# Pipe & Tone
> Independent music journal about instruments, makers, acoustics, listening tools, and the historical Martin Ott organ archive.

## Start here
- [Homepage](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/): Editorial overview and routes into the journal.
- [Instrument Guides](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/instruments/): Sourced guides to seven instrument families and their mechanisms.
- [Blog](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/blog/): Reported stories about people, instruments, music, art, concerts, and rooms.
- [How Sound Works](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/learn/): A practical introduction to strings, air columns, membranes, and electronic signals.
- [Sound Lab](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/sound-lab/): Browser-based tuner, metronome, tone, chord, tempo, and acoustics tools.

## Historical archive
- [Martin Ott Organ Archive](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/organ-archive/): Independent research index of surviving historical project records.
- [Sources and Credits](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/sources-credits/): Archive sources, image credits, licences, and evidence standards.

## Editorial standards
- [About Pipe & Tone](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/about/): Journal identity, scope, and independence from the former company.
- [Editorial Policy](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/editorial-policy/): Sourcing, corrections, independence, and AI-assisted work policy.
- [Affiliate Disclosure](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/affiliate-disclosure/): Rules for commission-bearing links.
- [Advertising and Partnerships](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/sponsored-content/): Commercial formats and disclosure rules.
- [Privacy](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/privacy/): Public browsing, Cloudflare performance analytics, browser audio, and email handling.
- [Terms of Use](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/terms/): Limits of the archive, tools, credited media, and external links.
- [Contact](https://martinottpipeorgan.com/contact/): Corrections, archive evidence, rights, privacy, and commercial enquiries.

## Important context
- Pipe & Tone is not affiliated with the former Martin Ott Pipe Organ Company.
- Historical project pages distinguish archived claims, current-context sources, documentary images, and editorial reconstructions.
- Corrections and additional evidence should include the relevant URL, source, date, credit, and provenance where known.