diapasons (noun)

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• diapason — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek (hē) dia pasōn (chordōn symphōnia), literally, the concord through all the notes, from dia through + pasōn, genitive feminine plural of pas all more at dia , pan Date: circa 1501 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• diapason — noun /dʌɪəˈpeɪzən/ the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument , 1934: the piano curving like a conch, corollas giving out diapasons of light Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer …   Wiktionary

• clarabella — noun A wooden organ stop that emulates the sound of a flute. It must be remembered that the English organ until then had little to offer other than stopped diapasons and clarabellas …   Wiktionary

• foundation stop — noun 1. : a stop in a pipe organ whose pipes are in unison with or one or more octaves higher or lower than the piano strings sounded by the corresponding keys compare mutation stop 2. : any one of the fundamental flue stops (as the diapasons) as …   Useful english dictionary