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

Organist Roosevelt, feeling that his audience was with him, now began pulling out the stops and bearing down on the booming diapason.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the organ sounds its joyous diapason, Cardinal O'Connell will listen with the ears of a notable composer.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

That a loving God wills the universe, is the great diapason note in the hymn of creation.

From What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul by Swain, Richard la Rue