ABSTRACT

The Encyclopedia of Organ includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete A-Z reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world.

letter 1|44 pages

A

entry 1|1 pages

Abbey, John (York) (1783–1859)

entry 1|1 pages

Abbott and Sieker

entry 1|1 pages

Accouplement

entry 1|1 pages

Acoustic Bass

entry 1|4 pages

Acoustics

entry 1|8 pages

Action

entry 1|1 pages

Acuta

entry 1|1 pages

Adema

entry 1|1 pages

Adlung, Jacob (Jakob) (1699–1762)

entry 1|1 pages

Æolian Company

entry 1|2 pages

Æolian-Skinner Organ Company

entry 1|1 pages

Aeoline

entry 1|1 pages

Africa

entry 1|1 pages

Agati

entry 1|1 pages

Agricola, Johann Friedrich (1720–1774)

entry 1|1 pages

Ahrend, Jürgen (B. 1930)

entry 1|1 pages

Alberdi Recalde, Lope (1869–1948)

entry 1|1 pages

Alexandre

entry 1|1 pages

Aliquot

entry 1|1 pages

Allen Organ Company

entry 1|1 pages

Alley, Joseph (1804–1880)

entry 1|1 pages

Alsace

entry 1|1 pages

Alternatim

entry 1|1 pages

Altes Land

entry 1|1 pages

Aluminum

entry 1|1 pages

American Classic Organ

entry 1|1 pages

American Guild of Organists

entry 1|1 pages

American Organ Archives

entry 1|1 pages

American Theatre Organ Society

entry 1|1 pages

Anches

entry 1|1 pages

Andersen, Poul-Gerhard (1904–1980)

entry 1|2 pages

Andover

entry 1|1 pages

Andrews, Alvinza (1800–1862)

entry 1|1 pages

Anselmi-Tamburini

entry 1|1 pages

Antegnati

entry 1|1 pages

Appleton, Thomas (1785–1872)

entry 1|1 pages

Aquincum Organbuilder Company

entry 1|1 pages

Argillières, D'

entry 1|1 pages

Arnault (Arnaut) De Zwolle, Henri (D. 1466)

entry 1|1 pages

Articulation

entry 1|2 pages

Asia

entry 1|1 pages

Aubertin, Bernard (B. 1952)

entry 1|2 pages

Audsley, George A(Shdown) (1838–1925)

entry 1|1 pages

Austin, John T(Urnell) (1869–1948)

entry 1|1 pages

Austin Organs, Inc.

entry 1|1 pages

Austin Universal Windchest

entry 1|2 pages

Australia

entry 1|3 pages

Austria

entry 1|1 pages

Automatic Players

letter 2|40 pages

B

entry 2|1 pages

Backfall

entry 2|1 pages

Bader

entry 2|1 pages

Baillie-Hamilton, James (John Buchanan) (1837–After 1926)

entry 2|1 pages

Balancier

entry 2|1 pages

Balbiani

entry 2|1 pages

Baldwin

entry 2|1 pages

Band Organ

entry 2|1 pages

Barbier, Nicolas (Fl. Ca. 1580)

entry 2|1 pages

Barden, Nelson C. (B. 1934)

entry 2|1 pages

Barker, Charles s(Packman) (1805–1879)

entry 2|1 pages

Barker Lever

entry 2|1 pages

Baroque Organ

entry 2|1 pages

Bärpfeife

entry 2|1 pages

Barrel Organ

entry 2|1 pages

Basset Horn/Corno Di Bassetto

entry 2|1 pages

Bätz

entry 2|1 pages

Bauerflöte

entry 2|4 pages

Bavaria

entry 2|1 pages

Beach, Giles (1826–1906)

entry 2|1 pages

Beard

entry 2|1 pages

Beard, George A. Wales

entry 2|1 pages

Beats

entry 2|1 pages

Beck

entry 2|1 pages

Becker

entry 2|1 pages

Beckerath, Rudolf Von (1907–1976)

entry 2|1 pages

Bedient, Gene R. (B. 1944)

entry 2|1 pages

Bédos De Celles, (Dom) François (1709–1779)

entry 2|1 pages

Belgium

entry 2|1 pages

Bell Diapason

entry 2|3 pages

Bellows

entry 2|1 pages

Bells

entry 2|1 pages

Bendeler, Johann Philipp (1654–1709)

entry 2|1 pages

Bernati-Verí, Jorge Bosch

entry 2|1 pages

Biagi (Blasi), Luca

entry 2|1 pages

Bibliotheca Organologica

entry 2|1 pages

Bifara

entry 2|1 pages

Bigelow, Michael L.

entry 2|1 pages

Biggs, E[dward George] Power (1906–1977)

entry 2|1 pages

Bird Whistle

entry 2|1 pages

Bishop

entry 2|1 pages

Blangz

entry 2|1 pages

Blasi (Biagi), Luca (Ca. 1545–1608)

entry 2|1 pages

Block

entry 2|1 pages

Blockflöte

entry 2|1 pages

Blockwerk

entry 2|1 pages

Blower

entry 2|1 pages

Bode, Harald (1909–1987)

entry 2|1 pages

Boisseau

entry 2|1 pages

Bombarde

entry 2|1 pages

Bonatti (Bonati)

entry 2|1 pages

Bonavia-Hunt, Noel A(Ubrey) (1882–1965)

entry 2|1 pages

Bond, Richard L. (B. 1947)

entry 2|1 pages

Boody, John

entry 2|1 pages

Boot

entry 2|1 pages

Bosch Bernati-Verí, Jorge (1737–1800)

entry 2|1 pages

Bossard

entry 2|1 pages

Bossi

entry 2|1 pages

Bötzen

entry 2|1 pages

Bourdon

entry 2|1 pages

Bovenwerk

entry 2|1 pages

Bo x

entry 2|1 pages

Boxbeard

entry 2|1 pages

Bozeman, George, Jr. (B. 1936)

entry 2|1 pages

Brabant

entry 2|1 pages

Brass

entry 2|3 pages

Brazil

entry 2|1 pages

Brebos

entry 2|1 pages

Brebus, Hans (D. 1603)

entry 2|1 pages

Breisiger, Peter (Fl. 1516–1542)

entry 2|1 pages

British Institute of Organ Studies

entry 2|1 pages

Broken Octave

entry 2|1 pages

Brombaugh, John (B. 1937)

