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Musical instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The academic study of musical instruments is called organology. The frequency of the wave generated is related to the length of the column of air and the shape of the instrument, while the tone quality of the sound generated is affected by the construction of the instrument and method of tone production. They may produce sound by wind (organ), vibrating strings either hammered (piano) or plucked (harpsichord), by electronic means (synthesizer) or in some other way. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Musical_instrument   (551 words)

Electronic musical instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Simple electronic musical instruments are sometimes called sound effects; the border between sound effects and actual musical instruments is often hazy. One of the many instruments constructed in the following decades was the Theremin, invented by Leon Theremin in 1917, which used a vacuum tube oscillator to make sounds that depended on the interactions of the user with an RF field. The most commonly used electronic instruments are synthesizers, so-called because they artificially generate sound using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM and physical modelling synthesis to create sounds. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Electronic_musical_instrument   (677 words)

organ - Search Results - MSN Encarta Organ (musical instrument), keyboard musical instrument in which compressed air vibrates within tuned pipes to produce sound. Liver, largest internal organ of the human body. upright piano, accordion, baby grand, celesta, clavichord, concertina, grand piano, harpsichord, organ, piano, pianoforte, spinet, synthesizer,... ca.encarta.msn.com /organ.html   (154 words)

Music and Musicians at the Pan-American Exposition - Musical Instruments s the largest musical instrument at the Exposition, the Emmons Howard organ in the Temple of Music was the most visible representation of the strength of the American musical instrument manufacturing industry at the turn of the century. The manufacture of band instruments was also increasing to meet the demand created by the proliferation of bands throughout the country. Another example of a mechanical instrument was the $10,000 orchestrion used in Frank C. Bostock's Midway attraction, the Golden Chariots. ublib.buffalo.edu /libraries/exhibits/panam/music/instruments/instruments.html   (424 words)

Halfbakery: Musical Fountain Organ Imagine a fairly ordinary looking organ (no sniggering at the back, please), with a range of tin funnels arranged on the ground in front of it in a semi-circle. There is one funnel for each key on the keyboard, and the funnels themselves range from cup-sized to bucket sized, graduating in size as they proceed around the arc. Still, each funnel is exactly the same distance away from the centre of the organ, and there is exactly the same distance between the centre-point of each funnel, no matter what size it is. www.halfbakery.com /idea/Musical_20Fountain_20Organ   (901 words)

Experimental Musical Instrument Article - Deagan Organ Chimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) It is tempting to draw comparisons to Indonesian instruments, both because of the organ chimes' physical resemblance to angklung, and the association of metal percussion with gamelan. The name organ chimes seems to have been created in part in reference to the sustaining quality of the tone when the chimes are continuously shaken, and in part to the octave duplication within each organ chime tone, by analogy to the composite nature of organ registrations. Angklung and organ chimes are mounted in their shakers in such a way that the percussive impact always comes from the right direction to excite the desired mode and minimize the audible effect of the other tones. www.harmonize.com /DapperDans/deagan_organ_chimes/deoc_emi_article/deoc_emi_article.htm   (5198 words)

The Cambridge Companion to the Organ - Cambridge University Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. Organ music and the liturgy Edward Higginbottom; 10. www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521575842   (532 words)

ORGAN - A prestigious musical instrument   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The organ is a musical instrument made with metallic pipes, different for greatness in accordance with their intonation, all linked to a bladder. The organ is an instrument with one or two manual keyboards and a pedal keyboard; when the organ keis are pressed, the air that was in the bladder, come into the pipes, so there is the emission of the sound. The keis of the organ are generally made in wood and preferably in feer-tree wood.The keis are interally covered in ebony-wood and box-wood and mounted on specific loom. www.mediasoft.it /music/organo/organo_en.html   (209 words)

Lute: MHN Instrument Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) Generally, a European lute (the instrument, not the family) has a rounded or vaulted body crafted from steamed and bent strips of wood, a distinctly ornate single sound hole, and a long neck which is bent at the end (at the pegbox) at nearly a right angle. A myriad of published music collections dating from the 15th century and dedicated to the lute are a significant part of early Western musical heritage. During the second half of the 16th century, as bass sounding instruments became increasingly important to the musical repertoire, luthiers varied their work by adding lower strings and changing the way these strings were attached to the neck and body. www.si.umich.edu /chico/instrument/pages/lute_gnrl.html   (422 words)

Experimental Musical Instrument Article - Deagan Organ Chimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) He had some knowledge of acoustics, and his firm’s instruments were manufactured to a high degree of precision he was responsible for the recognition of a = 440 as standard pitch. The first instrument manufactured by his firm was an orchestral glockenspiel that had steel bars tuned according to Hermann von Helmholtz’s principles. The firm’s range of products was gradually expanded, mostly by the addition of novelty instruments, many of which were invented, many of which were invented by Deagan himself; these included shaker chimes, tuned cowbells, tubaphones, tapaphones, and rattles. www.harmonize.com /DapperDans/deagan_organ_chimes/deoc_grovesdict/DeOC_grovesdict.htm   (299 words)

