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baroque organ

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noun

  1. a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the baroque period at the time of J. S. Bach.


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The church itself, hidden away in Georgetown beside the canal, has a wonderfully designed baroque organ and the kind of mellowing acoustics that smooth the sound without muddying it.

From Washington Post

He turned up the stereo, annoyingly repetitive baroque organ.

From Literature

Search out the only full-size Italian Baroque organ in North America, a 600-pipe, fully restored instrument built around 1770 that is played at periodic recitals by students at the acclaimed Eastman School of Music.

From Reuters

Organist Biggs plays them soberly, soundly on Harvard University's limpid-toned "baroque" organ.

From Time Magazine Archive

In its collection are 4,000 musical instruments from a baroque organ to Alpine zithers; and the museum's three Stradivarius violins are regularly lent for concerts in the Met's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

From Time Magazine Archive