Sentence examples for reed organ from inspiring English sources

The reed organ dates from about 1810.

The term reed organ normally refers to a keyboard instrument in which sound is produced by free reeds.

From the baroque tumult that is opener Dear Lincoln to the closing track, A Purpose, performed on an 1898 American reed organ, there is no let-up.

The versatile and expressive harmonium (a compact reed organ patented in 1842 by the Frenchman Alexandre-François Debain and later developed by others) attracted the efforts of major composers such as Antonín Dvořák and Cesar Franck.

(These include the gorgeous, bewildering "Segaiha," by the Japanese Royal Palace Band: as far as I can tell, it's a few string instruments, bowed and plucked, maybe a reed organ playing tone clusters).

In the face of unrelenting competition from cheap upright pianos (which they often resembled in appearance) and, later, from electronic instruments, reed organ production declined in the second quarter of the century, though fine old examples in playable condition remain numerous.

Accordions and concertinas are examples of small, hand-held reed organs.

The term organ encompasses reed organs and electronic organs but, unless otherwise specified, is usually understood to refer to pipe organs.

In this place that never knew an orchestra, a symphony for violin, viola and reed organs by the composer Christopher Mayo echoed through the spaces at regular intervals.

In churches and other institutions, especially less affluent ones in rural areas, reed organs with up to three manuals, a pedal keyboard, and five or more sets of reeds often served in place of costlier pipe organs.

Because of their simplicity, portability, and ease of maintenance, by the mid-19th century reed organs had become popular domestic instruments, rivaling the piano in numbers though not in quality or quantity of repertoire.