How many manuals can an organ have

The Great is the main manual division of an organ. It normally contains principals and flutes, with many Great divisions having at least one reed and, less commonly, a string stop. The Great division is usually not placed in an expressive enclosure, and the pipes are often visible, either in a case or arranged in some other type of visible display.  · Mainz and Waldsassen are really six-manual master consoles that control several organs.. ===========================. There's another 6-manual organ not listed in any of the previous posts. No3 for example is playable manuals only, except for a pedal F for the last few bars. Look at the Oxford Service Music for Organ series compiled by Anne Marsden Thomas. Books 1 and 2 Manuals only. I can’t get excited about many of the pieces in the huge number of Kevin Mayhew books of new music.

Most organs have at least two manuals, but there are often as many as four, and sometimes up to seven. Each manual controls a different "division" of the organ, meaning a different group of stops. The organ will have several sets of pipes; each of these sets of pipes is called a "rank", which can make different sounds. This is similar to an orchestra which has many different types of instruments, each having its own characteristic sound. If a keyboard of 61 notes controls a group of 10 ranks of pipes, there will be pipes playable. Lowrey T1 Service Manual MB (Thanks to Doug Moore and the Lowrey Organ Co. for permission to publish these) Note: If you have either the Gibson G or the Lowrey T2, get both manuals. While the circuitry is nearly identical, and all the schematics are contained in each, there are several good diagrams that are unique to each manual.

The Great is the main manual division of an organ. It normally contains principals and flutes, with many Great divisions having at least one reed and, less commonly, a string stop. The Great division is usually not placed in an expressive enclosure, and the pipes are often visible, either in a case or arranged in some other type of visible display. Allen Organ Manuals and Guides. MANUALS and GUIDES. Church Organs CF-4 G GX GX GX GX GX GX Studio Organs Historique I Historique II. Pipe organs may have as many as five "manuals", each of them almost the size of piano keyboard, and if would not be enough may even feature the feet keyboard. And my 88 key piano keyboard already covers the majority of the hear-able sound range, probably no more than 20 or about keys could be added to the sides, unless to play ultrasound for.