pipe organ

noun

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The Congress Theater originally also housed a Wurlitzer theater pipe organ with 20 ranks of pipes. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 Humans can only feel—not hear—anything much below 20 Hz, but a pipe organ’s 32-foot stop can generate an earth-shaking 16 Hz wave, 113 feet in length. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2026 Then, in the distance, a camera flash lit up a hellish sight—wreathed in the smoke from village fires, a great black pipe organ, as tall as the houses on either side, heaved and rolled across the square. Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025 The zany attraction will feature two beloved characters, No Legs Larry and Maestro, who are ready to welcome guests back in Phantom Theater for a pipe organ performance. Megan Dubois, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pipe organ

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First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pipe organ was in 1862

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“Pipe organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20organ. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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