Registration (organ)
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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
Combination pistons (buttons) on the organ console
Left-half of setterboards on the console: two rows of register rocker switches for two free combinations per manuals or pedalboard (Organ at the Liebfrauenkirche Ravensburg)
Toe studs (pistons) on the console: center: Sequencers "<" and ">" right: Combinations "1"~"8"
Eight-foot pitch
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The system of describing organ pipes or harpsichord strings with a particular number of "feet" is a way of relating the pitch actually sounded by the pipe or the string to the conventional pitch assig
This unusual harpsichord made by Bartolomeo Cristofori has three choirs of strings, at 8-foot, 4-foot, and 2-foot pitch. The three separate bridges needed for these choirs may be seen on the soundboard (click to enlarge)
Orgel der Nikolaikirche in Berlin 04