diapason
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Feldman was fascinated by the organ's principal pipes that produce the thickly textured diapason sounds that are pure organ, as opposed to the myriad other pipes with, say, flute-like or brass-like characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2016
Exhibitions were given, the organ of critical praise swelled in diapason.
From Time Magazine Archive
For 45 minutes he spoke, sometimes allowing his voice to swell in a sonorous diapason, sometimes letting it sink low as he leaned forward confidentially over the desk.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1866 oxen began hauling the logs which formed its 32-foot diapason, its tiny flutinos.
From Time Magazine Archive
The diapason treble register is known as “melodia”; different makers occasionally vary the use of fancy names for other stops.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
