Crossword-Solution: DULCIANA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dulciana | n. | A sweet-toned stop of an organ. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “DULCIANA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Sweet-toned organ stop | 1 answer |
| the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality | 1 answer |
| Pipe-organ stop | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with DULCIANA (5)
Memory's pearls, in all the purity of their gleaming preciousness, were counted one by one by the flute and dulciana; and the sadder tones of the waldflute proclaimed the finding of the cross.
The great organ has double open diapason (stopped bass), open diapason, dulciana, viola di gamba, doppel flute, hohl flute, octave, octave quint, superoctave, and trumpet,--61 pipes each.
Stops having such names as Diapason, Melodia, Dulcet, Celeste, Cremona, Echo, Principal, Bourdon, Sub Bass, Piccolo, Flute, Dulciana, etc., etc., open certain sets of reeds supposed to give forth a tone quality similar to the instrument whose name it bears, or the tone of the pipes of the pipe organ bearing such names.
These measurements refer to pipes which are open at the top and are only correct in the case of very narrow pipes, such as the stop called Dulciana.
Double Diapason 16 Gamba 4 Open Diapason 8 Twelfth 2 2/3 Clarabella 8 Fifteenth 2 Stopped Diapason 8 Flageolet 2 Dulciana 8 Sesquialtera, 3 ranks Viol da Gamba 8 Trumpet 8 Vox Angelica 8 Cremona 8 Principal 4 Orchestral Oboe 8 Harmonic Flute 4 Clarion 4 SECOND MANUAL (GREAT), 25 STOPS.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1983).