Glass Organ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The glass organ is a set of wine glasses, brandy snifters, and trifle bowls tuned to various pitches and arranged on a stand so that they can be played without tipping over. I have been working with this instrument in one form or another since 1992 when a friend of mine (Matt Samolis) asked if I would play a wine glass while he played flute at a performance. Experimental Musical Instruments has produced tapes and articles about an enormous variety of unusual instruments. www.organicdesign.org /peterson/glass_organ   (353 words)

MusicMoz - Instruments: Keyboard: Organ: Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) Church Organ Trader - Classified ads for pipe organs and parts, electronic church organs and related equipment, as well as positions wanted, in the organbuilding and the church organ musical community. Göteborg Organ Art Center - Göteborg University center for study and research into all aspects of the organ art and the organ instrument--interpretation of the music of different periods, improvisation, research into pre-industrial organbuilding, studies of sources. Organ Music in Latvia - General overview of organs and organists. musicmoz.org /Instruments/Keyboard/Organ/Links   (491 words)

Organ Hidden behind the walls were countless organ pipes, drums, bells, whistles and machinery-the thousands of parts that made the theatre pipe organ the most complex musical instrument ever devised. In addition to the organ pipes, there are actual orchestral percussion instruments; there is a xylophone, a marimba, a celesta, a glockenspiel, a set of cathedral chimes and a full-sized upright piano These instruments are not synthesized reproductions organ, but the genuine article, with individual hammers operated by high pressure air! The music of Broadway and Hollywood are great favorites on the Wurlitzer, as are light classics, orchestral transcriptions and adaptations of contemporary music. www.toweautomuseum.org /html/organ.html   (759 words)

Virtual Instruments Organ: An instrument consisting of a number of pipes that sound tones when supplied with air and a keyboard that operates a mechanism controlling the flow of air to the pipes. Instruments that live in the computer that emulate other instruments. Music hardware companies like Yamaha have taken notice of this trend and are now investing heavily in virtual instruments. virtualorgan.com /Default.asp?Page=32   (376 words)

organ music - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library The Organ Music of J. Bach Second edition...revised edition of volumes I and II of The Organ Music of J. Bach (1980), a bestselling...repertoire. It is orchestral music using the sho (a mouth organ, the Chinese sheng), the shakuhachi (a long flute), and the hichiriki (a small oboe). CALLIOPE, in music in music, an instrument also called steam organ or steam piano in which steam is forced through a series...It is usually played mechanically, and its shrill music is a familiar accompaniment of circus parades. www.questia.com /search/organ-music   (1641 words)

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. - Instruments The organ had been built in 1909 for a previous church building and had been relocated in a deep chamber to one side of the chancel in a new sanctuary constructed in 1958. The Organ Committee agreed to study the liturgical, musical and mechanical characters of the pipe organ and to culminate this study with a day tour visiting and recording representative instruments by different builders in the Twin Cities. It was followed by instruments for Ascension Church in Stillwater, Minnesota in 1986, The Church of St. Stephen the Martyr in Edina, Minnesota in 1987 and St. Luke’s Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1993. www.dobsonorgan.com /html/instruments/op70_tao.html   (2919 words)

SEKSO - Instrument links New Violin Family Association - is an international group of musicians, scientists, instrument makers and music lovers, people who want to share in the challenging possibilities opened for the musical world by a consort of eight violins of a new type, from treble to concert bass. Historic Brass Society is an international music organization concerned with the entire range of early brass music, from Ancient Antiquity and the Biblical period through to the 20th century. Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society is a non-profit, regional organization committed to the promotion of interest in and the study of early keyboard instruments, principally harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano, and organ prior to 1860, and the music intended for these instruments. library.pittstate.edu /sekso/resources/instruments.html   (639 words)

The Organ in Western Culture, 750—1250 - Cambridge University Press He considers where the organ was placed and why; what the instrument was like in 800, 1000, 1200 and 1400; what music was played, and how. Central to the story he uncovers is the liveliness of European monasticism around 1000 AD and the ability and imagination of the Benedictine reformers. Professor Williams's approach is new in both tactics and strategy, giving an interdisciplinary idea of musical development relevant to those both in and out of music. www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521617073   (271 words)

Korg CX-3 (CX3) Organ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The classic sound of a tone wheel organ, long considered unattainable even with modern technology, has been recreated to absolute perfection. Breaking through the monopoly of the legendary tone wheel sound, the CX-3 went on to become a favorite in its own right, and is still widely used by musicians in studios and on stages around the world. Using its newly developed Tone Wheel Organ Modeling generator, KORG's advanced DSP technology precisely recreates the unique sound that, until now, could only be produced by a tone wheel organ. www.piedog.com /musical_instruments/keyboard/keyboards/korg-cx_3.htm   (383 words)

