How to Use pipe organ in a Sentence

pipe organ

noun
  • The place is home to the largest church pipe organ in the world.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • The Bach kicked off a rich first half, much of which evoked the grand pipe organ behind him.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Works for choir and pipe organ, with Michael Ging at the keyboard.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Next in line for an overhaul is the church’s long-suffering pipe organ.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2022
  • But this was his first chance to write for pipe organ (which will be played by John Orfe).
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Hymns were played on a black grand piano rather than the church's 1879 pipe organ.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2018
  • In the chapel, my eyes fell upon a 15-foot-tall red oak and pipe organ next to the monks’ choir stalls.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Yet at the end, the pipe organ music filled the cathedral and conveyed a final sense of awe.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The 24-rank pipe organ was one of the largest ever installed in a private home of its day.
    — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • All proceeds will benefit the restoration of the church pipe organ.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Jim loved classical and pipe organ music which stemmed from record playing in his childhood home.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • His dad, Bob Tallar, built a pipe organ in the family’s home.
    — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 6 June 2019
  • The bass notes are probably around 50 or 60 hertz, the lower notes on a pipe organ.
    — Helen Scales, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
  • Dallas has had an ambitious church music and pipe organ scene since at least the 1960s.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 11 July 2019
  • Instead of scolding me, my grandmother led me over to a small love seat facing the pipe organ, put her arms around me, and told me this story.
    — Kathy Caprino, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Clark doesn't know if the rebuilt church will have a pipe organ again; a replacement may be too pricey for the small congregation to afford.
    — Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal, 25 Dec. 2021
  • The majestic pipe organ slowly rises from its hiding place beneath the stage of the 92-year-old movie palace.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Suiting up inside the Moore house, which was designed with a two-story great room to house a German pipe organ.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Today, the Spreckels Organ is described by the city as the world’s largest outdoor pipe organ.
    — Maya Santiago, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • The sonorous notes of a modern pipe organ were the soundtrack to my tour, enhancing the sense of reverence the cathedral inspires.
    — Tracey Teo, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
  • After most of the people who attended the service had left the sanctuary, Cheatham sat down on the bench of the pipe organ.
    — Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2022
  • In 1927, the young people of the church invested in a pipe organ for the new church, which has been used for services ever since.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The run time was an hour and a half, starting and ending with a deep and ominous recital from the pipe organ that sounded louder without all the bodies to absorb it.
    — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Then, in the distance, a camera flash lit up a hellish sight—wreathed in the smoke from village fires, a great black pipe organ, as tall as the houses on either side, heaved and rolled across the square.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
  • But will developers or new congregations want to take on old pipe organs and the upkeep of 1880-era church spires?
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024
  • Almost every Sunday for the past five decades, Roy Guenther has played the pipe organ for the glory of God.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The new cathedral will be open for weekend Mass but closed weekdays until next year while the Hazel Wright pipe organ, the world’s fifth-largest, is voiced and tuned.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • Internal mechanisms and a pipe organ stowed within the two figures’ cavities caused the tiger to emit grunts, the man to wail, and various parts of the structure to move.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
  • Gifts can be directed to a specific feature such as the pipe organ, steeple or stained glass, or simply to the Fire Restoration Fund.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024

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