The particular organ which I play each Sunday has these stops, among others:
Harmonic Flute
Flûte Celeste
Spitzflöte
On the swell, there are these:
Flauto Traverso
Flûte à Bec
No wonder I can never figure out what all the different organ stops mean: they’re throwing all the German, French, English and Italian terms in there all together, and I’m not quadrilingual!
flute (English)
flûte (French)
flöte (German)
flauto (Italian)
I did, however, discover a fantastic site (thank you Wikipedia!) called the Encyclopedia of Organ Stops. Maybe I’ll spend some time there; looks easier than learning two new languages, at least. ;o)
1 comment:
...and they ALL sound like bagpipes being sat on!
(at least, when *I* play them they do hahah.)
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