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swell boxes (swell components, <swells and swell components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Boxlike chambers within an organ or reed organ housing a set of pipes or reeds, and having on one side a movable lid, shutter, or set of shutters or slats that can be opened or closed to increase or diminish the tonal volume of the pipes or reeds within. |
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swell boxes (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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swell boxes (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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swell box (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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swell box (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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boxes, swell (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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swell-boxes (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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zwelkasten (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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zwelkast (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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boîtes expressives (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
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boîte expressive (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)
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Schwellkasten (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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Jalousieschwellkasten (C,V,German,UF,SN)
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Schwellkästen (C,V,German,NA,PN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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............ <components by specific context> (G) |
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................ sound device components (G) |
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.................... keyboard instrument components (G) |
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........................ <swells and swell components> (G) |
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............................ swell components (G) |
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................................ swell boxes (G) |
Additional Parents:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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............ <components by specific context> (G) |
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................ sound device components (G) |
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.................... aerophone components (G) |
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........................ organ components (G) |
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............................ swell boxes (G) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Sound Devices (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ sound devices (equipment) (G) |
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................ <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> (G) |
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.................... aerophones (G) |
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........................ organs (pipe organs) (G) |
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............................ swell boxes (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... De zwelkast is het gedeelte van een orgelkast waarin een bepaald onderdeel van het orgel een onderkomen vond, met de bedoeling de dynamiek ervan te variren. |
German ..... Kasten in einer Orgel oder einem Harmonium, der eine Reihe von Pfeifen oder Rohrblättern beherbergt und an einer Seite eine bewegliche Klappe, Jalousie oder eine Reihe von Jalousien oder Lamellen hat, die geöffnet oder geschlossen werden können, um die Lautstärke der Pfeifen oder Rohrblätter zu erhöhen oder verringern. |
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Related concepts: |
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contextualized in .... |
reed organs |
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(free reeds, reeds (aerophones), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300041697] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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swell boxes............ |
[CDBP-SNPC, VP Preferred] |
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Blanton, Organ in Church Design (1957) IND |
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Comité, Plural del término en singular |
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Diagram Group, Musical Instruments of the World (1976) illustration, 84, caption to diagram |
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Marcuse, Musical Instruments Dictionary (1975) |
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Randel, New Harvard Dictionary of Music (1986) in entry "organ" |
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Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993) |
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Thistlethwaite, Making of the Victorian Organ (1990) 363 |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) |
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Wicks, Organ Building for Amateurs (1887) illustration, IND, ill. plate 12, facing p. 205; discussion in text at pp. 201-06 |
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