How many pipes are there in a pipe organ?

This is similar to an orchestra which has many different types of instruments, each having its own characteristic sound. If a keyboard of 61 notes controls a group of 10 ranks of pipes, there will be 610 pipes playable from that keyboard. There are many more pipes in an organ than the ones you typically see. read more

As the vast majority of pipe organs are custom designed there is no one, definitive answer. A small, hand pumped, table top organ ("or Portative") might have as few as 25 pipes - or two octaves. The common, medium sized church organ averages around 1,000 pipes. Large organs can have upwards of 10,000 pipes. read more

The smallest portable pipe organs may have only one or two dozen pipes and one manual; the largest may have over 20,000 pipes and seven manuals. A list of some of the most notable and largest pipe organs in the world can be viewed at List of pipe organs. read more

It depends on the number of ranks. Typically, there are 61 pipes per rank for keyboard ranks and 32 pipes per rank for pedal ranks. read more