church organs

Sanctuary musical pipes

Church organs are pipe organs built for worship spaces, typically large instruments with multiple keyboards, pedals, and ranks of pipes producing sound through pressurized air.

They provide musical accompaniment for hymns and sacred music.

The phrase also appears in irreverent jokes as a euphemism for genitals: The ugly nun was ugly even to her church organs.

acoustic

pipes

Cylindrical fluid carriers

keyboard · console · registration · voicing · tracker · blower · diapason · reed · flue · timbre

architectural

cathedral

Bishop's principal church

  • naveChurch's main interior
  • loftSpace beneath the roof
  • gallerySpace for displaying artwork

chancel · basilica · abbey · minster · chapel · sanctuary · balcony · case · facade · transept

ceremonial

liturgy

Formal worship structure

prelude · postlude · wedding march · funeral dirge · mass · vespers · evensong · requiem · cantor · choirmaster

repertoire

Bach

German composer surname

  • fugueContrapuntal musical form
  • toccataImprovisatory keyboard composition
  • choraleHymn tune or choir

prelude · fantasia · voluntaries · variations · sonata · improvisation · transcription · cantata · oratorio

Categories
Opposites
instrument size and portability

church organsharmonica

Handheld reed wind instrument

melodica · keytar · ukulele · kazoo · digital pianos

sound production method

church organssynthesizers

Electronic sound-generating instruments

drum machines · samplers · virtual instruments · electric organs · digital pianos

traditional vs. modern musical technology

church organsAuto-Tune

Voice-perfecting audio software

GarageBand · vocoder

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G