organ

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Organ

organ, a musical wind instrument in which sound is produced by one or more sets of pipes controlled by a keyboard, each pipe producing only one pitch by means of a mechanically produced or electrically controlled wind supply.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Music for the Organ
• The Development of the Modern Organ
• Early Organs
• Bibliography

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