entry 2|1 pages

Brunzema, Gerhard (1927–1992)

entry 2|1 pages

Brustwerk

entry 2|1 pages

Bryceson

entry 2|1 pages

Bungboard

entry 2|1 pages

Byfield

letter 3|50 pages

C

entry 3|1 pages

Cabinet Organ

entry 3|1 pages

Cadireta

entry 3|1 pages

Cahman

entry 3|1 pages

Calcant

entry 3|1 pages

Callido

entry 3|1 pages

Callinet

entry 3|1 pages

Calliope

entry 3|1 pages

Campana

entry 3|4 pages

Canada

entry 3|1 pages

Care and Maintenance of Pipe Organs

entry 3|1 pages

Carhart, Jeremiah (1813–1868)

entry 3|1 pages

Caribbean

entry 3|1 pages

Carillon

entry 3|1 pages

Carlier, Crespin (Crépin) (D. 1636)

entry 3|2 pages

Casavant Frères

entry 3|1 pages

Case

entry 3|1 pages

Casparini (Caspari)

entry 3|3 pages

Caus (Caux, Caulx)

entry 3|1 pages

Celesta/Chrysoglott

entry 3|1 pages

Celeste/Céleste/Schwebung

entry 3|1 pages

Celestina

entry 3|1 pages

Cent

entry 3|3 pages

Central and South America

entry 3|1 pages

Cerveira, António (Xavier) Machado E (1756–1828)

entry 3|1 pages

Chair Organ

entry 3|1 pages

Chalumeau

entry 3|1 pages

Chamber

entry 3|1 pages

Chamber Music and Accompanying

entry 3|1 pages

Chamber Organ

entry 3|1 pages

Channel

entry 3|1 pages

Chest

entry 3|1 pages

Chief

entry 3|1 pages

Chile

entry 3|1 pages

Chimes

entry 3|1 pages

Chimney Flute

entry 3|1 pages

Choir

entry 3|1 pages

Choralbass

entry 3|1 pages

Chorton

entry 3|2 pages

Chorus

entry 3|1 pages

Chorus Reeds

entry 3|1 pages

Chrismann, Franz X(Aver) (1726–1795)

entry 3|1 pages

Cinema Organ

entry 3|1 pages

Cipher

entry 3|1 pages

Cipri

entry 3|1 pages

Clairon/Clarion/Clarin

entry 3|1 pages

Clarabella

entry 3|1 pages

Clarinet

entry 3|1 pages

Clarinet Flute

entry 3|1 pages

Classical Organ (Greek and Roman Antiquity)

entry 3|1 pages

Claviorgan

entry 3|1 pages

Cleat

entry 3|1 pages

Collections

entry 3|1 pages

Combination Action

entry 3|1 pages

Comma

entry 3|1 pages

Compass

entry 3|1 pages

Compenius, Esajas (Esaias) (Ca. 1560–1617)

entry 3|1 pages

Compensating Mixture

entry 3|1 pages

Componium

entry 3|1 pages

Composers and the Historical Organ

entry 3|1 pages

Composition Pedal

entry 3|1 pages

Compound Stop

entry 3|1 pages

Compton, John H(Aywood) (1865–1957)

entry 3|1 pages

Concussion Bellows (Winker)

entry 3|1 pages

Conductor System

entry 3|1 pages

Cone-Chest

entry 3|1 pages

Console

entry 3|1 pages

Contius

entry 3|1 pages

Contrabass/Double Bass

entry 3|1 pages

Copula

entry 3|1 pages

Cor Anglais

entry 3|1 pages

Cor de Nuit

entry 3|1 pages

Cornet

entry 3|1 pages

Corno Di Bassetto

entry 3|1 pages

Corno Dolce

entry 3|1 pages

Corno Flute

entry 3|1 pages

Cornopean

entry 3|1 pages

Corrie, Henry (1786–1858)

entry 3|1 pages

Coulement

entry 3|1 pages

Coulter, Kenneth (B. 1937)

entry 3|1 pages

Coupler

entry 3|1 pages

Covelens, Jan Van (1470–1532)

entry 3|1 pages

Crabb, Henry (1793–1872)

entry 3|1 pages

Cremona

entry 3|1 pages

Crescendo Pedal

entry 3|2 pages

Croatia

entry 3|1 pages

Croft, George (1872–1955)

entry 3|1 pages

Cromorne

entry 3|1 pages

Ctesibius

entry 3|1 pages

Cuckoo

entry 3|1 pages

Cuneiform Bellows

entry 3|1 pages

Cut-Up

entry 3|1 pages

Cymbal/Cymbale

entry 3|1 pages

Cymbelstern/Zimbelstern

entry 3|2 pages

Czech Republic

letter 4|21 pages

D

entry 4|1 pages

Dähnert, Ulrich (1903–1999)

entry 4|1 pages

Dallam

entry 4|1 pages

Dallery

entry 4|1 pages

Dam, Van

entry 4|1 pages

D'Argillières (Dargillières, Desargillières)

entry 4|1 pages

Daublaine-Callinet

entry 4|1 pages

Davidson, William (1831–1924)

entry 4|1 pages

Davis, William H(Enry) (1816–1888)

entry 4|1 pages

Debain, Alexandre François (1809–1877)

entry 4|1 pages

De Héman (De Hémen, D'Hémen, le Héman)

entry 4|1 pages

Delhaye (Delahaye, de la Haye)

entry 4|1 pages

Denis, Jean (II) (Ca. 1600–1672)

entry 4|1 pages

Denmark

entry 4|1 pages

De Swart, Peter Jans (Janszoon, Jansz) (Ca. 1536–1597)

entry 4|1 pages

Detached Console

entry 4|1 pages

Diapason

entry 4|1 pages

Diaphone

entry 4|1 pages

Dieffenbach

entry 4|1 pages

Diesis

entry 4|1 pages

Display Pipes

entry 4|1 pages

Distelen, Daniel Van Der (Fl. 1472–1510)

entry 4|1 pages

Divided Stop

entry 4|1 pages

Dobson

entry 4|1 pages

Dodd, Josiah E(Ustace) (1856–1952)

