The organ in France : a study of its mechanical construction, tonal characteristics, and literature, with suggestions for the registration of French organ music upon American instruments . Widor: Sjmfkofiie romane (III). (1618) CHAPTER VII NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OP REGISTERS In the designation of registers all French builders em-ploy the French language almost exclusively. Stops ofthe same character usually bear the same name in theinstruments of different The lack ofinterest in the creation of new timbres may partly accountfor the latter condition, but the established
The organ in France : a study of its mechanical construction, tonal characteristics, and literature, with suggestions for the registration of French organ music upon American instruments . Widor: Sjmfkofiie romane (III). (1618) CHAPTER VII NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OP REGISTERS In the designation of registers all French builders em-ploy the French language almost exclusively. Stops ofthe same character usually bear the same name in theinstruments of different The lack ofinterest in the creation of new timbres may partly accountfor the latter condition, but the established custom is atonce convenient and Superfluous or redundant designations, such as ourDouble Open Diapason 16, are avoided: montre 16suffices. Qualifying adjectives, such as traversiere, har-monique, describe special tonal quality or pipe construc-tion, as with us; or doux, douce, as a measure of few purely fanciful names, such as cor de nuit (from the 1 Where reference is made in this work to organ stops as found onFrench organs, the stop-names will be italicized. Those of Americanorgans will be printed in roman and capitalized. 2 It is not so long since the general inclination of American bui
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