The pipe organ. An organ is made of pipes of different sizes. Little pipes make the high notes. They can be just an inch tall. The pipes that make the deep sounds can be as tall as a house. When the player presses the keys on the keyboard, a flap opens inside the organ which allows air to pass through certain pipes -and that is where the sound comes from.
A bag of wind
Bagpipes are one of the oldest instruments of all. Roman soldiers used them in their military bands over 2,000 years ago. Wind from the bag gets forced through the pipes to make a droning sound -well, some people like it!
Useful composers
What did the musician take to the supermarket?
A Chopin Liszt!
Outrageous organ facts
A bag of wind
Bagpipes are one of the oldest instruments of all. Roman soldiers used them in their military bands over 2,000 years ago. Wind from the bag gets forced through the pipes to make a droning sound -well, some people like it!
Useful composers
What did the musician take to the supermarket?
A Chopin Liszt!
Outrageous organ facts
- The biggest (and loudest) organ ever made is in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It has twelve keyboards and 33,112 pipes. It could make as much noise as 25 brass bands!
