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  My home built pipe organ
The pipes themselves are of course much wider, so I used plastic tubing to connect the valves to their corresponding pipes.
The original experimental pipes I built were of a difficult design to execute, as the front of the pipe was actually sandwiched between the two sides.
Organ pipes are very sensitive to the shape of their immediate surroundings.
www.sentex.net /~mwandel/organ/organ.html   (2254 words)

  
 Fascination Pipe Organ
At Hey Pipe Organ Builders, it is our pleasure to help you come to an informed construction of new organ, restoration, consulting, rebuilding, maintenance, service, small organs and chest-type organs, organs for hire.
The Principles such as mechanically precise actions with a firm touch, organic partial organ structures and tonal structures, and a finely differentiated, harmonious spectrum of sounds are still painstakingly observed today.
Constant quality, continually checking our highest standards of pipe organ building to see if we measure up - this is the only way to prove that we are worthy of the trust our clients place in Hey Organ Builders and equal to the justifiably high demands they make of us.
www.organ-builders.com /pipeorgan.htm   (167 words)

  
 Community of Christ Organs
The Auditorium organ is a superb example of the "American Classic Organ," a concept and design developed by Aeolian-Skinner that mingles the colors and textures of both German and French organs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with twentieth-century voices developed or adapted by the builder.
The 5,685 pipes are distributed on three levels behind the façade in an organ case that is fifty feet high, forty feet wide, and eight feet deep.
The organ’s many pipes are made of a variety of materials, including polished tin, lacquered zinc, a mixture of tin and lead that forms "spotted metal," and polished copper, used for the Trompette en chamade, which extends horizontally from the case.
www.cofchrist.org /worship/organ.asp   (936 words)

  
 Pipe organ Summary
The organ and the music written for it reached a pinnacle of importance during the seventeenth century, but one must look to developments during the Middle Ages to understand how the organ came to be a part of the structure—literally—of the major Christian churches, and to appreciate its extraordinary mechanical complexity.
Organs in the Middle Ages and Renaissance were marvels of technological complexity, employing the highest craft and engineering knowledge to produce arrays of pipes, stops, keys, and bellows that could turn air into the most startling and awe-inspiring music.
Organs were also known to exist in the Byzantine Empire as well as in Islamic Spain, though there is no evidence that the European organ came by way of Spain.
www.bookrags.com /Pipe_organ   (7262 words)

  
 Johannus Pipe Organ Interface
Pipe organ digitally sampled sounds can be accessed via the pipe organ keyboard contact system and operate a self contained digital system including amplifiers and speakers.
Pipe organs tend to go off pitch with temperature changes and to compensate for this Johannus has an automated tuning system to compensate for the de-tuning of the pipes.
These organs will be built with the HSSW system and customers will be able to design a custom specification to suit their own needs and tastes.
www.nelsen-organworks.com /pages/interface.html   (618 words)

  
 Rebuilds - Pipe organ rebuilding, restoration and relocation
As the church forms a committee to oversee the process of organ rebuilding it is important that committee members have some knowledge of the pipe organ in their church.
Many fine pipe organs were altered unsatisfactorily chasing trendy fads and many of those organs have since been dismantled or returned to their previous state.
Please contact us if you know of a pipe organ that needs to be relocated, if you are interested in buying a relocated organ or if you are looking to incorporate vintage pipework into a new instrument.
www.elsenerorganworks.com /Rebuilds.htm   (760 words)

  
 Our Pipe Organ
The organ is unique in that it is the first parish organ to be completely built on-site in perhaps three centuries.
The pipe organ is a suspended tracker action, 14 rank instrument, with two-keyboards and pedal.
Because of their acoustical superiority and visual beauty, the case style repeats that of the North German baroque pipe organs of the early 1700’s, and was fabricated in exactly the same manner--using only natural wood, and pipes poured from the molten metal here on site, then each hand crafted.
www.flcyc.org /Organ/pipe_organ.htm   (308 words)

  
 Doug's Schlicker Pipe Organ
This organ was built in 1954-55 by the Schlicker Organ Company of Buffalo, NY and is comprised of 269 pipes, in three ranks plus a 37-note, two-rank mixture stop, ranging in size (speaking length) from one-half inch to almost eight feet in height.
My instrument was originally constructed for my first organ teacher, and I purchased it from her widower after her death in the fall of 1997.
Read about the two times that the organ was moved, the first time in early 1998 and the second move in the summer of 1999.
mysite.verizon.net /dalderdi/organ   (644 words)

  
 The A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company Home
Although there are handbooks, notable specifications, and imperial examples of the artistic and mechanical ingenuity of pipe organ building, the soul of organ building is found in artisans who build or re-build one of a kind instruments.
One of the largest pipe organ builders, re-builders, and re-furbishers in the Eastern United States.
Pipe organ design engineer and architect with more than 50 years experience on staff.
www.pipe-organ.com   (743 words)

