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The standard organ manual keyboard has 61 keys and the pedal keyboard has 32 keys. Most pipe organs have at least two manual keyboards and large organs have four or more. The number of keys has grown over time. The organ of Bach's time had 49 keys or less. Some of the lower octaves were "short." The pedal keyboard had 25 keys. Over time the compass grew with the standard growing to 56 manual keys and 27 to 30 pedal keys. The American Guild of Organists set the standard to the 61 - 32 compass in the early twentieth century.
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How many black keys are on a pipe organ?
59
How many black keys on a pipe organ with 240 keys?
78 . but heey peeps . how yall zoin ?
Instruments with piano keys but not a piano?
An accordion. Some accordions have keys like that of a piano. Update: There is also the pipe organ, organ, harpsichord, and clavichord.
How many keys are on an organ?
101 keys
How many keys does the pipe organ at the spreckels pavilion in san Diego have?
There are 4 manuals or keyboards and a pedal board. Each manual has 61 keys and the pedal board has 32 pedals. So there are 244 keys and 32 pedals total.
