Definition of Tremulant

1. a. Tremulous; trembling; shaking.

Definition of Tremulant

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tremulant

tremor tendinum
tremored
tremorgram
tremorine
tremoring
tremorlike
tremorous
tremors
tremostable
tremour
tremours
tremp
tremped
tremping
tremps
tremulant (current term)
tremulor
tremulous
tremulous iris
tremulously
tremulousness
tremulousnesses
tren
trenail
trenails
trenbolone
trench
trench coat
trench coats
trench cut

Literary usage of Tremulant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of the Organ by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"1879—The organs at Ulm and Danzig—The tremulant—The downward compass of German organs fixed at C—Manual couplers introduced—Extraordinary features in organ ..."

2. Organs and Tuning: A Practical Handbook for Organists, Being a Treatise on by Thomas Elliston (1898)
"7X5 THE tremulant is a small feeder, having a weighted valve, the weight being upon a spring, and adjustable; it is attached to the wind-trunk, or connected ..."

3. Standard Organ Building by William Horatio Clarke (1913)
"THE tremulant. The tremulant is a mechanical adjunct which imparts a vibrato ... In a three manual organ it is customary to have an additional tremulant in ..."

4. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1854)
"When the tremulant is not required to act, the screw-stop will press on the ... It will now be understood that this tremulant effect may be heightened or ..."

5. A catechism for the harmonium by John Hiles (1877)
"... or tremulant are found; these are also Mute Stops,but they are of no artistic value, being only intended to produce some trifling effects. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"A fluttering effect produced by the tremolo-stop or tremulant. — 5. A tremulant. ... tremulant. A mechanical device in the organ for producing a tremolo. ..."

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