entry 4|1 pages

Dolcan

entry 4|1 pages

Dolce/Douce

entry 4|1 pages

Donner/Sturm/Storm or Thunder Pedal

entry 4|1 pages

Doppio Pedale

entry 4|1 pages

Dos Santos

entry 4|1 pages

Double Bass

entry 4|1 pages

Doubled Pipe

entry 4|1 pages

Double Draw

entry 4|1 pages

Double Sharps (Split Keys)

entry 4|1 pages

Double Touch

entry 4|1 pages

Doublette

entry 4|1 pages

Drawstop

entry 4|1 pages

Drehorgel

entry 4|1 pages

Drum Pedal

entry 4|1 pages

Dulciana

entry 4|1 pages

Dulzian

entry 4|1 pages

Duplexing

entry 4|1 pages

Durner, Charles F(Riedrich) (Ca. 1838–1914)

letter 5|33 pages

E

entry 5|1 pages

Ear

entry 5|1 pages

Earle, George W. (1835–1918)

entry 5|2 pages

East Prussia

entry 5|1 pages

Eebert, Jörg (d. Before 1582)

entry 5|1 pages

Echevarría (Eizaga Y Echevarría)

entry 5|1 pages

Echo

entry 5|2 pages

Egedacher

entry 5|1 pages

Eight Foot

entry 5|1 pages

Electric

entry 5|1 pages

Electric Action

entry 5|6 pages

Electronic Organ

entry 5|1 pages

Electro-Pneumatic Action

entry 5|1 pages

Elliot, Thomas (1759–1832)

entry 5|2 pages

Ems-Dollart Region

entry 5|2 pages

En Chamade Reeds

entry 5|1 pages

Engelfried, Franz Xaver (1805–1881)

entry 5|6 pages

England

entry 5|1 pages

England

entry 5|1 pages

Engler

entry 5|1 pages

English Horn/Cor Anglais

entry 5|1 pages

Enharmonic Organ

entry 5|1 pages

Enocq, Étienne

entry 5|1 pages

Equal Temperament

entry 5|1 pages

Erben, Henry (1800–1884)

entry 5|1 pages

Erzähler

entry 5|1 pages

Estey

entry 5|1 pages

Eule

entry 5|1 pages

Euphone

entry 5|1 pages

Exhaust-Pneumatic Action

entry 5|1 pages

Exhibitions

entry 5|1 pages

Experimental Organ

entry 5|1 pages

Extemporary Recording

entry 5|1 pages

Extension Organ

letter 6|27 pages

F

entry 6|1 pages

Fabricius, Werner (1633–1679)

entry 6|1 pages

Facade (Façade)

entry 6|1 pages

Fachetti, Giovanni Battista (Ca. 1475-after 1555)

entry 6|1 pages

Fagotto/Bassoon/Bajón

entry 6|1 pages

Fanboard

entry 6|1 pages

Farrand and Votey

entry 6|1 pages

Feeder Bellows and Magazine

entry 6|1 pages

Felsberg

entry 6|1 pages

Ferris, Richard M(Ontgomery) (1818–1858)

entry 6|1 pages

Feyring, Philip (1730–1767)

entry 6|1 pages

Fifteenth/Superoctave

entry 6|3 pages

Fingerings, Historic

entry 6|3 pages

Fisk, Charles B(Renton) (1925–1983)

entry 6|1 pages

Flageolet

entry 6|1 pages

Flauto D'amore/Flûte D'amour

entry 6|1 pages

Floating Division

entry 6|1 pages

Flue

entry 6|1 pages

Flute

entry 6|1 pages

Flûte À Pavillon

entry 6|1 pages

Flute-Clock

entry 6|1 pages

Flûte Harmonique

entry 6|1 pages

Fonds

entry 6|1 pages

Fontanes, Joaquim A(ntónio) P(eres) (Ca. 1750–Ca. 1820)

entry 6|1 pages

Foot

entry 6|1 pages

Fork

entry 6|1 pages

Foundation Stops

entry 6|1 pages

Four Foot

entry 6|1 pages

Fowkes, Bruce

entry 6|1 pages

Frame

entry 6|3 pages

France

entry 6|2 pages

Free Reed

entry 6|1 pages

Frels, Rubin S(teele) (B. 1928)

entry 6|1 pages

French Horn

entry 6|1 pages

Friderici

entry 6|1 pages

Friederichs (Friedrichs), Johann Caspar (1762–1825)

entry 6|1 pages

Frisia

entry 6|1 pages

Fritts, Paul

entry 6|1 pages

Fritzsche, Gottfried (1578–1638)

entry 6|1 pages

Frobenius, Theodor (And Sons)

entry 6|1 pages

Fugara

entry 6|1 pages

Füglister, Hans J. (B. 1930)

entry 6|1 pages

Führer

entry 6|1 pages

Fulgenzi, Vincenzo (Fl. 1578–1600)

entry 6|1 pages

Fuller, Alfred (1845–1923)

entry 6|1 pages

Full Organ

entry 6|1 pages

Fundamentum Organisandi

entry 6|1 pages

Furtwängler

letter 7|16 pages

G

entry 7|2 pages

Gabler, Joseph (1700–1771)

entry 7|1 pages

Gamba

entry 7|1 pages

Gartner

entry 7|1 pages

Gärtner, Gottlieb Friedrich (1822–1878)

entry 7|1 pages

Gauntlett, H(enry) J(ohn) (Ca. 1805–1876)

entry 7|1 pages

Gedeckt

entry 7|1 pages

Geib, John (Johann) (1744–1818)

entry 7|1 pages

Geigen/Violin Diapason

entry 7|1 pages

Germany

entry 7|1 pages

Gern, August (1837–1907)

entry 7|1 pages

Gesellschaft Der Orgelfreunde (GDO)

entry 7|1 pages

Giengener Orgelmanufaktur Gebr. Link

entry 7|1 pages

Giesecke and Son

entry 7|1 pages

Glatter-Götz

entry 7|1 pages

Glockenspiel

entry 7|1 pages

Glowinski, Jan (Ca. 1645–Ca. 1712)

entry 7|1 pages

Goetze and Gwynn

entry 7|1 pages

Goll Orgelbau

entry 7|1 pages

Gonzalez, Victor (1877–1956)

entry 7|1 pages

Goodrich, William M(arcellus) (1777–1833)

entry 7|1 pages

Goodwin, (D.) Steuart (B. 1942)

entry 7|1 pages

Grand Choeur

entry 7|1 pages

Grand Jeu

entry 7|1 pages

Grand Orgue

entry 7|1 pages

Grand Plein Jeu

entry 7|1 pages

Grant, Degens and Bradbeer

entry 7|1 pages

Gratian, Joseph (1829–1897)

entry 7|1 pages

Gravissima

entry 7|1 pages

Gray and Davison

entry 7|1 pages

Great

entry 7|1 pages

Green, Samuel (1740–1796)

entry 7|1 pages

Grenié, Gabriel-Joseph (1756 or 1757–1837)

entry 7|1 pages

Groningen

entry 7|1 pages

Guilbault-Thérien

entry 7|1 pages

Gurlitt, Wilibald (Willibald) (1889–1963)

entry 7|1 pages

Gwynn, Dominic

letter 8|33 pages

H

entry 8|2 pages

Haas, Friedrich (1811–1886)

entry 8|1 pages

Haerpfer

entry 8|1 pages

Hagerbeer, Van

entry 8|1 pages

Half-Length Stop

entry 8|1 pages

Hall, James (1803–1888)

entry 8|1 pages

Hall, Thomas S. (1794–1874)

entry 8|1 pages

Hammer

entry 8|1 pages

Hammond Organ Company

entry 8|1 pages

Harmonica

entry 8|1 pages

Harmonic Bridge

entry 8|1 pages

Harmonic Flute/Flûte Harmonique

entry 8|1 pages

Harmonium

entry 8|1 pages

Harp

entry 8|1 pages

Harris, Renatus (Réne) (Ca. 1652–1724)

entry 8|2 pages

Harrison, G(eorge) Donald (1889–1956)

entry 8|1 pages

Harrison and Harrison

entry 8|1 pages

Harrold, Greg (B. 1955)

entry 8|1 pages

Haskell

entry 8|1 pages

Haskell Bass

entry 8|1 pages

Hastings, Frank

entry 8|1 pages

Hauser, Armin (B. 1941)

entry 8|1 pages

Hautbois/Hautboy

entry 8|1 pages

Havingha, Gerhardus (1696–1753)

entry 8|1 pages

Héman, De

entry 8|1 pages

Hendrickson Organ Company

entry 8|1 pages

Hénoch (Enocq), Étienne (D. 1682)

entry 8|1 pages

Herz, Daniel (1618–1678)

entry 8|1 pages

Hess, Hendrik Hermanus (1735–1794)

entry 8|1 pages

Hess, Joachim (1732–1819)

entry 8|1 pages

Heurn, Jan Van (1751–1815)

entry 8|1 pages

Heuss

entry 8|1 pages

Heuvel, Van Den

entry 8|1 pages

Hildebrandt

entry 8|2 pages

Hill, William (Hill and Son)

entry 8|1 pages

Hill, Norman and Beard

entry 8|1 pages

Hill, Norman and Beard, Australia

entry 8|1 pages

Hinners

entry 8|1 pages

Hinsz, Albert Antoni (1704–1785)

entry 8|1 pages

Hintersatz

entry 8|1 pages

Hohlflöte

entry 8|1 pages

Holbrook and Ware

entry 8|1 pages

Holtkamp

entry 8|1 pages

Holzhay

entry 8|1 pages

Hoofdwerk

entry 8|2 pages

Hook (And Hook; Hook And Hastings)

entry 8|1 pages

Hope-Jones, Robert (1851–1914)

entry 8|1 pages

Horn Diapason

entry 8|1 pages

House, Garrett (1810–1900)

entry 8|1 pages

House Organ

entry 8|1 pages

Hradetzky

entry 8|2 pages

Hungary

entry 8|1 pages

Hurdy-Gurdy

entry 8|1 pages

Huss, Berendt (D. 1676)

entry 8|2 pages

Hutchings

entry 8|1 pages

Hydraulis

letter 9|8 pages

I

entry 9|2 pages

Iconography

entry 9|1 pages

Impost

entry 9|1 pages

International Society of Organbuilders

entry 9|2 pages

Ireland

entry 9|1 pages

Isnard, Jean-Esprit (1707–1781)

entry 9|1 pages

Israel and Palestine

entry 9|2 pages

Italy

letter 10|8 pages

J

entry 10|1 pages

Jackson, James (?1785–1858)

entry 10|1 pages

Jaeckel, Daniel J. (B. 1946)

entry 10|1 pages

Jahnn, Hans Henny (1894–1959)

entry 10|1 pages

Jann

entry 10|1 pages

Jardine

entry 10|1 pages

Jean De Joyeuse

entry 10|1 pages

Jenkins, Edgar H(enry) (1836–1924)

entry 10|1 pages

Jeu De Tierce/Cornet

entry 10|1 pages

Johnson

entry 10|1 pages

Johnston, Thomas (1708–1767)

entry 10|1 pages

Joyeuses, Jean De (Ca. 1638–1698)

entry 10|1 pages

Juget-Sinclair

entry 10|1 pages

Just Intonation

letter 11|11 pages

K

entry 11|1 pages

Kammerton/Cammerton

entry 11|1 pages

Kaschendörf, Stephan (Ca. 1425–Ca. 1499)

entry 11|1 pages

Kastens, Lambert Daniel (Fl. 1710S–D. 1744)

entry 11|1 pages

Kegellade

entry 11|1 pages

Kemper

entry 11|1 pages

Keraulophone

entry 11|1 pages

Kern

entry 11|1 pages

Key

entry 11|2 pages

Keyboard

entry 11|1 pages

Key Channel

entry 11|1 pages

Keydesk

entry 11|1 pages

Kimball, W. W.

