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Tracker action in Jørlunde church.Organ by Frobenius (2009). Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe(s) of the corresponding note.
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The Voix celeste (French: Voix céleste, lit. 'heavenly voice') is an organ stop consisting of either one or two ranks of pipes slightly out of tune. The term celeste refers to a rank of pipes detuned slightly so as to produce a beating effect when combined with a normally tuned rank.
The steam calliope is also known as a steam organ (orgue à vapeur in Quebec) or steam piano (piano à vapeur in Quebec). The air-driven calliope is sometimes called a calliaphone , the name given to it by Norman Baker , but the "Calliaphone" name is registered by the Miner Company for instruments produced under the Tangley name.
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Schnitger's autograph disposition Organ console. The organ was originally built for the St. Johannis-Klosterkirche in Hamburg (on the site of today's Rathausmarkt). [3] That church was part of a Dominican Abbey, whose buildings were re-used after the Reformation by the 'Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums' ('School of St John's Scholarship').
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In July 2022 the organ was installed at London Bridge station − in the Stainer Street concourse, near Saint Thomas Street − by the "Pipe Up for Pipe Organs" charity project led by the organ restorer Martin Renshaw. Its relocation saved the organ and helped to raise public awareness of the loss of pipe organs from closed churches in the ...