Pipe organ

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A pipe organ is a keyboard instrument that makes its sound by forcing air through wood or metal pipes.

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Keyboard instrument - Sound - Air - Wood - Metal - Pipes

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Pipe organs range in size from portable instruments having only a few dozen pipes to grand organs having tens of thousands. All but the smallest have more than one keyboard, with the most common configuration being two manuals played by the hands plus a pedalboard. Three, four or five manuals plus pedals is not uncommon for a larger instrument.

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Keyboard - Manual - Pedalboard

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Pipe organs are most commonly found in churches, and in some Reform synagogues. They are also found in town halls, and in arts centres intended for the performance of classical music. In the era of silent films, large pipe organs were installed in many cinemas.

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Church - Reform synagogues - Classical music - Silent film - Cinema

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