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
Exhibitions were given, the organ of critical praise swelled in diapason.
From Time Magazine Archive
For minutes, a diapason of booming whistles from the grey ships in the North River seemed to drown out everything.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1866 oxen began hauling the logs which formed its 32-foot diapason, its tiny flutinos.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
