Organ pipe

The choir division of the organ at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa. Wood and metal pipes of a variety of sizes are shown in this photograph.

An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air (commonly referred to as wind) is driven through it. Each pipe is tuned to a note of the musical scale. A set of organ pipes of similar timbre comprising the complete scale is known as a rank; one or more ranks constitutes a stop.


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