Organ topic

The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon, "organ, instrument, tool") is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own a keyboard played either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is one of the oldest musical instrument in the Western musical tradition. By around the eighth century it had overcome early associations with gladitorial combat and assumed a prominent place in the liturgy of the western church; more recently it has reemerged as a secular and recital... full article at wikipedia