
2
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.
II. SPECIALIZED STOP CONTROLS
Some organ stop controls do not turn voices on/off, but instead turn on/off console functions
such as outlined in this Section.
8’ Great to Pedal
Connects all Great stops to the Pedal at unison pitch.
8’ Swell to Pedal
Connects all Swell stops to the Pedal at unison pitch.
4’ Swell to Pedal
Connects all Swell stops to the Pedal at 4’ pitch.
16’ Swell to Great
Intermanual coupler connecting all Swell stops to the Great manual at
16’ pitch.
8’ Swell to Great
Intermanual coupler connecting all Swell stops to the Great manual at
unison pitch.
4’ Swell to Great
Intermanual coupler connecting all Swell stops to the Great manual at
4’ pitch.
16’ Swell
Swell sub-octave coupler. Causes all Swell stops to sound one-octave
lower than unison pitch.
Unison Off (Swell)
Turns off stops only within the Swell Division at unison pitch.
Note:
Stops coupled into the Swell from other divisions will play
from the Swell manual at unison pitch. Also, Swell Division stops
coupled to other manuals or the pedalboard will play at unison pitch.
4’ Swell
Swell super-octave coupler. Causes all Swell stops to sound one-
octave higher than unison pitch.