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What is the largest musical instrument?

The largest of all musical instruments is the organ (derived from the Greek "organon", which means "tool", "instrument").

Playing the organ is outwardly similar to playing the piano - in it the sound is extracted by pressing the keys. But, unlike the piano, the organ is not a string instrument, but a wind instrument. Being a keyboard wind instrument, the organ consists of a set of pipes of various sizes and devices. The sound in pipes is born from the fact that a stream of air enters them. Previously, bellows were used for this - like those that were once available in rural forges and served to fan the fire. Organ bellows were set in motion by man.

Now they are building very large organs with several thousand pipes! And the air in them, of course, is blown by an electric motor, the pipes open and close also with the help of electricity. Inside a modern giant organ, among many thousands of pipes, a two- or even three-story house can easily fit!

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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