There are all kinds of organs. From well-known organs such as rotary organs, pipe organs and virtual pipe organs to lesser-known organs such as wind organs, steam organs and water organs. Every organ is different, we are happy to tell you more about the differences between these instruments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAn organ is a musical instrument that consists of different pipes through which air flows. Every pipe has its own sound. When the organist presses a key on the keyboard, air flows through the relevant pipe, which in turn provides a certain sound. An organ can produce an enormous amount of sounds, depending on the number of pipes. The largest organs have more than ten thousand pipes spread over various rows!<\/p>\n
The classical and virtual pipe organ<\/h2>\n
Let’s start with the most well-known organ: the classical pipe organ. As described, the pipe organ consists of pipes, one or multiple keyboards and a pedal. Pipe organs are often used as a church organ, but also as a concert- or home organ. The largest pipe organ in the world is located in Stephen’s Cathedral in Passau (Germany).<\/p>\n
A variant of the classic pipe organ is the virtual pipe organ. A virtual pipe organ mimics the sounds of a classical pipe organ with the help of a software program. An example of such a program is Hauptwerk\u2122. Nowadays, the sound of a virtual pipe organ can no longer be distinguished from a classical organ. Hauptwerk\u2122 is often even used as an addition to the original organ, because Hauptwerk\u2122 makes it possible to play on world-famous organs.<\/p>\n
The barrel organ<\/h2>\n
The street organ is best known in the Netherlands and you often find it on the street in bigger cities. Where the pipes of a classical organ are generally made of metal, those of the barrel organ are made of wood. The barrel organ has the same mechanism as a pipe organ, but a barrel organ is operated by a moving music pattern (a barrel organ book) and not by human hands and feet.<\/p>\n
The wind-, steam- and water organ<\/h2>\n
These three organs are perhaps less well-known, but they still exist. Take the wind organ, for example, which is ‘played’ by the wind. A wind organ is therefore always in the open air and is often intended as a sculpture at the same time. A well-known variant of the wind organ is a wind clock<\/p>\n
With a power organ (calliope), steam flows through the organ pipes instead of air. Because the steam creates a certain pressure, the sound is amplified in such a way that a steam organ was often used in the open air. The largest steam organ in Europe is on board of the Dutch steamship Succes<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe oldest type of organ is the water organ (hydraulic organ). In a water organ, air is compressed by water and it is blown directly through the pipes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Types of musical organs: these are the differences There are all kinds of organs. From well-known organs such as rotary organs, pipe organs and virtual pipe organs to lesser-known organs such as wind organs, steam organs and water organs. Every organ is different, we are happy to tell you more about the differences between these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7659","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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