Chapter 14
Organ
14.1 Brief introduction to the pipe organ
When recording the pipe organ, one of the first problems that presents itself is that of the organ’s location, or rather the lack of a single location within the building. Because of the number and size of pipes, the ranks of pipes are commonly split up over at least two or more locations set within the architecture of the church or concert hall. It is worth taking a brief moment to present a simple overview of how the organ works so we can see how it comes to be split up in such a way.
The organ consists of at least one keyboard (or manual), usually of five octaves, and a set of foot pedals, usually of two and a half octaves. The number of manuals varies, but larger instruments might ...
