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contra bass

· January 15, 2016 ·

Rank of bass pipes in a large orchestrion or band organ which play an octave lower than the usual bass pipes. Heinrich Voigt added contra bass pipes to many fairground organs, giving them a powerful, deep fundamental tone.

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