Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 07 · The Sound of Congregational Song · Page 19 in print
The Church Organ
In 1713, King’s Chapel accepted Thomas Brattle’s organ after Brattle Square Church declined it.
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Bellows
Bellows worked by a calcant to supply the organ’s wind.
Bourdon
Wide-scaled stopped flute stop, often at 16 ft.
Console
The organist’s control position with keyboards and stops.
Diapason
Principal flue stop that gives the organ its basic tone.
Drawknob
Knob pulled out to bring an organ stop into use.
Dulciana
Soft 8 ft metal string stop.
Flue pipe
Organ pipe sounded by air through a fipple, like a recorder.
Manual
An organ keyboard played by the hands.
Pedalboard
An organ keyboard played by the feet.
Pipe organ
Wind instrument whose pipes are sounded from keyboards.
Swell box
Enclosure with shutters that controls an organ division’s volume.
Tracker
Mechanical key action that links keys to pallets by rods and levers.
Tremulant
Device that varies the wind to produce a vibrato.
Vox humana
Reed stop meant to imitate the human voice.
Windchest
Box on which ranks of pipes stand and receive wind.
Sources
- Pipe organWikipedia
- List of pipe organ stopsWikipedia
- TremulantWikipedia