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Bookmark or Share- List of pipe organs - WikipediaList of pipe organs - Wikipedia. This is a list and brief description of notable pipe organs in the world, with links to corresponding articles about them. Historic organs. Organ of Basilica of Valère. It is generally agreed upon that the world's oldest playable pipe organ is located in the Basilica of Valère in Sion, Switzerland.
- The History of the Pipe Organ - Classic HistoryThe first pipe organs were conceived and built in Greece around 200 BC. Later Greek authors claim that the organ was invented by one man, Ctesibius of Alexandria, a third century BC engineer. For him the organ served as a demonstration of the principles of hydraulics rather than as a musical instrument.
- How a Pipe Organ Works - PipedreamsEach pipe sits on top of a hollow wind chest that is filled with compressed air provided by a bellows or blower. Each ‘stop’ at the organ console represents a set of pipes (a rank) of a particular tone color, with a different pipe for every note on the keyboard.
- Pipe organ - WikipediaThe 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.
- Organ | Definition, History, Types, & Facts | BritannicaOrgan, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows.
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