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Record 1 1986-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
  • Musicology
DEF

beating organ stop consisting of 2 ranks of pipes tuned way slightly apart; ...

DEF

an organ stop similar to the voix céleste.

OBS

from the 18th century on also built as a single rank tuned slightly sharper than the rest of the organ.

French

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

Jeu d'orgue de 8 pieds, accordé plus haut que le salicional auquel il est associé.

OBS

(Il émet, de ce fait, de légers battements.) [Terme] invariable.

CONT

Games. [...] Voix céleste et unda maris (deux rangs de gambes légèrement faussées pour produire des battements).

Spanish

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