The King of Instruments
A pipe organ is one of the most mechanically and musically complex instruments ever built — a room-sized wind instrument where a single organist commands thousands of pipes across three keyboards, a pedalboard, and dozens of stops. Each implementation below offers a unique take on the 3-manual church organ: from baroque tracker action to romantic symphonic orchestration, from gothic pipe visualizations to historically accurate temperaments. Activate the wind blower, pull down some stops, and play!
Five distinct approaches to simulating a 3-manual pipe organ with Web Audio API additive synthesis and cathedral reverb
Stained glass rose window, 30 stops, expression pedals, MIDI keyboard support, and computer keyboard mapping across all manuals.
Historically accurate North German registration, meantone temperament toggle, tremulant, couplers, and ornate carved wood aesthetic.
Canvas pipe visualization with glowing animations, adjustable room reverb, crescendo pedal, mixture stops, and gothic cathedral atmosphere.
Mechanical tracker action with wind chiff, per-rank ADSR envelopes, coupler system, 6 combination pistons, and live waveform display.
Romantic orchestral stops with harmonic series synthesis, spectrum analyzer, MIDI support, swell shutters, and presets for Bach, Widor, Franck & Messiaen.