tremulant

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Through the use of a tremulant or two pipes tuned slightly apart this stop produced a slightly undulating tone — an indication that some sort of oscillation was expected in singing.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2016

She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth