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	Reed organ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smaller, cheaper and more portable than pipe organs, reed organs were widely used in smaller churches and in private homes, but their volume and tonal range is limited, and they were generally confined to one or two manuals, pedalboards being extremely rare.
		As reed organs with pressure bellows were more difficult to produce and therefore more expensive, North American reed organs and melodions almost generally use suction bellows and operate on vacuum.
		Other reasons for the replacement of reed organs were their wavering status somewhere between a sacred pipe organ surrogate and a secular home instrument and the lack of original compositions for reed organs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reed_organ (619 words)

	Organ (music) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Organs range in size from a single, short keyboard to large instruments intended to play a full range of repertoire which typically have three or four manuals and may have as many as seven, plus a two-and-a-half octave pedalboard.
		Prior to the development of electric and electronic organs, the only alternative to the pipe organ was the reed organ, which generated its sounds using similar reeds to a piano accordion.
		A development of the reed organ was the chord organ, which provided chord buttons for the left hand, again similar to a piano accordion in concept.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Organ_(music) (1614 words)

	Reed Organ
		Reed Organ and Harmonium Workshop - The Reed Organ and Harmonium Workshop, Huddersfield UK, repairs and restores musical instruments as well as supplying spare parts and materials for the DIY...
		Reed Organs - The reed organ was the home entertainment system of the 1800's.
		A development of the reed organ was the chord organ, which provided chord...
	www.pianothings.com /reed-organ.html (728 words)

	reed - definition by dict.die.net
		In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.
		Free reed (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet.
		Reed organ (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. Reed pipe (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.
	dict.die.net /reed (511 words)

	Philomathean - Kristina Knupp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The reed organ, commonly known as the pump organ, is a reed instrument.
		In the case of the reed organ, the reed is made of brass and is clamped at one end, like a cantilever bar.
		The frequency with which the forces acting on the reed occurs is very low, therefore the motion of the reed corresponds to the motion of the air, while the magnitude of the reed motion is primarily determined by the reed's springiness (Benade 38).
	www.bridgewater.edu /philo/philo96/knupp.html (4061 words)

	AllRefer.com - reed organ (Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments) - Encyclopedia
		reed organ, an organ in which air is forced over free reeds by means of bellows, usually worked by pedals.
		American organ, melodeon or melodium, and cabinet organ were the names generally applied to this type of instrument, although the terms harmonium and melodeon have sometimes been confused.
		Many larger modern reed organs are electrically powered and have pedal keyboards like those of the pipe organ.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/reedorga.html (331 words)

	The Organ Minder / James Tyler, The Reed Organ Man, turns other folks' "junk" into beautiful, operable instruments
		A reed organ employs the same basic technology as the accordion and the harmonica: wind is sucked past a brass tongue within a U-shaped brass frame, causing it to vibrate at a certain frequency.
		organs that weren't out-and-out trashed were put out in the barn, where they became fodder for mice, who gnawed on the wood, and moths, who devoured the felts.
		The Reed Organ Society, of which Tyler is vice president, counts among its members some 700 collectors, restorers and/or fetishists who come together through various media to celebrate their favorite subgenre of keyboard.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/30/CM127894.DTL&type=printable (1561 words)

	Kleeb's Music Center Full-line Music Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The organ suited the entertainment needs of the great coliseum and the opulent population, for centuries before becoming the instrument of the church.
		Considering that the organ grew from a humble beginning, history could record that the early instruments were the best that was available with the technology and materials that were available.
		Even the sound that is primary to the organ differs greatly from organ to organ and country to country.
	www.kleebs.com /pipes.html (4743 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. Taxonomy of Musical Instruments
		Organ reeds are referred to as beating reeds because the tongue is larger than the shallot opening and therefore beats against it.
		The simplest reed instruments are those which have no openings to channel the wind or frames within which the reeds can vibrate.
		A spatulate stone, bone, or board, sometimes carved in the shape of a fish, is tied through a small hole to a string, which in turn is attached to a stick; when the instrument is whirled around, it produces a sound by its disturbance of the air.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/description/taxonomy.html (1825 words)

	Reed Organ and Harmonium Workshop
		The development of free reed instruments took a giant leap forward with the introduction of the Harmonium and the Reed Organ.
		Annie Lennox used a harmonium in her concert for MTV's Unplugged series, and musicians are again seeing the value of reed organs as instruments in their own right.
		The smallest instrument restored was a two octave portable reed organ, and the largest current project is a two manual and pedal reed organ will a pitch range down to 16ft.
	www.musiclink.co.uk /reedorgans (287 words)