  
 Pipeorgans.com - your organ rebuilding website
Most pipe organs today use electricity to control the stop actions and note actions and are called electric action pipe organs.
The sound from each pipe is designed and adjusted to blend with all the other pipes in the organ and to give the best possible results in a room.
The blending of the sounds of many individual pipes into a complex chorus is a key reason for the superiority of pipe organs over electronic organs, which are inherently limited to relatively few loudspeakers from which the sound originates.
www.pipeorgans.com /how-to-make-music/index.cfm   (587 words)

  
 Pipes Hall of Fame - BACHorgan.com! Johann Sebastian Bach,pipe organ
The BACHorgan.com Pipes Hall of Fame recognizes people and institutions that have replaced their electronic organ with a pipe organ, renovated their pipe organ rather than replace it with an electronic organ, or otherwise deserve special recognition for their efforts in furthering the cause of the pipe organ.
According to a church history, the congregation decided in February of 1942 to purchase a new pipe organ to replace the old one which was in need of extensive repair.
To complement the aesthetic changes to the church, the addition of a pipe organ seemed to be "the finishing touch," Wilbourn said.
www.bachorgan.com /PipesHallofFame.asp   (2141 words)

  
 Knuth: Pipe Organ
Some of the pipes were made by Gebrüder Käs in Germany, and the pedal reeds are from Trivo Inc. in Hagerstown, Maryland; but most of the pipework is by Abbott and Sieker, who did all the voicing.
The organ may be defined as a musical instrument gaining sound from pipes, those pipes being set on wind chests supplied with air under constant pressure.
The name implies pipes; thus the designation ``pipe organ'' is redundant as would be the term ``string violin.'' A reed organ is more properly called a harmonium.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu /~knuth/organ.html   (707 words)

  
 New Pipe Organ at Cumming First United Methodist Church, Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia
You might be surprised to learn that the first "modern day" pipe organ is one of the oldest instruments and was conceived and built by a Roman inventor named Tsebius around 250 B.C. Tsebius was the inventor of the pump used to extinguish fires.
Pipes that are narrower in relation to their height have a thinner and clearer sound - think Trombone.
It also allows for the organ console to be placed anywhere, and for each set of pipes to be played from more than one place on the organ (all you need it another relay and some wire!) something that is not possible in a mechanical action organ.
www.cummingfirst.com /organ.html   (1495 words)

  
 Martin Ott Pipe Organ Company
Martin Ott Pipe Organ Company has current commissions to build pipe organs for: Trinity Lutheran Church, Waukesha, WI; Zion Lutheran, Portland, Oregon; and Ascension Lutheran, Cheyenne, WY. These commissions are scheduled for production over the next two years.
The design of the case and the scaling of the pipes are developed in accordance with the architecture, size, and the acoustics of the room in which the organ will be located.
We are a member of the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, the International Society of Organ Builders, the American Institute of Organ Builders, and the Organ Historical Society.
www.martinottpipeorgan.com   (230 words)

  
 Pipe Organ - Bulletin Insert from Modern Liturgy 2/98   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"The pipe organ is to be held in high esteem, for it is the traditional musical instrument that adds a wonderful splendor to the church's ceremonies and powerfully lifts up the spirit to God and to higher things" (CSL 120).
But the pipe organ still remains the jewel of instruments used for worship.
The pipe organ, an acoustical instrument, uses natural products - wood, metal, leather and wind, to produce a sound which the player changes from placid to piercing, from penitent to playful.
www.rpinet.com /ml/2501bi2.html   (349 words)

  
 Westminster Presbyterian Church -- Pipe Organ
Couplers on the console provide the means to combine the various divisions of the organ together on a manual, at different levels of pitch.
The largest pipes of the organ are found in the Pedal division.
The term ‘Choir' is a corruption of the word ‘chair' which historically refers to a division of pipes installed immediately behind the organ console, at chair level, hence the term.
www.westminster-church.org /pipe_organ.htm   (686 words)

  
 Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Cacti: The organ pipe, which is more common in Mexico, is distinguished from the saguaro by having thinner stems and by branching mainly from the base instead of from up the central trunk.
The Saguaro National Park is fairly similar to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, the main differences being the types of cacti found there, but the latter has a heightened sense of isolation, and is rather more rugged and unspoilt.
For hiking in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, the 1:69,444 scale topological map from National Geographic/Trails Illustrated is a good choice; this has the map on one side and general park information on the other.
www.americansouthwest.net /arizona/organ_pipe/national_monument.html   (590 words)

