Electronic organ

An electronic organ is an electronic keyboard instrument, originally designed to imitate the sound of a pipe organ.

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Electronic - Keyboard instrument - Pipe organ

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Most current electronic organs are not restricted to pipe organ sounds, but contain other voices imitating instruments such as a trilled mandolin which have no corresponding organ stops, and electronic sounds that have no acoustic equivalent.

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Mandolin - Organ stop

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The main exceptions are some high-quality instruments designed purely as pipe organ replacements, particularly for churches. These are known as pipeless organs. There are also a few hybrid instruments that use pipes for a few main sounds, and electronics for others. Although many musicians hotly debate the sound quality of electronic organs compared to pipe organs, many churches that are unable to afford costly pipe organs have turned to less-expensive electronic organs as a viable alternative.

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Church - Sound quality - Alternative

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