The player supports the windchest with both hands, and pushes keys which are connected to each tube. |
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The front of the windchest and the inside surfaces of the bellows box are painted red and outlined with green. |
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A groove-block is a board on which we put the big pipes which do not like on the windchest. |
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The conception of the self-supporting case with a sole in spruce assures the levelness and stability of the windchest assembly and the mechanics. |
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An organolog's note: I have serious doubt if this and similar behavior can be really ascribed to the type of the windchest used. |
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Whenever these valves are opened, air flows from the windchest into the pipe, causing a note to sound. |
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The connection between the drawstops at the console and the stop control at the windchest is known as the stop action. |
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By a set of kneecaps and set squares, the movement is passed on in 90 °, towards levers on the sides of the windchest. |
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The blower produces a regular pressure of airflow, which flows through the windchest and thus produces a note from the pipes. |
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It is constituted by two parts: the lower case including a part of the mechanics as well as the blower, and the upper case including the windchest and the pipes. |
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Whitney extolls the organ's eclectic heritage at a time when the instrument seems poised for a return to the mainstream, and his glossary of its colorful terminology will help novices tell a windchest from a bombarde. |
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