entry 11|1 pages

King, William (1835–1923)

entry 11|1 pages

Kinura

entry 11|1 pages

Kjersgaard, Mads (B. 1944)

entry 11|1 pages

Klais

entry 11|1 pages

Klemm, Johann Gottlob (1690–1762)

entry 11|1 pages

Kney, Gabriel

entry 11|1 pages

Knipscheer

entry 11|1 pages

Koenig

entry 11|1 pages

Kratzenstein, Christian Gottlob (1723–After 1795)

entry 11|1 pages

Kronwerk/Positiv De Couronne

entry 11|1 pages

Kuhn

letter 12|16 pages

L

entry 12|2 pages

Labial

entry 12|1 pages

Ladegast, Friedrich (1818–1905)

entry 12|1 pages

Langhedul

entry 12|1 pages

Languid

entry 12|1 pages

Lantern Bellows

entry 12|1 pages

Larigot

entry 12|1 pages

Laukhuff

entry 12|1 pages

Laurie, Stephen J(ames) (B. 1914)

entry 12|1 pages

Lead

entry 12|1 pages

Leather

entry 12|1 pages

Leavitt, Josiah (1744–1804)

entry 12|1 pages

Lefèvre

entry 12|1 pages

Le Picard

entry 12|1 pages

L'epine (Lespine)

entry 12|1 pages

Leslie

entry 12|1 pages

Létöurneau, Fernand (Wilfred Jöseph) (B. 1944)

entry 12|1 pages

Lewis, T(Homas) C(Hristopher) (1833–1915)

entry 12|1 pages

Lewis and Hitchcock

entry 12|1 pages

Lieblichgedeckt

entry 12|1 pages

Lingual

entry 12|2 pages

Lip

entry 12|2 pages

Liturgy

entry 12|1 pages

Lleno

entry 12|1 pages

Lobo, Heitor (CA. 1495-CA. 1567)

entry 12|1 pages

Long Compass

entry 12|1 pages

Lorentz, Johan (CA. 1580–1650)

entry 12|3 pages

Low Countries

entry 12|1 pages

Lowe, John (CA. 1760–1813)

entry 12|1 pages

Lowrey

entry 12|1 pages

Lund, Carsten (B. 1940)

letter 13|51 pages

M

entry 13|1 pages

Maarschalkerweerd

entry 13|1 pages

Maass, Nicolaus (D. 1615)

entry 13|1 pages

Machado E Cerveira, Antönio (Xavier)

entry 13|1 pages

Machine Stop

entry 13|1 pages

Mahler, Rémy (B. 1956)

entry 13|1 pages

Mander

entry 13|1 pages

Manual

entry 13|1 pages

Manualiter

entry 13|1 pages

Marcussen (and Son)

entry 13|1 pages

Marimba

entry 13|1 pages

Marklove, John G(Ale) (1827–1891)

entry 13|1 pages

Mason and Hamlin

entry 13|1 pages

Mass

entry 13|1 pages

Mathis

entry 13|1 pages

Mauracher

entry 13|1 pages

Mcmanis, Charles (B. 1913)

entry 13|1 pages

Meantone Temperament

entry 13|1 pages

Mechanical Action

entry 13|1 pages

Mechanical Aids

entry 13|4 pages

Mechanical Organ

entry 13|21 pages

Medieval and Renaissance Organ

entry 13|1 pages

Melodia

entry 13|1 pages

Merklin, Joseph (1819–1905)

entry 13|1 pages

Metz, William (1818–1896)

entry 13|1 pages

Metzler

entry 13|2 pages

Mexico

entry 13|1 pages

Michell, Carlton C(Umberbatch) (CA. 1835–1921)

entry 13|1 pages

Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

entry 13|1 pages

Midmer (Midmer-Losh)

entry 13|1 pages

Mielczarski, Mateusz (1812–1868)

entry 13|1 pages

Milnar

entry 13|1 pages

Mirrlees

entry 13|1 pages

Miter

entry 13|1 pages

Mixture

entry 13|1 pages

Moitessier, Prosper-Antoine (CA. 1807–CA. 1867)

entry 13|1 pages

Moller

entry 13|1 pages

Möller, Johann Patroklus (1698–1772)

entry 13|1 pages

Montre

entry 13|1 pages

Moore, (A.) David (B. 1946)

entry 13|1 pages

Moors

entry 13|1 pages

Moreau, Jacob François (CA. 1684–1751)

entry 13|1 pages

Morss, Richard P(ike) (1812–1860)

entry 13|1 pages

Mortier

entry 13|1 pages

Mosengel, Johann Josua (1663–1731)

entry 13|1 pages

Mounted (Chest, Rank, Stop)

entry 13|1 pages

Mouth Organ

entry 13|1 pages

Müller, Abel

entry 13|1 pages

Multiplex

entry 13|1 pages

Mundt, Johann Heinrich (CA. 1632–1691)

entry 13|1 pages

Musette

entry 13|1 pages

Mutation

entry 13|1 pages

Mutin, Charles (1861–1931)

letter 14|10 pages

N

entry 14|1 pages

Nachthorn

entry 14|1 pages

Nasard/Nazard/Nasat

entry 14|1 pages

Nason

entry 14|1 pages

Neoclassical Organ

entry 14|2 pages

Netherlands

entry 14|1 pages

Nicking

entry 14|1 pages

Niehoff (Nyhoff)

entry 14|1 pages

Niemann, Henry (1838–1899)

entry 14|1 pages

Nigeria

entry 14|1 pages

Nightingale

entry 14|1 pages

Nineteenth/Larigot

entry 14|1 pages

Noad, Sydney T(homas) (1894–1971)

entry 14|1 pages

Nollet

entry 14|1 pages

None/Twenty-Third

entry 14|1 pages

Nordlie, John F(Ranklin)

entry 14|1 pages

Norman and Beard

entry 14|1 pages

Norway

entry 14|1 pages

Note Channel

letter 15|16 pages

O

entry 15|2 pages

Oberlinger

entry 15|1 pages

Oberwerk

entry 15|1 pages

Oboe/Hautbois/Hautboy

entry 15|1 pages

Octavin

entry 15|1 pages

Odell

entry 15|1 pages

Oeckelen, Van

entry 15|1 pages

Offset Chest

entry 15|1 pages

Onderpositief

entry 15|1 pages

Open Wood

entry 15|1 pages

Ophlicleide

entry 15|2 pages

Orchestrion

entry 15|1 pages

Organ Clearing House

entry 15|1 pages

Organette

entry 15|1 pages

Organ Historical Society

entry 15|1 pages

Organ Historical Trust of Australia

entry 15|2 pages

Organizations

entry 15|1 pages

Organ Library

entry 15|1 pages

Organ Mass

entry 15|1 pages

Organo Grande

entry 15|1 pages

Organola

entry 15|1 pages

Organo Pleno

entry 15|3 pages

Organ Reform Movement

entry 15|1 pages

Orgelbewegung

entry 15|1 pages

Orgue Expressif

entry 15|1 pages

Orlo

entry 15|1 pages

Ostfriesland

entry 15|1 pages

Ott, Martin

entry 15|1 pages

Ott, Paul (1903–1991)