Organ Stop Pizza - The Mighty Wurlitzer The console is the tool by which the musician is able the utilize the various resources contained in any given pipe organ. With this basic concept in mind, the decision was made to build a new console for the Organ Stop Wurlitzer, capable of handling the instruments extensive resources. Another unique aspect is the incorporation of a digital rhythm unit which can be programmed to play many of the organ's traps and percussion instruments in complex musical arrangements. www.organstoppizza.com /console.htm   (474 words)

Organ Stop Pizza - Online Music Sales When you hear a piece of music played by Lew, you will generally hear an arrangement that is faithful to the rendition of the performer(s) that originally made it popular. One of the unique trademarks of Lew's music is his dedication to emulate the arrangement and orchestration of the composer and/or performing artist, which popularized the music. These instruments are controlled by a digital rhythm unit which is one of many additions to Organ Stop's Wurlitzer. www.organstoppizza.com /sales.htm   (1398 words)

Organ Supply Industries: Employment If you have in-depth knowledge of the Pipe Organ, and/or the musical instrument industry, or have experience in organ building, instrument sales, fine wood working, or metal forming and would like to put those talents to use, we would like to hear from you. Qualifications include previous general organ building or service experience with an emphasis on reed voicing and finishing. Organ Supply Industries is an "equal opportunity" employer. www.organsupply.com /about/employment   (177 words)

organ - OneLook Dictionary Search 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 Phrases that include organ: house organ, sense organ, mouth organ, organ grinder, reed organ, more... Words similar to organ: harmonium, electric organ, electronic organ, hammond organ, instrument, periodical, pipe organ, reed organ, more... www.onelook.com /?w=organ&ls=a   (437 words)

Online Etymology Dictionary orgene (12c.), both meaning "musical instrument," both from L. organa, pl. of organum, from Gk. organon "implement, musical instrument, organ of the body," lit. Applied vaguely in late O.E. to musical instruments; sense narrowed by c.1386 to the modern musical instrument known by that name (involving pipes supplied with wind by a bellows and worked by means of keys), though Augustine (c.400) knew this as a specific sense of L. organa. www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=organ   (118 words)

Vietnam tours, Vietnam traditional musical instruments: Vietnam Khen or Mouth Organ!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The khen is a musical instrument used by the Mong ethnic minority, who call it the Khen, while the Kinh or Viet gave it the name H'mong Khen (previously Khen Meo). The present-day kenh is a polyphonic instrument in the shape of a set of bamboo pipes of varying sizes that are arranged in two rows. When the Khen is played by one person the soloist accompanies the music with dancing in which much vigorous knee-bending, body-turning, kicking, etc., is performed. www.smile.com.vn /vietnam_culture/musical_instruments_mouth_organ.htm   (256 words)

Instrument   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) The major classifications are woodwinds, brass, percussion, and stringed instruments. Keyboard instruments are sometime a separate category, although they produce sounds either by vibrating strings (as in the case of the piano, harpsichord, virginal, etc.) or by the flow of air (as in the organ). Electronic instruments, developed in the 20th century, form a new classification of instruments. www.music.vt.edu /musicdictionary/texti/Instrument.html   (91 words)

INDIA ABUNDANCE : Musical And Instruments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) Harmonium also called Reed Organ is a free-reed keyboard instrument that produces sound when wind sent by foot-operated bellows through a pressure-equalizing air reservoir causes metal reeds screwed over slots in metal frames to vibrate through the frames with close tolerance. BUY STRING INSTRUMENT : It is any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of strings, which may be made of vegetable fibre, metal, animal gut, or plastic. In nearly all stringed instruments the sound of the vibrating string is amplified by the use of a resonating chamber or soundboard. www.indiaabundance.com /frontend/category/musical_and_instruments_musical_001.asp   (226 words)

High End - Musical Instruments - Products - Casio Casio's portable musical keboard utilizes the high performance Zpi sound source to deliver the most realistic piano, organ, and synth sounds, plus a huge library of built-in tones, rhythms, and DSP settings. These powerful instruments feature an on-board sequencer and a mixer, for unmatched creative possibilities, plus powerful built-in speakers to take your performance to the next level. This powerful instrument features an on-board sequencer and a mixer, for unmatched creative possibilities, plus powerful 2-way bass reflex speakers to take your performance to the next level. www.casio.com /products/Musical_Instruments/High_End   (350 words)

oddmusic.com musical instrument gallery Located deep in the Luray Caverns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley is the Great Stalacpipe Organ, the worlds largest musical instrument. This most unique, one-of-a-kind instrument was invented in 1954 by Mr. Close-up of one of the mallets which strike a stalactite when an organ key is pressed. www.oddmusic.com /gallery/om25450.html   (154 words)

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