Tremulant

__NOTOC__ thumb|165px|"Geschwinder Tremulant" (fast tremulant) stop on the Herbst-Orgel Lahm in Itzgrund (built in 1732). thumb|165px|Tremulantat  using spring-loaded flap, on the Jens Steinhoff organ in Varna, Bulgaria

A tremulant (; , , ) is a device on a pipe organ which varies the wind supply to the pipes of one or more divisions (or, in some cases, the whole organ). This causes their amplitude and pitch to fluctuate, producing a tremolo and vibrato effect. A large organ may have several tremulants, affecting different ranks (sets) of pipes. Many tremulants are variable, allowing for the speed and depth of tremolo to be controlled by the organist. The tremulant has been a part of organ building for many centuries, dating back to Italian organs of the sixteenth century.