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

For 45 minutes he spoke, sometimes allowing his voice to swell in a sonorous diapason, sometimes letting it sink low as he leaned forward confidentially over the desk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Exhibitions were given, the organ of critical praise swelled in diapason.

From Time Magazine Archive

The mimeographed Bulletin was under no illusion that its cheerful chirping could drown out the harsh diapason from the rest of the press.

From Time Magazine Archive

The low sub-bass, uprising from the deep, Swells the great pæan as it rolls supernal— Anon, I hear, at one majestic sweep The diapason of the keys eternal!

From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Severance, Frank H.