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Tracker Pipe Organ - expensive, possible life span without major work required - at least 100+ years or more. Trackers are the only organs you hear about that can last for centuries with minimal maintenance.
Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe (s) of the corresponding note.
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Tracker action, in music, on the organ, mechanical system that transmits the organist’s action in depressing a key to the pallet valve that admits air into the pipes that the key controls. It consists of cranks, levers, and trackers (thin strips of wood connecting, under tension, parts of the organ.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Introduction. The terms mechanical action and tracker action are often used interchangeably to identify a mechanical connection between key and pallet in instruments that have slider and pallet chests. The designation refers specifically to type of connection in which no electric or pneumatic power is employed in opening the pallet.
Tracker organs date back many hundred years, although there are still modern tracker action instruments being constructed today. In a tracker organ, the organist presses keys and pulls stops which control the organ's pipes and couplers through a complex matrix of levers and valves.
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Mar 15, 2024 · Tracker pipe organs stand out due to their mechanically driven action. Unlike electronically operated organs, pressing the keys directly activates a complex network of wood and metal levers and arms. These open valves, allowing pressurized air to surge through the pipes, similar to how breath activates a whistle.
