The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . re of the foot; i, bellows-spring which opens the bellows after compression; J and i, upperand lower bo-^rcls of wind-chest, inclosing space into wliich air is deliv-ered from the bellows: >, reed-board, which supports the reeds inslots formed thereni (see cut under refd^); i, *. swells (see cutbelow): /, reed-valve ; w(. valve-spring which closes the valve afterthe latter is opened by push-pin shown in the cut lielow. There isone of these for each
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . re of the foot; i, bellows-spring which opens the bellows after compression; J and i, upperand lower bo-^rcls of wind-chest, inclosing space into wliich air is deliv-ered from the bellows: >, reed-board, which supports the reeds inslots formed thereni (see cut under refd^); i, *. swells (see cutbelow): /, reed-valve ; w(. valve-spring which closes the valve afterthe latter is opened by push-pin shown in the cut lielow. There isone of these for each key, admitting wind to one or morereeds of a set or such sets of reeds as are allowed to act by the stopspulled out, and of a particular tone corresponding with the key;n, stop-anu ; o, key-frame. ly. A tremulant is often introduced, consisting of a re-volving fan, by which the current of air is made to oscil-late slightly. More than one manual keyboard and a pedalkeyboard, with separate stops for each, as in the pipe-organ, occur in large instruments. Occasionally a set ofpipes is also added. Various devices for sustaining tones. ?-?z stop-action of Reed-oi^, stop-rai!; b. stop-knob; b, stop-shank ; «, stop-arm : «, rock-lever, connected at n to the lever r, the latter tieiiip pivoted to arail at s. A downwardly projecting .ton engages the crank of an-other rock-lever r. connecting with and actuaring the stop-valve «,•*. i. swells: /, reed-valve opened by the push-pin v. and closed bythe spring m. in the bass after the fingers have left the digitals, or foremphasizing the treble, are sometimes introduced. Iiano-fortes are made with a harmonium attached fsometimescalled an iealian attachment). The reed-organ has becomeone of the commonest of musical instruments. Its popu-larity rests upon its capacity for concerted music, like thepianoforte and pipe-organ, combined with simplicity,portability, cheapness, and stability of intonation. Ar-tistically regarded, its tone is
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