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chimes

· January 15, 2016 ·

Tuned brass tubes, struck by mallets, with a tone quality imitative of church bells. * Synonym: tubular chimes. (In some Wurlitzer factory scale sticks, the term chimes was used to designate orchestra bells, or flat steel bars.)

chimney flute pipe

· January 15, 2016 ·

Half-stopped flute pipe with a tubular "chimney" at the top. In some organs, jazz flutes are chimney flutes with strong vibrato (although Decap and others also had different types of jazz flutes). * Synonym (in pipe organ terminology): rohrflute.

Chinese block

· January 15, 2016 ·

See wood block.

Chinese crash cymbal

· January 15, 2016 ·

See crash cymbal.

choir division

· January 15, 2016 ·

The division of a pipe organ usually controlled by the third manual, containing soft stops useful for accompaniment purposes.

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