Orelli, KONRAD

VON, Ph.D., b. 1845. Prof. Basel 1873. O.T. Prophecy, 1882, tr. 1885; commentaries on the Prophets, 1887-88. impinging on the upper lip The New Organ in the Church of St. Lawof the pipe, as in the case of rence Jewry, Gresham St., London, Eng. the ordinary whistle, and setting the column of air in the tube to vibrating, and reed pipes, in which the sound is the result of the vibration of a tongue of metal, technically called a reed, inserted in the lower end of the pipe and agitated by the wind. The various systems of pipes are brought into service as required by means of mechanical devices, of which the commonest is the draw-knob. The organ in its simple form is an instrument of great antiquity. It seems to have been introduced in the Ch. ab. 650. See ORGAN PIPE.