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The organ is a relatively old musical instrument, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria (285–222 BC), who invented the water organ. It was played throughout the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman world, particularly during races and games.
When was the organ invented? - Classical Music
By the 17th century, most of the sounds available on the modern classical organ had been developed. At that time, the pipe organ was the most complex human-made device —a distinction it retained until it was displaced by the telephone exchange in the late 19th century.
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organ, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biology. Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function. Musical instruments. Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone. Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument. Hammond organ, an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument.
The artistic history of the organ begins with the development of the chromatic keyboard (i.e., having 12 keys per octave). By 1361 the cathedral organ at Halberstadt , Ger., had three chromatic keyboards and pedals; the keys, however, were much wider than those of the modern keyboard.
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