Specifications

RENAISSANCE 450 SECTION II
8.
SWELL ORGAN SECOND VOICES continued:
Mixture IV Four rank mixture, comprised of bright principal tones.
Each note played produces four distinct pitches at octave
and fifth relationships to the key being pressed.
8’ Hautbois A French version of the primary voice, 8’ Oboe.
8’ Vox Humaine A French version of the primary voice, 8’ Vox Humana.
GREAT ORGAN:
16’ Double Diapason One octave lower in pitch, tonally similar and slightly
quieter than the 8’ 1
st
Diapason.
8’ 1
st
Diapason Foundation stop of the Great Principal Chorus, which
consists of the Diapason 8’, Octave 4’, and Super Octave
2’. Larger of the two diapasons and of English style.
8’ 2
nd
Diapason E. M. Skinner style of diapason. Very clear sounding yet
not quite as large as the 1
st
Diapason.
8’ Harmonic Flute Tone quality of solo stature and the basic tone of the
Flute Chorus.
8’ Gamba Moderately loud string stop that blends well with flues
as well as strings. More fundamental tone than the
Violone and more harmonics than the flutes. Rounds
out the Great Unison Chorus.
4’ Octave The 4’ member of the Great Principal Chorus.
4’ Flute Not shrill yet useful in brightening an ensemble of flues.
2-2/3’ Twelfth Foundation mutation stop that sounds an octave and a
fifth above the 8’ pitch. It helps bind higher pitches to
the fundamental tone. To be used with other stops
(usually beginning with 8’) for coloration.
2’ Fifteenth Foundation stop that adds brilliance to any combination
of stops. The Super Octave of a Principal Chorus.