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MANUAL (from lat. Manualis - manual) - keyboard for hands (as opposed to keyboard for legs - pedals) in multi-keyboard instruments (organ, harpsichord, harmonium, electronic instruments). The number of M. in organizational organs is 1-7 (7 M. has an organ in the cathedral of Atlantic City, in the USA), in harpsichords - up to 3, in harmoniums - no more than 2. M. are located one above the other in a terrace-like manner. Each is given a certain number of registers - hence the decomp. strength and timbre coloring of M. Keyboard volume - up to 5 octaves (C - c4). The real sound volume of organ M. (thanks to double registers) is up to 8 octaves. In the organs of it. the strongest type is the lower 1st or 2nd M. (Hauptwerk - Hauptwerk); less strong - 2nd or 3rd (Oberwerk); quiet - 3rd or 4th (positive, channel - Positiv, Schwellwerk). In French organs the quietest M. - medium (positive - positiv),the most powerful is the lower (Grandorg - grand orgue), the most expressive is the upper (res - Recit). All M. together or 2-3 M. can be connected using a special mechanism - copulations (it is switched on by means of a button or handle). At the same time, the organist, playing on one M., makes the pipes of the registers of the attached M. sound. On the harpsichord, M. can also be copied (connected).