entry 15|1 pages

Overblowing

entry 15|1 pages

Overtone Series

letter 16|54 pages

P

entry 16|2 pages

Packard Organ Company

entry 16|1 pages

PáJaros

entry 16|1 pages

Pallet

entry 16|1 pages

Pallet and Bellows

entry 16|1 pages

Parallel Reservoir (Single and Double Rise)

entry 16|1 pages

Pasi

entry 16|5 pages

Pauke/Trommel

entry 16|1 pages

Pedal

entry 16|1 pages

Pedalboard

entry 16|1 pages

Pedal Check

entry 16|1 pages

Pedal Tower

entry 16|1 pages

Percussion Stops

entry 16|1 pages

Pereira, Tomás Sancho (1645–1708)

entry 16|2 pages

Performance Practice

entry 16|4 pages

Periodicals

entry 16|1 pages

Pescheur (Lespescheur)

entry 16|2 pages

Peteghem, Van

entry 16|1 pages

Petit Plein Jeu

entry 16|1 pages

Pfeffer, John G(eorge) (1823–1910)

entry 16|2 pages

Phelps, Lawrence I(rving) (1923–1999)

entry 16|1 pages

Physharmonika

entry 16|1 pages

Piccolo

entry 16|1 pages

Pilcher

entry 16|1 pages

Pin Action

entry 16|1 pages

Pipe

entry 16|1 pages

Pipe Metal

entry 16|1 pages

Piston

entry 16|3 pages

Pitch and Pitch Standards

entry 16|1 pages

Pitchford and Garside

entry 16|1 pages

Pitman Chest

entry 16|4 pages

Player Pipe Organ

entry 16|1 pages

Plein Jeu

entry 16|3 pages

Plenum

entry 16|1 pages

Pneumatic Action

entry 16|1 pages

Pneumatic Balancers

entry 16|1 pages

Pogson, Roger H(erbert) (B. 1932)

entry 16|3 pages

Poland

entry 16|1 pages

Pomplitz, August (CA. 1825–1877)

entry 16|1 pages

Portative

entry 16|6 pages

Portugal

entry 16|1 pages

Posaune

entry 16|1 pages

Positiv

entry 16|3 pages

Positive

entry 16|1 pages

Post Horn

entry 16|1 pages

Pouch or Puffer Note Control

entry 16|2 pages

Praetorius, Michael (1571–1621)

entry 16|1 pages

Prato, Lorenzo (Di Jacopo) Da (1417–1492)

entry 16|1 pages

Prescott, Abraham (1789–1858)

entry 16|1 pages

Pressure-Pneumatic Action

entry 16|1 pages

Prestant

entry 16|1 pages

Prince, George A. (1818–1890)

entry 16|1 pages

Principal

entry 16|1 pages

Progressio Harmonica

entry 16|1 pages

Prussia

entry 16|1 pages

Pull-Down

entry 16|1 pages

Purchasing an Organ

entry 16|1 pages

Pythagorean Comma

letter 17|1 pages

Q

entry 17|1 pages

Quartane

entry 17|1 pages

Quarter-Comma Meantone Temperament

entry 17|1 pages

Quemar (Fulgenzi), Vincenzo

entry 17|1 pages

Quint

entry 17|1 pages

Quintaten/Quintadena/Quintaton/Quintade

letter 18|34 pages

R

entry 18|1 pages

Rackboard

entry 18|1 pages

Range

entry 18|1 pages

Rank

entry 18|1 pages

Ranket(t)

entry 18|1 pages

Raphaëlis, Hermann

entry 18|1 pages

Rauschpfeife/Rauschquinte/Quartane

entry 18|1 pages

Ravalement

entry 18|1 pages

Recalde, Lope Alberdi

entry 18|1 pages

Récit

entry 18|1 pages

Recording Techniques

entry 18|1 pages

Redman, Roy A. (B. 1938)

entry 18|1 pages

Redstone, William (CA. 1768–1824)

entry 18|1 pages

Reed

entry 18|1 pages

Reed Organ

entry 18|1 pages

Regal (I)

entry 18|1 pages

Regal (II)

entry 18|1 pages

Registerkanzellenlade

entry 18|1 pages

Registration

entry 18|2 pages

Regulator

entry 18|1 pages

Reil

entry 18|1 pages

Relay and Switch Systems

entry 18|1 pages

Relief Pallets and Pneumatic Balancers

entry 18|1 pages

Reservoir

entry 18|1 pages

Resonator

entry 18|2 pages

Restoration

entry 18|1 pages

Resultant/Acoustic Bass/Gravissima

entry 18|1 pages

Reuter

entry 18|1 pages

Reversibles

entry 18|1 pages

Richards, Emerson (1884–1963)

entry 18|1 pages

Richards, Fowkes

entry 18|1 pages

Richardson, Charles (1847–1926)

entry 18|1 pages

Ridges, Joseph H(arris) (B. 1827)

entry 18|1 pages

Rieger

entry 18|1 pages

Riepp, Karl Joseph (1710–1775)

entry 18|1 pages

Ripieno

entry 18|1 pages

Robjohn, Thomas (1809–1874)

entry 18|1 pages

Rococco

entry 18|1 pages

Rodensteen

entry 18|1 pages

Rodgers Organ Company

entry 18|1 pages

Roethinger

entry 18|1 pages

Rohrflöte/Chimney Flute/Flûte à Cheminée

entry 18|1 pages

Rollerboard

entry 18|1 pages

Rollschweller

entry 18|4 pages

Romantic Organ

entry 18|1 pages

Römer

entry 18|1 pages

Roosevelt, Hilborne L(ewis) (1849–1886)

entry 18|1 pages

Rosales, Manuel J. (B. 1947)

entry 18|1 pages

Rückpositiv

entry 18|1 pages

Ruffatti

entry 18|1 pages

Ruggles, Charles M. (B. 1949)

entry 18|2 pages

Run

letter 19|73 pages

S

entry 19|1 pages

Sá Couto (Lagoncinha), Manuel (Manoel) De (D. 1846)

entry 19|1 pages

Salicional

entry 19|1 pages

Salomon De Caus (Caux, Caulx) (Ca. 1576–1626)

