melodian.

1849 Saroni's Musical Times 22 Dec. 156/2 The voicing of the pipes, and particularly the two Diapasons..deserve special mention... Various new improvements have been introduced, for example, the Melodia (Open Diapason), a wood pipe.

1877 W. H. Clarke Outline of Structure of Pipe Organ 48 Pipes like the Melodia have the upper lip bevelled on the inside of the pipe, and the blocks sunk below the key.

1899 J. H. Rogers Graded Materials for Pipe Organ 7 Play the following exercises..upon the Great Manual, having drawn the Melodia and Stopd. Diap. Bass.

1932 P. E. Sabine Acoustics & Archit. vii. 139 Three of the pipes were of the open diapason stop, from different manufacturers. The tone qualities may be roughly described as follows... 2. Melodia—Open wood pipe, strong fundamental, weak octave and twelfth.

1966 H. Norman & H. J. Norman Organ Today xii. 155 A still purer sound is obtained by a German type block having a recessed space below the flue level. This is the Wald Flute or Melodia.

2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. f1/1 The pipes made different sounds depending on what stops were drawn: a melodia flute, an oboe, a viola, or a diapason, the typical churchly sound that most people have in mind when they think of an organ.

1868 Harper's Weekly 25 Apr. 271/1 (advt.) The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. have commenced the manufacture of a new series of organs... Five Octaves, with Manual Sub-Bass and Octave Coupler throughout Seven Stops, viz.: Viola, Diapason, Melodia, Flute, Manual Sub-Bass, Octave Coupler, Tremulant.

1876 Times 30 May 12/5 (advt.) Mason and Hamlin's Piano-Harp Organ... Five octave double reed organ, with piano-harp... Six stops..; 3, piano-harp; 4, vox humana; 5, melodia.

1879 Amer. Missionary Jan. 29 The $210 Estey Organ, confessedly the best in the market—style 501, double reed, seven stops, viz., diapason, melodia, viola, vox jubilante, tremolo, 1 forte and 11 forte.

1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 225 Beckworth Organs... Eleven necessary stops, as follows: Principal, Diapason, Dulciana, Melodia, Celeste, [etc.].

1956 Hammond (Indiana) Times 21 Oct. b2/6 Many older persons can remember the names of the organ stops: vox humana, diapason, melodia,..and the Winter evenings when Mother played the..beloved, familiar songs.

1973 R. F. Gellerman Amer. Reed Organ iv. 65 Frequently a parlor organ with two sets of reeds also has two soft stops derived from the Diapason and Melodia.

2002 D. G. Waring Manufacturing Muse ii. 54 Flute stops took their names from instruments they strived to imitate; the Delicante, Dulciana, Dolce, and Melodia stop designations expressed mood and attitude.