	Reed Organ Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Reed Organ Society is an international, non-profie organization devoted to the appreciation, study, collection, restoration and preservation of reed organs.
		The scope of instruments ranges from harmonicas, accordions, concertinas, and lap organs, through melodeons, harmoniums, parlor, chapel, and church organs to mechanical player organs, whether they be foot-pumped, hand-cranked or motorized.
		Membership is open to anyone who is genuinely interested in reed organs.
	www.reedsoc.org (96 words)

	The Estey Organ Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vermont (under various names, but always containing the family name) was established by Jacob Estey (1814-1890) in 1855, the culmination of reed instrument manufacturing that began in Brattleboro in 1846.
		Estey produced more than 520,000 reed organs, were most noted for their portable “chaplains’s” models, and was the last company of any consequence to make reed instruments.
		Purchases of American reed organs between 1850 and 1910 exceeded that of pianos by almost two to one.
	www2.innevi.com /~eepolson/estey.html (507 words)

	Organ Pipes - Reed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The organ pipe is at the University of Toronto.
		The effective length of the reed, and hence its frequency, is controlled by the position of the tuning wire projecting through the top of the chamber.
		Another Koenig reed pipe is at St. Patrick's College at Maynooth, Ireland.
	physics.kenyon.edu /EarlyApparatus/Rudolf_Koenig_Apparatus/Organ_Pipes_Reed/Organ_Pipes_Reed.html (109 words)

	reed organ -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The term organ encompasses reed organs and electronic organs but, unless otherwise specified, is usually understood to refer to pipe organs.
		In the history of Western musical instruments, the importance of the organ is confirmed by its repertoire—the oldest and largest existing collection of compositions in classical music.
		The organ is a wind instrument in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in rows.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063006?tocId=9063006 (835 words)

	Reed Organ Repair: Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are some museum curators who take the position that all reed organs, being more-or-less "old", should molder away in musty museums somewhere, to be played rarely (and only with permission!), and to be examined by scholars only if such are found worthy.
		Working on a reed organ need not be a lonely job: a few compatible souls can get the job done faster, at least, and the companionship and pride in a job well done can then be shared.
		After all, the reed organ you have was built in a factory by dozens or hundreds of workers, probably no one of which ever paid any real attention to the completed instrument.
	www.reedsoc.org /RepairV2/introduction.htm (644 words)

	Roll Playing Reed Organ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If you look at the image of it you’ll see that is not unlike any ordinary reed organ except that there is a spot for the roll.
		Player reed organs, most of which are of upright style with keyboard, developed from the organette.
		These organs were extremely popular in the US from around 1885 to 1910, but by the end of this era the player piano had captured the market for automatic operated keyboard instruments in the home.
	www.waterex.com.au /player/organ.html (220 words)

	eBay Forums: eBay Expert Member Workshop: Repairing ...
		The quarterly journal of the Reed Organ Society is "the bible" on reed organ histories, articles on repair, question forums that at one time in the early internet age had write-ups from the actual emails sent to the editorship of Mr.
		Reed organs were developed almost simultaneously in Europe and the United States in the middle 19th century with harmoniums being the European mode with pressure bellows and peculiar stops of expression, etc. whereas the American organs as they became known to be called overseas, came to be known in the United States as "parlor organs"
		Parlor organs were the rage in the 1880' up past the 1910's with oak models supplanting the walnut kind as a rule.
	forums.ebay.com /db2/thread.jspa?threadID=410226696 (1640 words)

	Estey Organ Building
		The former Estey Organ Company factory comprises a nineteenth century industrial complex of eleven principal buildings together with several outbuildings and related structures The complex occupies a narrow terrace on a hillside above Whetstone Brook, bounded on the east by Birge Street and on the north by Estey Street.
		Its owners and employees contributed numerous inventions in the techniques and components of organ building, and were prominent participants in the political and social affairs both of Brattleboro and Vermont.
		The first simple reed organs in the United States were introduced early in the nineteenth century.
	www.crjc.org /heritage/V02-11.htm (5651 words)

	THE REED ORGAN PROJECT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For those who are unfamiliar with reed organs, they were very popular instruments in the mid 19th century and early 20th century.
		These instruments are often called "Parlor" or "foot pump" organs due to the fact that the performer was required to pump a set of pedals attached to bellows in order to provide the pressure differential for actuating the reeds and other functions.
		The reeds are often nothing more than a delicate brass strip riveted to a brass frame and tuned to a specific frequency by adjusting the thickness and shape of the brass tongue.
	www.eskimo.com /~dritland/reed/reed.htm (715 words)