entry 19|1 pages

Samber, Johann Baptist (1654–1717)

entry 19|1 pages

Sandtner

entry 19|1 pages

Sauer, Conrad (1735–1802)

entry 19|2 pages

Sauer, Wilhelm (1831–1916)

entry 19|1 pages

Sawyer, John W(illiam)

entry 19|3 pages

Saxony

entry 19|2 pages

Scaling

entry 19|1 pages

Scandinavia

entry 19|1 pages

Schalmei/Chalumeau/Shawm

entry 19|1 pages

Scharf/Scharff/Sharp/Scherpy Acuta

entry 19|1 pages

Scheibe, Johann (CA. 1680–1748)

entry 19|1 pages

Scherer

entry 19|1 pages

Schlag

entry 19|1 pages

Schlick, Arnolt (CA. 1460–After 1521)

entry 19|1 pages

Schlicker

entry 19|1 pages

Schnarrwerk

entry 19|2 pages

Schnitger, Arp (1648–1719)

entry 19|1 pages

Schnitger, Franz Caspar (1693–1729)

entry 19|1 pages

Schoenstein

entry 19|1 pages

Schuelke, William (1849–1902)

entry 19|1 pages

Schuke

entry 19|2 pages

Schulze

entry 19|1 pages

Schumacher

entry 19|1 pages

Schwarbrook, Thomas

entry 19|1 pages

Schwebung

entry 19|1 pages

Schweitzer, Albert (1875–1965)

entry 19|1 pages

Schwiegel

entry 19|1 pages

Schwimmer

entry 19|1 pages

Septième

entry 19|1 pages

Seraphine

entry 19|1 pages

Seraphonpfeife

entry 19|1 pages

Serassi

entry 19|1 pages

Servopneumatic Lever

entry 19|1 pages

Sesquialtera

entry 19|1 pages

Seuffert

entry 19|1 pages

Seventeenth

entry 19|1 pages

Sharp, Ronald W(illiam) (B. 1929)

entry 19|1 pages

Shifting Movement

entry 19|1 pages

Short Octave

entry 19|1 pages

Shove

entry 19|1 pages

Shudi, Burkat (1702–1773)

entry 19|1 pages

Sifflöte

entry 19|1 pages

Signal Organ

entry 19|5 pages

Silbermann

entry 19|2 pages

Silesia

entry 19|1 pages

Simmons, William B(Enjamin) D(Earborn) (1823–1876)

entry 19|1 pages

Sipe, Robert L. (B. 1940)

entry 19|1 pages

Sitarski, Józef (fl. ca. 1740–1768)

entry 19|1 pages

Sixteen Foot

entry 19|2 pages

Skinner, Ernest M(Artin) (1866–1960)

entry 19|1 pages

Slegel

entry 19|1 pages

Slider

entry 19|1 pages

Sliwinski, Jan (1844–1912)

entry 19|1 pages

Smenge, Knud (B. 1937)

entry 19|1 pages

Smith, Bernard, “Father” (Smit, Baerent; Schmidt, Berhard) (ca. 1630–1708)

entry 19|1 pages

Smits

entry 19|1 pages

Snell

entry 19|1 pages

Snetzler, John (1710–1785?)

entry 19|1 pages

Solid State

entry 19|1 pages

Solo

entry 19|1 pages

Sordun

entry 19|1 pages

Sorge, Georg Andreas (1703–1778)

entry 19|1 pages

Sound Effects

entry 19|1 pages

South Africa

entry 19|1 pages

South America

entry 19|1 pages

South Island Organ Company

entry 19|5 pages

Spain

entry 19|1 pages

Spanbalge

entry 19|1 pages

Speissegger

entry 19|1 pages

Sperrventil

entry 19|1 pages

Spiegel der Orgelmacher und Organisten

entry 19|1 pages

Spillflöte

entry 19|1 pages

Spitzflöte/Spire Flute/Flûte à Fuseau

entry 19|1 pages

Spotted Metal

entry 19|1 pages

Spring-Chest

entry 19|1 pages

Square

entry 19|1 pages

Stark

entry 19|1 pages

Steere, John W(esley) (1824–1900)

entry 19|1 pages

Stein, Adam (ca. 1844–1922)

entry 19|1 pages

Steiner-Reck

entry 19|1 pages

Steinmeyer

entry 19|1 pages

Stellwagen, Friedrich (ca. 1600–ca. 1660)

entry 19|1 pages

Stertzing

entry 19|1 pages

Sticker

entry 19|1 pages

Stop

entry 19|1 pages

Stop Channel

entry 19|1 pages

Stoplist

entry 19|1 pages

Stopped Diapason

entry 19|1 pages

Strand, Per Z(Acharias) (1797–1844)

entry 19|1 pages

String

entry 19|1 pages

Stuart

entry 19|1 pages

Stumm

entry 19|1 pages

Sturm/Storm Pedal

entry 19|1 pages

Subsemitones

entry 19|1 pages

Suisse, Hans (D. ca. 1543)

entry 19|1 pages

Superoctave

entry 19|1 pages

Suspended Action

entry 19|1 pages

Swallow's Nest

entry 19|1 pages

Swarbrick, Thomas (D. ca. 1753)

entry 19|1 pages

Sweden

entry 19|2 pages

Swell

entry 19|3 pages

Switzerland

letter 20|27 pages

T

entry 20|4 pages

Tablature

entry 20|1 pages

Tafall Y Miguel, Mariano (1817–1874)

entry 20|1 pages

Tamburini

entry 20|1 pages

Tamitius

entry 20|1 pages

Tannenberg, David (1728–1804)

entry 20|1 pages

Taws, Charles (1763–1836)

entry 20|1 pages

Taylor and Boody

entry 20|1 pages

Tellers

entry 20|1 pages

Temperament

entry 20|1 pages

Terletzki

entry 20|1 pages

Tertian/Terzian

entry 20|1 pages

Thayssner, Zacharias (Fl. 1668–1705)

entry 20|1 pages

Theater Organ

entry 20|1 pages

Theophilus

entry 20|1 pages

Thierry

entry 20|1 pages

Thomas Organ Company

entry 20|1 pages

Throat

entry 20|2 pages

Thuringia

entry 20|1 pages

Tibia

entry 20|1 pages

Tin

entry 20|1 pages

Tirasse

entry 20|1 pages

Tiratutti

entry 20|1 pages

Titz, Peter (1823–1873)

