Console

A Wurlitzer console
A Wurlitzer console

The part of the organ containing the keyboards (or manuals), pedals , stopkeys and other devices used by the organist to play the organ.

On a theatre organ, it is usually connected electrically to the rest of the instrument by the main cable  containing many wires. The console may be fixed, or mobile on a wheeled platform, or on a lift  as was traditional in 1930’s cinemas. For showmanship reasons, the console may have an illuminated surround.

Manuals

Second Touch

Couplers

Mutation Couplers

Pedals

Stop Keys

Main Cable

Lift

Illuminated Surround

Combination Action

Piston

General Piston

Foot Levers

Toe Piston

Combination Memory

Electro-mechanical setter

Setter Board

Electronic Setter

Stop Action

Electro-pneumatic Stop Action

Direct Electric Stop Action

Crescendo Pedal

Swell Pedal