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The Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ is capable of creating a resultant 128′ stop by combining its 64′ and 42 + 2 ⁄ 3 ′ stops. Other types of stops. Vogelgesang (also known as rosignolo), is a bird-imitating organ stop. References
An organ stop can be one of three things: the control on an organ console that selects a particular sound; the row of organ pipes used to create a particular sound, more appropriately known as a rank; the sound itself; Organ stops are sorted into four major types: principal, string, reed, and flute.
The largest single stop in the organ by number of pipes, it contains 11 ranks totaling 803 pipes - roughly 2.5% of the entire organ. The stop is spread across two chests, and speaks on 20" wind pressure. It was fully restored and brought back on line in 2023.
If the longest pipe, C, is 8 feet (2.4 m) in length, the pipe one octave higher will be 4 feet (1.2 m) long, and two octaves above (middle C) will be 2 feet (0.61 m) long. A closed (stopped) pipe produces a sound one octave lower than an open pipe. For example, a stopped pipe 4 feet (1.2 m) long will produce the same pitch as an open pipe 8 ...
A stopped pipe (wood or metal) is usually tuned by moving its stopper up or down. A capped pipe is usually tuned by moving its cap up or down. A conical metal pipe will sometimes have a tuning slide, but often is tuned by moving the large ears on either side of the pipe's mouth.
An organ contains two actions, or systems of moving parts: the keys, and the stops. The key action causes wind to be admitted into an organ pipe while a key is depressed. The stop action causes a rank of pipes to be engaged (i.e. playable by the keys) while a stop is in its "on" position.
Stops on an organ by an unknown builder. This stop is most commonly found in the manuals and the pedal at 16 ft (4.9 m) pitch. In lower registers, it provides the foundation but does not provide much pitch definition.
Ophicleide (/ ˈ ɒ f ɪ k l aɪ d / OFF-ih-klyde) and Contra Ophicleide are powerful pipe organ reed pipes used as organ stops. The name comes from the early brass instrument, the ophicleide, forerunner of the euphonium. The Ophicleide is generally at 16 ft pitch, and the Contra Ophicleide at 32 ft.
Registration is the technique of choosing and combining the stops of a pipe organ in order to produce a particular sound. Registration can also refer to a particular combination of stops, which may be recalled through combination action. The registration chosen for a particular piece will be determined by a number of factors, including the ...
The organ has 37 stops over three manuals and pedals and benefits well from the cavernous acoustic in this immense building, the highest nave interior of any church or cathedral building in the British Isles, at 135 feet, and the organ makes a far better impression than its stoplist might at first lead one to expect. St. Paul, West Street