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Rodney Myrvaagnes <[log in to unmask]>
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Rodney Myrvaagnes <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:30:03 -0500
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The only Moller Artiste I ever looked at had, as one of its three ranks, a stop that started as a wooden string in the bass and
ended as a fat metal open flute in the treble. Maybe it wasn't really meant as "a rank."
 
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 18:49:57 -0600, Robert Horton wrote:
 
> Ancient organs (we're talking medieval) were built with a constant
>diameter throughout the whole rank...meaning that the bass sounds stringy
>while the treble sounds fluty.
 
Rodney Myrvaagnes                  J36 Gjo/a
 
20+ years without a car, a TV, or a website
 
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