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Definition of Pipe organ
1. Noun. Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard.
Terms within: Keyboard, Organ Pipe, Pipe, Pipework, Foot Lever, Foot Pedal, Pedal, Treadle, Clavier, Fingerboard, Piano Keyboard, Stop
Generic synonyms: Keyboard Instrument, Wind, Wind Instrument
Derivative terms: Organist
Definition of Pipe organ
1. Noun. The largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action, or modernly, electrically. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipe Organ
Literary usage of Pipe organ
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music (1893)
"The Portable pipe organ, of the WW Kimball Company, is one of the most ...
It is a real pipe organ, having six stops in the manuals and two in the pedal, ..."
2. The Trial of Scott Nearing and the American Socialist Society: Presiding by Scott Nearing, American Socialist Society (1919)
"... they have to go to those who have it because if you are going to build.
for instance a pipe organ or to build an edifice or re- carpet the church and ..."
3. The Making of Sound in the Organ and in the Orchestra: An Analysis of the by Hermann Smith (1911)
"Terra Cotta Model of the most Ancient pipe organ. Discovered at Carthage (Front
view) . ... Plate A. Terra Cotta Model of the most Ancient pipe organ. ..."
4. Standards for City Church Plants to be Used with the Interchurch World (1920)
"APPENDIX I SAMPLE SPECIFICATIONS OF ONE TYPE OF TWO MANUAL pipe organ Suitable
for Auditorium seating 600 MANUALS—Compass CC to C, 61 notes. ..."
5. Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, and Catalogue of the by Architectural League of New York (1908)
"At no time in the history of music has the Pipe-Organ received so much attention,
... The Aeolian Pipe-Organ is not only a home orchestra, but the organ par ..."
6. A Handbook of Games and Programs for Church, School, and Home by William Ralph La Porte (1922)
"The pipe organ: Pipes are made of stiff paper large enough to go over girls' heads.
Slits are cut for mouths. Hands held out in front form keyboard, ..."
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