  
 Pipe Organ Foundation
We work with pipe organs that are primarily electropneumatic and electromechanical in action.
Please also contact us with any needs for pipe organs which you may have, and we will try to be of help to you.
On January 20, 2002, the IRS awarded the Pipe Organ Foundation 501(c)(3) status as a Public Charity, and this status was reaffirmed by the IRS on July 11, 2005 after having passed the test for a public supported charity rather than a private foundation.
www.pipeorganfoundation.org   (245 words)

  
 Summerall Chapel Organ Project
A decision was made to purchase an electronic organ just to "substitute" until the pipe organ could be restored.
Upon inspections in the chamber, it was found that much of the pipe work of the previous pipe organ may be utilized again.
Because many of the pipes added to the organ in North Chamber and installed in the South Chamber are dedicated to the memory of Alumni and Friends of the Citadel, it is suggested that as much of the existing pipework should be used as feasible.
www.zimmerorgans.com /History.htm   (235 words)

  
 Pipe Organ Preservation Co. (of Ireland)
The organ in St Mary's Crumlin Road Belfast was in need of refurbishment and the Great department has been redesigned with a new slider soundboard and Victorian casework to replace a 1960s functional display.
An organ built by Telford for a convent in Navan and enlarged to 2 manuals by Kenneth Jones for its installation in Delvin Co. Westmeath in 1980 was refurbished and installed in the assembly hall of Belfast Royal Academy in 2005.
A suitable pipe organ was found in England and was subsequently restored and installed by us in the church at minimal cost.
www.organ.dnet.co.uk /popco   (821 words)

  
 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - News Item: Pipe Organ Fact Sheet
Wood pipes were made in the workshops of Glatter-Götz Orgelbau of Douglas fir and Norwegian pine.
The main console is permanently installed at base of the organ's facade in the 'forest' of pipes.
The organ is voiced with a wide dynamic range from super pianissimo to a breathtaking fortissimo.
www.laphil.org /press/press_detail.cfm?id=1239&ps=3   (566 words)

  
 The Pipe Organ by Marya J. Fancey
The earliest known organist was Ctesibius of Alexandria, who lived around 200 B.C. Pipe organs existed throughout the ancient world although they were quite different from the organs of the 16th century and later, which are the organs familiar to us today.
The Hydraulic organ used the weight of water to keep the wind under pressure so that the wind blowing through the pipes would be steady.
These organs did not have pedals because the pedalboard was not invented until the late 15th century.
nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu /~bodinew   (404 words)

  
 Miller Pipe Organ
Truly a "Mom and Pop" operation in the beginning, Miller Pipe Organ Company was founded by James E. Miller in 1975, with the able assistance of his wife, Ruby.
It was also in 1975 that Jim accepted an offer from the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio to become their regional sales representative in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Indiana counties adjoining Louisville.
Miller Pipe Organ Company is a unique organization of dedicated craftsmen and women striving to provide excellence in the art of organbuilding to the glory of God.
www.millerorgan.com /index.php?page=about_us   (748 words)

  
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Organ Hymns for the Sabbath are performed by Mormon Tabernacle organists John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, and Richard Elliott with 23 hymn-based compositions showcasing the 5-130 Conference Center organ built by Schoenstein & Co.
Austin’s great municipal organs of the 1910s and 1920s, exuberant expressions of civic pride, still thrill audiences with majestic tuttis, and rainbows of contrasting tone colors and are carefully discussed.
He plays the famous Fisk organ at Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas, with the Dallas Symphony, Eduardo Mata, conductor; the “ikon” organ in the shape of a hand as built by Kleuker for the Alpine church of Notre-Dame des Neiges, and the van den Heuvel organ which he designed as titulaire of St-Eustace in Paris.
www.ohscatalog.org   (4263 words)

  
 Pipe Organ Maintenance and Repairs
Since organs change tune with variations in humidity and temperature, the schedule is determined in such a manner as to maximize longevity of duration of the tuning after completion.
Re-pitching of the organ is generally not done except in extreme situations where the organ is widely out of pitch with other musical instruments, such as the Piano, organ chimes, a Carillon or a similar non-changeable instrument.
We are conversant in every type of pipe organ action manufactured; as well as the ability to troubleshoot and service the latest solid state organ control equipment.
www.schneiderpipeorgans.com /maintenance.shtml   (1373 words)

  
 Pipe Organ home page
Hint: if you click on the PIPE ORGAN image at the top of every page, no matter where you are, it will bring you back to this starting page.
"Let the pealing organ blow!", the first CD made on the Christchurch Town Hall organ, has been reprinted and is available online.
DISCLAIMER: this website, the contents, and people involved with it are not, nor ever have been, in any way associated with Dr Ronald Newton or the New Zealand Organ Manufactory, which adopted a similar website address to nzorgan.com.
www.nzorgan.com   (211 words)

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