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clavés

· January 15, 2016 ·

Pair of hard cylindrical wooden sticks, which produce a high-pitched click when struck together. Used for rhythmic accents in Latin music such as sambas, rhumbas, cha-chas, etc. A popular effect in Decap and Bursens dance organs.

Clavioline

· January 15, 2016 ·

A simple electronic organ used in some post-1940 Decap and Mortier/van den Bosch dance organs, replacing one or more ranks of solo organ pipes.

click spring

· January 15, 2016 ·

A small metal spring which holds pressure against the pawl of a musical box winding ratchet.

cob

· January 15, 2016 ·

(American term). The pinned wooden barrel used in the Gem, Concert, Chautauqua and other similar organs.

cock bracket

· January 15, 2016 ·

A stand-off bracket used to support one end of a driven shaft. In a clockwork mechanism, the bracket which holds the tip of the endless screw in the governor.

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