pipe organ

  • 41Pipe organs of Blenheim Palace — Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, is home to two 19th century pipe organs.Long Library organThe Long Library organ was built in 1891 by the famous London firm of Henry Willis Sons at a cost of £3,669.cite web|title=The National Pipe… …

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  • 42Organ console — 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 pipe organ is played from an area called the console, which holds the manuals, pedals …

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  • 43organ — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hand organ, hurdygurdy, barrel organ, organette, regal, organophone, harmonium, calliope; pipe or electronic organ; melodeon; publication, journal; component, part, member; gland, heart, etc. See… …

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  • 44Organ symphony — This article is about the musical genre. For information on the Symphony No. 3 with organ by Camille Saint Saëns, see Symphony No. 3 (Saint Saëns). An organ symphony is a piece for solo pipe organ in various movements. It is a symphonic genre,… …

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  • 45organ — or|gan W3 [ˈo:gən US ˈo:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body part)¦ 2¦(musical instrument)¦ 3¦(organization)¦ 4¦(newspaper/magazine)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: organe, from Latin, from Greek organon tool, instrument ] …

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  • 46Organ reform movement — The Organ Reform Movement or Orgelbewegung (also called the Organ Revival Movement) was an early 20th century trend in pipe organ building, originating in Germany and already influential in the United States in the 1940s, waning only in the 1980s …

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  • 47Organ Club — The Organ Club is a Worldwide Society for Friends of the Pipe Organ and was founded in 1926. [1] Contents 1 History 2 Presidents 3 Objectives …

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  • 48organ — /ˈɔgən / (say awguhn) noun 1. a musical instrument (pipe organ) consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of keys arranged in one or more keyboards; in its full modern development, the largest and …

  • 49organ — or•gan [[t]ˈɔr gən[/t]] n. 1) mad a) Also called pipe organ a musical instrument having one or more sets of pipes actuated by keyboard and sounded by compressed air. b) a similar musical instrument having the tones produced electronically: an… …

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  • 50Organ trio — Jazz organist Jimmy Smith at a show in Italy in 1994. An organ trio, in a jazz context, is a group of three jazz musicians, typically consisting of a Hammond organ player, a drummer, and either a jazz guitarist or a saxophone player. In some… …

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