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Pipe organ

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. Synonym: organ.

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... "Coronation" was Oliver Holden, a self-taught musician, born in Shirley, Mass., 1765, and bred to the carpenter's trade. The little pipe organ on which tradition says he struck the first notes of the famous tune is now in the Historical rooms of the Old State House, Boston, placed there by its late owner, Mrs. Fanny Tyler, the old musician's granddaughter. Its tones are as mellow as ever, and the times that "Coronation" ...

— The Story of the Hymns and Tunes • Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

... being built, Dr. Conwell proposed that the new pipe organ be put in to be ready for the opening service. But the church felt it would be unwise to assume such an extra burden of debt and voted against it. Dr. Conwell felt persuaded that the organ ought to go in, and spent one whole night in The Temple in prayer for ...

— Russell H. Conwell • Agnes Rush Burr

Words linked to "Pipe organ" : keyboard, treadle, clavier, wind, pipe, pedal, piano keyboard, organ, foot pedal, fingerboard, keyboard instrument, pipework, stop, wind instrument, organ pipe, foot lever