A reed organ, also called a parlor (or parlour) organ, pump organ, cabinet organ, cottage organ, is an organ that generates its sounds using free metal reeds. Smaller, cheaper and more portable than pipe organs, reed organs were widely used in smaller churches and in private homes in the 19th century, but their volume and tonal range are limited, and they were generally confined to one or two manuals, with pedal-boards being extremely rare.
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... is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ ... Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion ... In North America, the most common pedal-pumped free-reed keyboard instrument is known as the "American reed organ", (or "parlor organ", "pump organ", "cabinet organ", "cottage organ", etc.) and ...
... See also Hammond organ After the fail of Teleharmonium business, similar designs called tonewheel organs were continuously developed For example Robb ... Germany) — optical-tonewheel sampling organ, marketed in 1935-1940s One of the earlier electronic tonewheel organ was conceived and manufactured by Morse Robb ... Built in Belleville, Ontario, The Robb Wave Organ predates its much more successful competitor Hammond by patent and manufacture, but shut down its operations in 1938 due to lack of funding ...
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