Directory of Portative Organs Resources

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The portative organ (sometimes called an organetto, although this term is also used for certain accordian-like instruments) was a portable pipe organ played with the right hand while the left pumped a bellows to produce air flow.

Resources in This Category

• Atalanta Fugiens Portative Organ by Cynthia Large

  http://www.cynthialarge.com/keyboard/keyboardpainting6.html
  Replica of a pre-15th century diatonic portative organ, with engraved ivory keys and casework painting. Includes close-ups of case and keys.

• The Organetto

  http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/organeto.htm
  Photographs and WAV and MP3 audio samples from Iowa State University's early music ensemble Musica Antiqua.

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