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2. Organ stop - Wikipedia

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   An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; each can be "on" (admitting the passage of air to certain pipes), or "off" ( stopping the passage of air to certain pipes).

3. Pipe organ - Wikipedia

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   The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre, volume, and construction throughout the keyboard compass.

4. Organ console - Wikipedia

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   Controls at the console called stops select which ranks of pipes are used. These controls are generally either draw knobs (or stop knobs), which engage the stops when pulled out from the console; stop tablets (or tilting tablets) which are hinged at their far end; or rocker-tablets, which rock up and down on a central axle.

5. List of pipe organ stops - Wikipedia

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   An organ stop can be one of three things: the control on an organ console that selects a particular sound. the row of organ pipes used to create a particular sound, more appropriately known as a rank. the sound itself. Organ stops are sorted into four major types: principal, string, reed, and flute .

6. Registration (organ) - Wikipedia

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   Registration is the technique of choosing and combining the stops of a pipe organ in order to produce a particular sound. Registration can also refer to a particular combination of stops, which may be recalled through combination action.

7. Organ (music) - Wikipedia

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   Overview Pipe organs, which use air moving through pipes to produce sounds. The air is supplied by bellows, an electric motor or water. Since the 16th century, pipe organs have used various materials for pipes, which can vary widely in timbre and volume. Increasingly hybrid organs are appearing in which pipes are augmented with electric additions;