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Which non-electronic musical instrument has the most complex design?

piano
clarinet
pipe organ
accordion
The classical organ is recognized as the most complex man-made device until the late 19th century, when it was displaced by the telephone exchange. Large pipe organs have seven keyboards, complex wind system and up to 20,000 pipes.
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flagIndia
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flagIndonesia
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Before the 19th century, how many people were needed to make pipe organ play?

one
at least two
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