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Record 1 1986-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musicology
  • Keyboard Instruments
DEF

organ stop, originally of regal pipes; ...

OBS

after the mid - 19th c., in France the name was transferred to a tremulant stop of 2 ranks of pipes at 8' pitch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musicologie
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
DEF

Jeu d'orgue ondulant, dont le battement caractéristique est obtenu par les interférences entre deux rangées de tuyaux de jambe, dont l'un est légèrement désaccordée par rapport à l'autre.

Spanish

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