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On this page are two very different types of organs.  This one is more than 500 years old, is would rather be used in a home rather than in a church. As you can see, two people are needed one to play the organ itself, and another to pump air into the organ by means of the bellows. This organ has only a single set of pipes, arranged according to size the longer the pipe the lower the note, the shorter the pipe the higher the note. Every key on the keyboard is connected to a pipe, so when you play a key, air from the bellows is passed through that pipe, and a note is sounded. |
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@serfie | 8 April 08 |
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The second picture shows a bigger organ in a church.  The second picture shows a bigger organ in a church. As you can see this one is more complicated. Modern organs work either completely by air or completely by electricity, or the combination of both. There are normally at least two keyboards called manuals. The word manual literally means hands. There are many sets of pipes per note. Each pipe per note can imitate a flute or a trumpet or oboe. When stops are pulled out, whole sets of pipes are connected to the keyboards. The organist can mix together different kinds of sound, or he can contrast one against another, playing with each hand on a different manual. The organist plays the lowest notes with the pedals which literally means feet. The pedals are normally made of wood, and are arranged in a similar way to the black and white notes on a keyboard. To play the pedals, the organist uses the toe and heel of each foot |
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