diapason
Example Sentences
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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
Families of old grads began to donate memorial stops�a double open diapason here, a contra bombard there, a tuba sonora, a tromba batalla or a vox angelica.
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
In 1866 oxen began hauling the logs which formed its 32-foot diapason, its tiny flutinos.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they have the sense to be silent when they hear the roll of that untrembling diapason that makes all things tremble.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
