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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1stop, hautboy
2A group of pipes in the organ fitted with reeds and producing a tone similar to that of the oboe.
3stop-knob
4See draw stop.
5stop, larigot or octave twelfth (lär-i-gō)
6A group of pipes in the organ capable of giving a very shrill tone. They are pitched the interval of an octave plus a twelfth, or nineteen degrees above the ordinary pitch of the corresponding keys of the keyboard.
7stop, mixture
8Any group of pipes in the organ in which two or more pipes are sounded by one key.
9stop, mutation
10Any group of pipes in an organ which are tuned to produce the interval of a third or a fifth, and their octaves, above the normal pitch of the key which sounds the pipes.
11stop, nazard
12See stop, twelfth.
13stop, octave
14See octave stop.
15stop, octave trumpet
16An organ stop whose pipes produce tones like those of a trumpet, and whose lowest tone is the second C below middle C.
17stop, open
18An organ stop whose pipes are open at the top.
19stop, open diapason
20A group of metal pipes open at both ends and commanding the entire compass of the keyboard to which they belong. Their tone is bright, full and sonorous.
21stop, open unison
22See open diapason stop.
23stop, ophicleide
24An organ stop producing a tone like the ophicleide, powerful but harsh.
25stop, organ
26See organ stop.
27stop, percussion
28In a reed organ, a stop-knob controlling a device which strikes a reed sharply and at the very instant it is sounded, causing it to vibrate promptly and with unusual force.
29stop, reed
30Any stop in the organ which comprises only pipes fitted with reeds, that is, thin strips of brass which vibrate and produce the sound.
31stop, salicional
32An organ stop composed of nar-
33row metal pipes open at both ends. It has a delicate, reedy tone, resembling that produced by a bird called the willow pipe or willow wren, very abundant during the summer in the woods of the British Isles.
34stop, sesquialtera
35A group of pipes in the organ comprising from two to five to every key on the keyboard. They are tuned at various pitches, and give tones the interval of a fifth or the interval of a third or their octaves above the normal pitch of the keys which sound them.
36stop, solo
37Any group of pipes in the organ which are designed for producing characteristic or solo effects. This name is not limited to stops in the solo organ. See also solo organ.
38stop, tierce
39A group of pipes in the organ tuned the interval of a third plus two octaves above the normal pitch of the keys which sound them.
40stop, treble forte
41A draw stop applied to the melodeon or reed organ by means of which the resonance of a treble part of the instrument may be increased while the bass remains normal.
42stop, tremolo
43See tremolo stop.
44stop, trumpet
45A group of pipes in the organ fitted with reeds and producing a tone greatly resembling that of the trumpet.
46stop, twelfth
47A group of metal pipes tuned the interval of a twelfth above the ordinary pitch of the corresponding keyboard.
48stop, twelfth octave
49An organ stop, each of whose pipes produces a tone the interval of an octave and a twelfth, or two octaves and a fifth, above the ordinary pitch of the corresponding key of the keyboard.
50stop, vox-humana (vōks-hū-mā'-nā)
51Lat.
52Literally, human voice: a group of pipes in the organ which are fitted with reeds and produce a tone resembling the human voice.
53stopfen (shtōp'-fēn) Ger. v.
54To stop; to fill or stuff: hence, to modify the vibrating tone of a brass instrument, as the horn or trumpet by inserting the hand in the bell.
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