pipe organ
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pipe organ
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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On “Age of Capricorn” a buzzing voice seems to be reciting some kind of code, with strings of letters ringing out over pulsing synths and a blooming bassline redolent of a pipe organ.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The conclusion, a wordless moment between father and daughter set to the strains of Bach played on a broken pipe organ, was the most devastating passage of the entire festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Beneath them, Kit Downes toggles between minimalism and high-rising waves on the pipe organ.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Six RAF pallbearers carried Brown’s flag-draped coffin on their shoulders as Edward Elgar’s “Nimrod” was played on the pipe organ during the procession.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023
Winchester’s Troper of two-voice organa manuscripts and its mighty four- hundred-voice pipe organ were the work of Anglo-Saxon Christians.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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