	EASTERN FREE REED INSTRUMENTS
		In these the reed is located towards the closed end of the pipe and the end of the pipe is placed in the player's mouth, with the instrument held downwards at an angle.
		Often free reed pipes are given a gourd windchest, with the neck of the gourd being used as a mouthpiece.
		Mouth organs could be further classified according to several more or less arbitrary schemes, such as the number of pipes, tuning system, reed materials, etc. I have chosen to group them together according to the way the pipes are arranged.
	www.patmissin.com /history/eastern.html (1660 words)

	Hanover Horton Area Historical Society
		At that time the main concern of the founding group was the care and preservation of a unique and extensive collection of antique reed organs belonging to a local resident who was seeking an enduring organization to assure the perpetuation of his collection.
		The organ collection has grown to over 130 working organs that are displayed in the gymnasium.
		The museum has restored one of the classrooms to represent a circa 1900 classroom, one of the upstairs classrooms houses a typical turn of the century home interior, a third classroom is currently being refurbished to house a genealogical and research library.
	www.conklinreedorganmuseum.org (351 words)

	Reed Organ Repair: Part 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It cannot be stressed enough here that the reeds, being the heart and soul of a reed organ, must be handled with great care.
		Hold the reed by its butt and tap the tip of it on a hard surface with the reed tongue down: this action will cause the tongue to move away from the frame and loosen any specks lodged near the rivet.
		Finally, view the reed against a strong light to be sure there are no specks lurking anywhere in the small space between tongue and frame.
	www.reedsoc.org /RepairV2/part9.htm (1292 words)

	Moe Piano & Organ Company - Reed Organs & Player Pianos
		Reed (pump) organs are common to many homes in the US and are often in need of cleaning and restoration.
		Dust is a big enenmy of the reed organ and regular maintenance is necessary to keep the instrument fully functional.
		We can turn your reed organ into a self-playing instrument utilizing MIDI technology to actually move the keys just like a player piano.
	www.mpoc.50megs.com /reed.htm (233 words)

	Chapter Reducement <i>to</i> Reeky of R by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley.
		a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, — used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet.
		a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1209/23841/4.html (355 words)

	Lee Conklin Antique Organ Museum
		Lee Conklin's first organ to be collected was this cottage organ manufactured by Mason & Hamlin of Boston, MA in 1884.
		The organ was manufactured in the mid 1880’s by Mason and Hamlin in Boston, Mass.
		This organ is of special interest because it was used, along with a violin, to provide music for special occasions in the community.
	www.conklinreedorganmuseum.org /lcro.htm (385 words)

	Watersmith Pipe Organs
		Custom-designed, constructed, and voiced for its setting, a new Watersmith organ is an enduring and beautiful instrument combining the timeless elements of the organ builder's craft with the best in modern-day materials and production methods.
		For those clients who feel that they cannot afford a new tracker organ, we can build an organ with "prepared" stops: space is left in the organ for the addition of' more stops as funds permit.
		Reeds are normally manufactured in the French style, using historical scales and shallots.
	www.tneorg.com:16080 /watersmith (470 words)

	Vibrational Modes of Reed Organ Pipe
		Scanning vibrometer measurements of displacement of the reed from its equilibrium position for a pipe blown in a standard fashion.
		The arrow with a W indicates the wedge, T indicates a section of the tuning wire, N indicates position of nodal lines.
		Image b is rotated to illustrate torsional motion of the reed, and the remainder are rotated to show several cantilever modes.
	physics.gac.edu /~Huber/organs/vibrometer (254 words)

	The Asian Free Reed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The principle of the free reed appears to have had its inception in Asia and after spreading there was subsequently introduced into with West where it developed into such instruments as the harmonica, the accordion, the harmonium and the free reed organ.
		Instruments of this type are based on the principle of a free vibrating reed, unlike the single beating reed of the clarinet or saxophone, and likewise unlike the double reed instruments like the Western oboe, or the Indian shahnai and Chinese sona.
		The Chinese written character for the mouth harp, jaw's harp or guimbarde is the same character for tongue and the character used to describe the actual reed used in the Chinese mouth organ, sheng, known in Japan as sho.
	aris.ss.uci.edu /rgarfias/courses/asian/freereed.html (308 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. Review of Gellerman: Book on Harmonium
		During the next decade, interest in the reed organ began to spread and membership grew to 600 members in fourteen countries.
		Robert Gellerman's new revised edition of The American Reed Organ is a monument to a beautiful free-reed instrument which reached its peak of popularity in the 1890s.
		The chapter titled Stops and Voices has a section titled The Free Reed Sound which is the most complete explanation I have ever seen of the reason the free-reeds make sound the way they do, even going to the extent of including a graph of a spectrum analyzer showing the strength of the various overtones.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/reviews/gellerman.html (497 words)

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