Pipe organ in the collegiate church of St. Michael in Neunkirchen am Brand
Pipe organ in the collegiate church of St. Michael in Neunkirchen am Brand
Hydraulis from the 1st century BC, oldest organ found to date, Museum of Dion, Greece
Hydraulis from the 1st century BC, oldest organ found to date, Museum of Dion, Greece
4th-century AD "Mosaic of the Female Musicians" from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin, Syria.
4th-century AD "Mosaic of the Female Musicians" from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin, Syria.
9th-century image of an organ, from the Utrecht Psalter.
9th-century image of an organ, from the Utrecht Psalter.