Definitions for pipe organ
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pipe′ or`gan(n.)
Category: Music and Dance
Ref: organ (def. 1a). 1 1
Origin of pipe organ:
1880–85, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
organ, pipe organ(noun)
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Wiktionary
pipe organ(Noun)
The largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action, or modernly, electrically.
Origin: pipe + organ
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