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An organ pipe sounds only its own built pitch

Each pipe is one note, so a large instrument needs thousands Stops open groups of pipes of similar character, and players combine them for colour. Pipes work either as flutes driven by an air jet or as reeds with a vibrating brass tongue. Air comes from a blower through a wind chest. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Each pipe is one note, so a large instrument needs thousands. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.