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Definition of Gemshorn
1. n. An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
Definition of Gemshorn
1. Noun. (music) An organ stop with conical tin pipes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemshorn
1. a chamois horn used as a wind instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemshorn
Literary usage of Gemshorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Explanation of the Organ Stops with Hints for Effective Combinations by Carl Locher (1888)
"gemshorn is a metal stop resembling the Principal, with a precise, ... gemshorn in
the new organ at the Hague, Holland; and in Westminster Abbey (W. Hill) ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"gemshorn violin; played and taught with great success in London and Dublin; ...
gemshorn. Oer. Instrument made of the chamois horn; organ stop of conical ..."
3. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"gemshorn 8 ft., Ch. or Gt. This stop is also a hybrid. ... The pipes are conical
shaped, even more so than gemshorn pipes, and produce a tone which exerts ..."
4. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"gemshorn 8 ft., Ch. or Gt. This stop is also a hybrid. ... The pipes are conical
shaped, even more so than gemshorn pipes, and produce a tone which exerts ..."
5. The Story of the Organ by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"gemshorn, a stop of flute quality of 8, 4, or 2 feet. ... gemshorn Quint, a
gemshorn of 5^ feet, sounding an interval of a fifth above the gemshorn of 8 ..."
6. Catechism of the organ by John Hiles (1878)
"... gemshorn and Quintaton, and in respect to the last the effect is particularly
good. The following are some good combinations: Gamba Gamba Gedackt ..."
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