tuyau d'orgue

Definitions of tuyau d'orgue
  1. noun
    the flues and stops on a pipe organ
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    tuyau à bouche
    organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
    jeu d'orgue
    a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
    flûte de roseau
    organ pipe with a vibrating reed
    principaux jeux de fond
    either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
    dulciana
    the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality
    jeu de flûte
    an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe
    jeu d'anches
    an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
    type of:
    instrument à vent
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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