{"id":63759,"date":"2021-10-13T10:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T08:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/concert-hall\/organ-in-gothenburg-concert-hall\/orgelns-ordlista\/"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:25:06","slug":"organ-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/discover\/glossary\/organ-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Organ dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

* = see the entry for this term<\/em><\/p>\n

Action<\/h3>\n

The totality of the devices in an organ that make the depressing of a key result in one or more pipes sounding.<\/p>\n

Attack<\/h3>\n

The beginning of a sounding tone<\/p>\n

Bombarde<\/h3>\n

A stop* with a trumpet- or trombone-like sound or a division* of the organ consisting mainly of such stops<\/p>\n

Brustwerk<\/h3>\n

A division* of the organ with a small number of stops and a light, high-pitched sound<\/p>\n

Choir organ<\/h3>\n

A division* with a somewhat less powerful sound than the Great organ*<\/p>\n

Console<\/h3>\n

The \u2018cockpit\u2019 of an organ, with manual* and pedal* keyboards* as well as couplers* and other devices for determining tone colour and loudness<\/p>\n

Coupler<\/h3>\n

A device (mechanical, pneumatic or electric) that enables stops* in more than one division* to sound when one manual* is played<\/p>\n

Crescendo<\/h3>\n

Successively increasing loudness<\/p>\n

Diminuendo<\/h3>\n

Successively decreasing loudness<\/p>\n

Division<\/h3>\n

Any of the main sounding parts of an organ, consisting of a number of stops*<\/p>\n

Flue stop<\/h3>\n

A stop* in which each pipe is constructed more or less like a recorder; the majority of the stops in an organ are flue stops, and the stops visible in the organ\u2019s fa\u00e7ade are of this kind<\/p>\n

Frequency<\/h3>\n

The number of regular oscillations per second that produces a tone of a certain pitch (for example, 442 = a1)<\/p>\n

Fundamental<\/h3>\n

The pitch heard most prominently when a tone is sounded; the fundamental always sounds together with a number of harmonics*<\/p>\n

General crescendo<\/h3>\n

A device operated with the foot, by means of which the stops* of the organ are made to sound in a predetermined order, enabling powerful crescendo* and diminuendo* effects<\/p>\n

Great organ<\/h3>\n

(French: Grand Orgue; German: Hauptwerk) The biggest and most powerful division* in an organ<\/p>\n

Harmonics<\/h3>\n

Tones of higher pitch sounding together with the fundamental,* thereby creating the sound of the tone<\/p>\n

Keyboard<\/h3>\n

The set of keys to be played on an clavier instrument, such as an organ or a piano<\/p>\n

Keynote<\/h3>\n

The first and harmonically fundamental tone of a scale (for example, C in C major)<\/p>\n

Manual<\/h3>\n

A keyboard* played with the hands<\/p>\n

Mixture<\/h3>\n

A stop* in which several pipes (mostly high-pitched) sound simultaneously when a note is played<\/p>\n

Orchestre<\/h3>\n

A division* consisting of stops* that imitate orchestral instruments\u00a0(such as strings)<\/p>\n

Organ division<\/h3>\n

see Division<\/p>\n

Overtones<\/h3>\n

see Harmonics<\/p>\n

Pedal<\/h3>\n

a keyboard* played with the feet; the division* sounding when such a keyboard is played<\/p>\n

P\u00e9dale Expressif<\/h3>\n

\u2018expressive pedal\u2019; a pedal* division* equipped with a swell* device<\/p>\n

Pipework<\/h3>\n

The totality of pipes in an organ or a division*<\/p>\n

Positif<\/h3>\n

French term roughly corresponding to Choir organ*<\/p>\n

Principal<\/h3>\n

The most important and powerful flue* stop* in an organ<\/p>\n

R\u00e9cit<\/h3>\n

A French term for a division* equipped with a swell* device (in older French organs a division with a small number of stops, without swell)<\/p>\n

Reed stops<\/h3>\n

Stops* constructed in a special manner, producing a sound similar to that of reed or brass instruments<\/p>\n

Ruckpositiv<\/h3>\n

A division placed behind the organist\u2019s back<\/p>\n

Scaling<\/h3>\n

The various measurements of and proportions between different parts of an organ pipe, for example, the relationship between the pipe\u2019s length and width (diameter or circumference)<\/p>\n

Solo stop<\/h3>\n

A stop* intended for use, or used, in a solo function, accompanied on another manual*<\/p>\n

Stop<\/h3>\n

A set (in mixtures* several sets) of pipes with different pitches but similar in sound and construction, each pipe corresponding to a key in a manual* or pedal* division*<\/p>\n

Swell<\/h3>\n

A device, operated with the foot, for opening and closing shutters placed in front of the pipes in a division*, enabling crescendo* and diminuendo* effects<\/p>\n

Trompette royale<\/h3>\n

\u2018Royal trumpet\u2019; French name for a particularly brilliant-sounding trumpet stop*<\/p>\n

Voicing<\/h3>\n

The organ builder\u2019s art, creating the desired sound of an organ pipe<\/p>\n

Windchest<\/h3>\n

A wooden box, placed below the pipes, where the air used for making the pipes sound is stored under pressure<\/p>\n

by Sverker Jullander<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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