organ builder
Makes church pipes
An organ builder is a craftsperson who designs, constructs, and maintains pipe organs.
The work combines woodworking, metalworking, and acoustical engineering, requiring expertise in everything from bellows systems to the voicing of individual pipes.
Major organ builders may spend years on a single large instrument: The organ builder worked with the cathedral for a decade on their new installation.
- keyboardArray of input keys
- pedalboardMounted effects pedal array
- luthierStringed instrument craftsperson
- voicingExpressing aloud
- stopsCeases to continue
artisan · woodworking · bellows · sound board · console · couplers · medieval guilds · piano tuner · carving · acoustician · metalworking · temperament · pipes · Gothic architecture · tuning · violin maker · cabinetmaker · soldering
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- craftsmenblacksmith, carpenter, cobbler, mason, weaver
- pipe organsmanual, console, manuals, pedal, pedals
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