The Harmonium used pressure, and the American reed organ or pump organ used suction. In a fashion not totally unlike that of pipe organs, reed organs generate sound by forcing air over a set of reeds by means of a bellows, usually operated by constantly pumping a set of pedals. The immediate predecessor of the electronic organ was the harmonium, or reed organ, an instrument that was common in homes and small churches in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. other types including combo organs, home organs, and software organs.digital church organs, which imitate pipe organs and are used primarily in churches.Hammond-style organs used in pop, rock and jazz.Originally designed to imitate their sound, or orchestral sounds, it has since developed into several types of instruments: Left top: a laptop PC for sequencing the organ.Īn electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Right top: a sound module for extra pipe and orchestral sounds.
Rodgers Trillium organ custom three-manual console on a church.
