The term “imitative”
means that the organ stop imitates the sound of a corresponding orchestral
instrument; for example, an imitative 8’ Viola stop sounds like an orchestral viola.
Principal Voices:
Principal, Diapason,
Octave, Fifteenth,
Quinte
Characteristic organ tones, not imitative of any orchestral
instruments. Usually present at many pitches and in all
divisions. Rich, warm and harmonically well developed.
Flute Voices -
Open:
Harmonic Flute,
Koppelflöte,
flute mutation stops
Flute Voices -
Stopped:
Holzgedackt, Bourdon,
Lieblichgedackt,
Rohr Bourdon
Lesser harmonic development than Principals. Open flutes are
somewhat imitative; stopped flutes are not. Present at all pitch
levels and in all divisions.
String Voices:
Gamba, Salicional,
Viole Celeste
Mildly imitative and brighter harmonic development than
Principals. Usually appear at 8’ first; can be 4’ & 16’ ranks.
Compound Voices:
Mixture, Fourniture
Voices produced by more than one rank sounding
simultaneously. Best registered with other stops.
Hybrid Voices:
Erzähler, Spitzflöte
Voices that combine the tonal characteristic of two families of
sound, e.g., flutes and principals, or strings and principals.
2. Reeds
In
reed
pipes, a metal tongue vibrates against an open flattened side of a metal tube called a shallot.
The characteristic sounds of different reeds are produced through resonators of different shapes. The
family of reeds subdivides as follows:
Chorus or Ensemble:
Double Trumpet, Tromba,
Posaune, Clarion,
Bombarde
Solo:
Hautbois, Clarinet,
Krummhorn
Voices of great harmonic development; some are imitative of
their orchestral counterparts.
Your Allen Organ provides authentic, digitally sampled voices. They are protected by copyrights
owned by the Allen Organ Company and are stored in memory devices, each having affixed to it a
copyright notice; e.g., © 2003 AOCO, © 2001 AOCO, etc., pursuant to Title 17 of the United States
Code, Section 101 et seq.
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