Reed organ vs pipe organ

Quite often we think of reeds as being made from wood, or other materials, but not brass. In the case of pipe organs the sounding devise are metal pipes and so we call them pipe organs. ... So the public may call them pump organs, but technically, they're really called reed organs.

1. Do pipe organs have reeds?
2. Is the organ a reed instrument?
3. How many reeds are in a pump organ?
4. How many pipes are in a pipe organ?

Do pipe organs have reeds?

Flue pipes produce sound by forcing air through a fipple, like that of a recorder, whereas reed pipes produce sound via a beating reed, like that of a clarinet or saxophone. Pipes are arranged by timbre and pitch into ranks.

Is the organ a reed instrument?

Reed organ, any keyboard instrument sounded by vibration of metal reeds under wind pressure. “Reed organ” commonly refers to instruments having free reeds (vibrating through a slot with close tolerance) and no pipes. Such instruments include the harmonium and the melodeon (qq.

How many reeds are in a pump organ?

Typically there are 61 keys on a pump organ and about 122 reeds. However, there can be a much greater number of reeds. The more banks of reeds you have the more sound variations you can produce.

How many pipes are in a pipe organ?

With a range of 56 notes from the lowest note to the highest, 56 pipes are required for each timbre of sound desired.