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

Once when he was singing in John D. Rockefeller Sr.'s Baptist Church his thunderous diapason is said to have made the old tycoon whisper to a retainer: "Did you bring an umbrella?"

From Time Magazine Archive

When the organ sounds its joyous diapason, Cardinal O'Connell will listen with the ears of a notable composer.

From Time Magazine Archive

For minutes, a diapason of booming whistles from the grey ships in the North River seemed to drown out everything.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Brownjohn's voice was now so deep that it vibrated in the pit of Michael's stomach like the diapason of the school organ.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton