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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 only stops I found available, were a very weak croaking flute, and a quavering deep pedal diapason, of sixteen feet.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix