| 单词 | superoctave coupler |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuperoctave coupler 2. In full superoctave coupler. A device in an organ or similar instrument which enables a note one octave higher than that being played to sound at the same time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > other parts super-octave1853 sub-octave1855 passage-board1880 1853 Musical World 17 Sept. 594/2 The ‘Swell to Great Sub. Octave’..without its attendant Super-octave coupler, can be but unsatisfactory and lop-sided in effect. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 420/1 Superoctave, a coupler pulling down keys one octave above those struck. 1881 Belfast News-let. 3 Jan. 3/4 The sub and super-octave couplers on the swell organ. 1919 E. E. Truette Organ Registration v. 62 The term ‘Super-Octave Coupler’ in old organs caused some confusion, on account of the presence of a stop named ‘Super-Octave’. 2003 S. K. Brockschmidt Harmonium Handbk. ii. 35 A coupler effectively connects one key with its counterpart either an octave above (a super-octave coupler) or an octave below (a sub-octave coupler). < as lemmas |
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