church organ

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He charms the staff with his knowledge of these obscure machines – pointing out the bellows that power a church organ, and the pneumatic underpinnings of a piano roll player.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Guest musician Michael Ward-Bergeman plays the electric accordion with pedals, which can make it sound like a church organ.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024

A church organ played in its highest register doubles as a sheng.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

While others were experimenting with modular, sequenced rhythms, Vangelis played his synthesizers like a church organ, drenching big melodies in massive, artificial reverb to create the feeling of sound in a cathedral.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

A church organ piped a shoulder-rocking beat, soon followed by Mahalia Jackson’s deep, soulful voice belting “Oh Happy Day.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas