Tracker Action - Tracker Action and Other Kinds of Action

Tracker Action and Other Kinds of Action

Tracker action is the most artistically successful type of action. Two other kinds of action used in pipe organs are as follows:

  • Electric action in which electric valves are used to allow wind into the pipes
  • Pneumatic action in which compressed air is used to control valves that allow wind into the pipes

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