pipe organ
The largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ consoleThe largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console. The organ produces its sound by sending air through organ pipes—either reed pipes or flue pipes,—which are seated on wind chests. The valves controlling each pipe may be actuated electronically or using long wooden poles called trackers.
» I like to play pipe organs.
Meaning
1 sensesThe largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console. The organ produces its sound by sending air through organ pipes—either reed pipes or flue pipes,—which are seated on wind chests. The valves controlling each pipe may be actuated electronically or using long wooden poles called trackers.
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- 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
Examples
4 sentencesI like to play pipe organs.
How many pipes does this organ have?
The lowest-tuned pipe on the organ set off barometers all over the state.
deDie tiefste Pfeife der Orgel ließ im ganzen Land die Barometer ausschlagen.
Bocelli accompanied only by the cathedral organist, Emanuele Vianelli, playing one of the world’s largest pipe organs.
Translations
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Forms
plural: pipe organs| Singular | pipe organ |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- 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:organ