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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. This is in contrast to "direct electric action" and "electro-pneumatic action", which connect the key to the ...
The major advantage of tracker action over all others is that being totally mechanical, it can be repaired or rebuilt by any organ builder centuries from now. The modern electronic control systems, specifically the digital variety will need replacing eventually, as the manufacturers of the various parts will go out of business or be bought out ...
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The second tracker then moves the second square, and it then moves the third tracker in the line, so that at point B the pallet can be opened. The photograph to the right shows a set of squares for a manual division in an instrument with mechanical action. 67 The squares are made of aluminum, and the trackers of a synthetic material.
Jul 27, 2003 · As far as the action goes, a tracker (a good one as defined so well by John) will give you the most expressive options. This is independent from the literature you play. A tracker gives you the means, its up to the organist to use them. So it is suitable to all musical styles.
May 15, 2009 · Playing a tracker action organ (without couplers) is similar in feel to playing a harpsichord. While the harpsichord pluck is a plectra plucking the string, in a tracker organ the pluck is the resistance of the wind pressure holding the pallet shut. So is a tracker organ better? A matter of personal preference.
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.
