pipe organn.
/ˈpʌɪp ˌɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈpaɪp ˌɔrɡ(ə)n/ Music.
An organ using pipes as well as or instead of reeds. Cf. reed organ n. at reed n.1 Compounds 2.
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organc1380
a pair (also set) of organs1422
box of whistles1678
kist o' whistles1772
set1795
whistle-kist1843
pipe organ1862
melodica1890
1862 New Amer. Cycl. XIV. 4/1 The Alexandre organ is made of different sizes, the largest corresponding to a 16-feet pipe organ.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 695/1 Among the manufactures of Alliance [Ohio] are..travelling cranes, pipe organs, street-car indicators, [etc.]
1934 K. A. Porter Let. 9 Aug. (1990) ii. 115 A bearded little fellow with the thickest, stiffest fingers I ever saw performed expertly and casually on..a modern and hideous electric moving-picture pipe organ.
1990 Texas Highways Mar. 19/1 As sunlight plays over the multicolored windows and dome, you seem to hear the echoing chords of the majestic pipe organ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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