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.


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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipe Organ

pipe bombs
pipe bone
pipe bowl
pipe clamp
pipe cleaner
pipe cleaners
pipe cutter
pipe down
pipe dream
pipe dreams
pipe fitter
pipe fitting
pipe in
pipe major
pipe of peace
pipe organ
pipe organs
pipe rack
pipe smoker
pipe snake
pipe stem cirrhosis
pipe tong
pipe tongs
pipe union
pipe up
pipe vine
pipe vise
pipe wrench
pipe wrenches
pipeage

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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