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Organ

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Organ may refer to:

Biology

Musical instruments

  • Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
    • Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
    • Hammond organ, an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument
    • Pipe organ, a musical instrument that produces sound when pressurized air is driven through a series of pipes
    • Street organ, a mobile, automatic mechanical pneumatic organ played by an organ grinder
    • Theatre organ, a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra

Films

  • Organ, a 1965 film directed by Štefan Uher
  • Organ (film), a 1996 Japanese film about organ thieves
  • The Organ (film), a 1965 Slovak film

Periodicals

  • Organ, any official periodical (i.e., magazine, newsletter, or similar publication) of an organization
  • Organ (magazine), a UK music magazine run by Organart
  • The Organ (newspaper), an underground newspaper published in San Francisco
  • The Organ (pipe organ magazine), a quarterly publication for organ enthusiasts, founded in 1921

Places

  • Organ, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France
  • Organ, Iran, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
  • Organ-e Kord, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
  • Organ-e Tork, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran

Other uses

  • Organ, a division within an organization, for example, organs of United Nations
  • Organs of state, branches of power within a government
  • Organ, an old word for a mental faculty, particularly in the context of phrenology
  • Organ, a slang word for a penis
  • Organ (surname), a list of people with the surname
  • The Organ (band), an indie rock band

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Organ
  • All pages with titles containing Organ
  • All pages with titles beginning with The Organ
  • All pages with titles containing The Organ
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