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The Grand Organ (described by its builder as The Voice of Jupiter) situated in the Royal Albert Hall in London is the second largest pipe organ in the United Kingdom, after the Liverpool Cathedral Grand Organ. It was originally built by Henry "Father" Willis and most recently rebuilt by Mander Organs. It has 147 stops [1] and, since the 2004 ...
The Schoenstein Organ at the Conference Center is a pipe organ built by Schoenstein & Co., San Francisco, California located in the Conference Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The organ was completed in 2003. It is composed of 160 speaking stops spread over five manuals and pedals.
The first organ produced in the deeper Model B cabinet, to accommodate the chorus generator [7] B-A. 1938 [8] Model B-C style organ with built-in player organ mechanism [9] (possibly Duo-Art ), custom built by Aeolian-Skinner. [10] BV. 1946–1949 [6] Same as Model B-C but with the Hammond Vibrato and Vibrato Chorus.
Schnitger organ (Hamburg) Coordinates: 53°33′01″N 10°00′01″E. Façade. The organ of the St. Jacobi Church (St. James' Church) in Hamburg, was built from 1689 to 1693 by the most renowned organ builder of his time, Arp Schnitger. [1] The organ boasts four manuals and pedal with 60 stops, 15 of which are reeds – and has approximately ...
Stenocereus thurberi, the organ pipe cactus, is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States. The species is found in rocky desert. Two subspecies are recognized based on their distribution and height. The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is named for the species. Cacti are minimally adapted to particular thermal niches, and ...
The organ is famed for its orchestra-like sound, coming from pipes that are voiced softer than usual, allowing an unusually rich build-up because of the massing of pipe-tone families. The organ was also built and enlarged as an "art organ", using exceptional craftsmanship and lavish application of materials to create a luxury product.
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert [6] and first manufactured in 1935. [7] Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic ...
"sifflet" or one foot organ stop I usually for orchestral string instruments, used to indicate that the player should play the passage on the highest-pitched, thinnest string 1 + 3 ⁄ 5 ′ Tierce organ stop 2 ′ two feet – pipe organ indication; see Organ stop § Pitch and length 2 + 2 ⁄ 3 ′ pipe organ stop for the twelfth interval II