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

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

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

A few sand-birds and plover piped plaintively to the hoarse diapason of the billows.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams