Ophicleide (organ stop)
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Ophicleide (organ stop)
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Ophicleide 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. While they can be 8 ft or 16 ft reeds in a manual division, they are most commonly found in the pedal division of the organ. Voiced to develop both maximum fundamental tone and overtone series, if the classic voicing technique and use of
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