The String Family - Rodgers Deseret 115 Owner's Manual

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THE STRING FAMILY
The warm and delicate sounds of organ "strings" provide
effects often specified by composers to enhance and beautify.
"Strings ll
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as they are called in the organ, are traced back
to the French Romantic school of organ building. They are
closely related to the principal, but contain more harmonic
development and less fundamental, resulting in a lush, often
opulent sound.
The Swell Division contains two string stops: the
8' Salicional, and the 8' Voix Celeste II. The Salicional
is useful as an accompanying voice and an ensemble stop when
used with the flutes. The Voix Celeste II is constructed of
two string voices, one tuned slightly sharper than the
unison pitch, creating an undulation (slow beating) effect.
(It was said to resemble heavenly voices -- hence it
received the name Voix Celeste.) The Celeste is Ilfrosting
on the cake", and is suited for soft passages and wherever
called for.
The Gemshorn is placed tonally between the ,principals
and the flutes, thus classifying it as a "hybrid stop". It
is a fine voice for building soft foundation combinations,
and is located at 8' in the Great Division and in the Pedal
Division.
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