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A '''pipe organ''' is a [[keyboard]] [[musical instrument]] that blows [[air]] through pipes to create [[sound]]. The air resonates in the pipe and the vibration creates sound. Depending on the size of the pipe the [[pitch]] will be different, so many pipes are used.
Though most closely associated with [[church]] [[music]], pipe organs can be and are used in many applications. Their predecessors go back to ancient [[Greece]].
The largest pipe organs boast tens of thousands of pipes. For list of the 20 largest pipe organs in the world, see [http://www.atlascom.us/bigpipes.htm].
[[Category:Keyboard instruments]][[Category:Music]]