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Small, portable organs were used in religious contexts from the 12th century onwards - but they were not commonly part of church services. In monasteries, they were used to teach new monks the tunes for the psalms, hymns and other parts of the daily services, but those services were always sung entirely without musical accompaniment.

Some larger organs appeared by the 13th century. Large medieval organs needed at least two people to play them: one to operate the wood and linen bellows and the others the play the slide keyboard at the front. Some even needed four people to work the bellows.

The keyboard consisted not of keys like a modern piano, but a series of slide valves to be pushed in or pulled out.

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