ORGANSTOP

Organ stop

An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; some can be "on", while others can be "off" .

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organ stop

Noun

  1. any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres
  2. the timbre so produced


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