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Definition of Diapason stop
1. Noun. Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diapason Stop
Literary usage of Diapason stop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"A stop which derives its name from its pitch, or scale, being fifteen notes (two
octaves) above that of the diapason. Stop, flute. ..."
2. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"A stop which derives its name from its pitch, or scale, being fifteen notes above
that of the diapason. Stop, flute. An organ-stop, resembling in tone a ..."
3. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"Stopped diapason stop. A stop in an organ, so named from having its pipes ...
The stopped diapason stop. Stop, Tierce. An organ stop tuned я major tbird ..."
4. A Complete Dictionary of Music: To which is Prefixed a Familiar Introduction ...by Thomas Busby by Thomas Busby (1811)
"In a great organ the stops are numerous and multifarious, commonly comprising
the following: Open Diapason STOP. A metallic stop which commands the whole ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1855)
"II:—Double diapa-ou or bourdon, open diapason, stop diapasón, dulciana, principal,
fifteenth, comet, oboe, trumpet. Сноп: l! ..."
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