Pedal organ

Pedal organ a division of the organ which is controlled from the pedal. Known since the late 14th c., the pedal organ originally was no more than a pedalboard hung from the manual; subsequently it drew its registers from the manual, or had a stop or two of its own and drew others from the manual, later becoming an independent division. Arnold Schlick in 1511 recommended a compass of F0–c1 on the pedal; Fr. pedalboards of that time generally had 7-9 keys, It. ones were hung from the manual, and…