Is there a specific name for the activity of blowing the bellows?
In a few European languages, there are words derived from latin calcare - literally to tread, in these words it means to blow bellows, for example in church organs; in Polish it's kalikować - a nearly-forgotten word by now, along with Kalikant, which was the name of the occupation - the person performing the work.
Is there a counterpart to that word in English, or did English always use plain "blowing the bellows"?
Check out this historic article mentioning organ pumpers and the "organ-pumping art":
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19380415&id=s-4-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4307,4907611
There are lots of similar results for 'organ pumper' in Google.
Pump organs depended on someone (or something) to pump the bellows.
Calcant - one who pumps the bellows while the organist plays