organ [2]
Wind instrument with several keyboards; it produces sound by means of pipes that are fed by a blower.
reed pipe
Pipe in which sound is produced by the vibration of a tongue on the open face of a pipe.
shallot
Hollow pipe with one open face, on which the tongue vibrates.
tongue
Small sheet of flexible metal that vibrates on the open face of the pipe; the amplitude of the vibrations determines the pitch of the note.
wedge
Piece of wood that attaches the tongue to the upper end of the pipe.
block
Movable part inserted into the foot of the pipe; its lower end holds the shallot.
tuning wire
Metal stem that adjusts the length of the shallot’s vibrating part to tune the pipe.
resonator
Resonant vessel that amplifies the vibrations of the shallot.