entry 20|1 pages

Toe

entry 20|1 pages

Toe Board

entry 20|1 pages

Tone Channel

entry 20|1 pages

Tongue

entry 20|1 pages

Töpfer, Johann Gottlob (1791–1870)

entry 20|1 pages

Touch

entry 20|1 pages

Toy Stops

entry 20|1 pages

Tracker

entry 20|1 pages

Tracker Guides and Hangers

entry 20|1 pages

Trampeli (Trampel)

entry 20|1 pages

Trebs, Heinrich Nikolaus (1678–1748)

entry 20|1 pages

Tremulant

entry 20|1 pages

Tretzscher, Matthias (1626–1686)

entry 20|1 pages

Tromba

entry 20|1 pages

Trommel

entry 20|1 pages

Trompeta Real

entry 20|1 pages

Tronci

entry 20|1 pages

Trost, T(Obias) H(Einrich) G(Ottfried) (Ca. 1680–1759)

entry 20|1 pages

Trumpet/Trompette/Trompete/Trompeta

entry 20|1 pages

Tschudi, Burckhardt

entry 20|1 pages

Tsuji, Hiroshi (B. 1933)

entry 20|1 pages

Tuba

entry 20|4 pages

Tuning and Temperament

entry 20|1 pages

Tuning Fork

entry 20|1 pages

Twelfth/Nasard/Nazard/Nasat/Quint

entry 20|1 pages

Twenty-Third

letter 21|17 pages

U

entry 21|1 pages

Unda Maris

entry 21|1 pages

Unification

entry 21|1 pages

United Kingdom

entry 21|15 pages

United States of America

entry 21|1 pages

United States, Future of the Pipe Organ in

entry 21|1 pages

Unit Organ

entry 21|1 pages

Unterwerk

entry 21|1 pages

Upperboard

letter 22|13 pages

V

entry 22|1 pages

Van Covelens, Jan

entry 22|1 pages

Van Dam

entry 22|1 pages

Van Den Heuvel

entry 22|1 pages

Van Der Distelen, Daniel

entry 22|1 pages

Van Hagerbeer

entry 22|1 pages

Van Oeckelen

entry 22|1 pages

Van Peteghem

entry 22|1 pages

Van Vulpen

entry 22|1 pages

Vater, Christian (Ca. 1679–1756)

entry 22|1 pages

Vegezzi-Bossi

entry 22|1 pages

Venezuela

entry 22|1 pages

Ventil

entry 22|1 pages

Verschueren

entry 22|1 pages

Verset

entry 22|1 pages

Viol/Viole

entry 22|1 pages

Viola Pomposa

entry 22|1 pages

Violin Diapason

entry 22|1 pages

Violoncello/Cello

entry 22|1 pages

Visser-Rowland

entry 22|1 pages

Vitruvius [Marcus Vitruvius Pollio] (Ca. 84 Bce–ca. 14 Bce)

entry 22|1 pages

Vleugels

entry 22|1 pages

Vocalion

entry 22|1 pages

Vogelsang/Nachtigall/Rossignol

entry 22|1 pages

Vogler, (Abbé) Georg Joseph (1749–1814)

entry 22|1 pages

Vogt, Mauritius (Joannes Georgius) (1669–1730)

entry 22|1 pages

Voicing

entry 22|1 pages

Voit

entry 22|1 pages

Votey, Edwin Scott

entry 22|1 pages

Vox Angelica/Voix Angelique

entry 22|1 pages

Vulpen, Van

letter 23|31 pages

W

entry 23|1 pages

Wagner, Joachim (1690–1749)

entry 23|1 pages

Wagner, Johann Michael

entry 23|2 pages

Walcker

entry 23|1 pages

Waldflöte

entry 23|1 pages

Walker

entry 23|1 pages

Walzer

entry 23|1 pages

Warren

entry 23|1 pages

Water Motor

entry 23|1 pages

Wedge Bellows

entry 23|1 pages

Wegscheider, Kristlan (B. 1954)

entry 23|1 pages

Well Temperament

entry 23|2 pages

Welte Organ Company

entry 23|1 pages

Wender, Johann Friedrich (1655–1729)

entry 23|1 pages

Werckmeister, Andreas (1645–1706)

entry 23|1 pages

Werkprinzip

entry 23|1 pages

Westfield Center

entry 23|1 pages

Wheatstone, Charles (1802–1875)

entry 23|1 pages

Whitehouse

entry 23|1 pages

Wicks

entry 23|1 pages

Wienerflöte

entry 23|1 pages

Wilcox and White

entry 23|1 pages

Wilhelm, Karl (B. 1936)

entry 23|2 pages

Willis, Henry, “Father” (1821–1901)

entry 23|2 pages

Willis Floating and Fisk Servopneumatic Levers

entry 23|1 pages

Windbox

entry 23|2 pages

Windchest

entry 23|1 pages

Windchest, Direct-Electric

entry 23|1 pages

Wind Gauge

entry 23|1 pages

Winding

entry 23|1 pages

Wind Pressure

entry 23|1 pages

Windtrunk

entry 23|1 pages

Windway

entry 23|1 pages

Winker

entry 23|1 pages

Wolf Fifth

entry 23|1 pages

Wolff, Hellmuth (Sylvio Gustav) (B. 1937)

entry 23|1 pages

Wood Pipes

entry 23|2 pages

World's Fairs and Expositions

entry 23|1 pages

Wulfstan of Winchester (fl. late tenth century)

entry 23|1 pages

Wurlitzer

letter 24|1 pages

X

entry 24|1 pages

Xylophone

letter 25|2 pages

Y

entry 25|2 pages

Young, Thomas (1773–1829)

entry 25|1 pages

Ypma

letter 26|4 pages

Z

entry 26|2 pages

Zachariassen

entry 26|1 pages

Zartflöte

entry 26|1 pages

Zauberflöte

entry 26|1 pages

Zimbel

entry 26|1 pages

Zimbelstern/Cymbelstern

entry 26|1 pages

Zimmer

entry 26|1 pages

Zinc

entry 26|1 pages

Zink/Cornet/Cinq

entry 26|1 pages

Zwits

entry 26|1 pages

Zwolle, Henri Arnault (Arnaut) De