swell box

Inside the Swell box we have a further 638 pipes.

Most of these have now been replaced by central swell boxes.

On old English organs the swell box is operated by a lever at the side.

By covering this frame, a swell box was created.

The pipes of an enclosed division are placed in a chamber generally called the swell box.

All the pipes for the division are surrounded by a box-like structure (often simply called the swell box).

Furthermore, also standing there, in three levels, is the swell box, added in 1982, along with its attendant works.

No matter how well a swell box is designed, the sound of the pipes is altered by their enclosure.

The three manual organ consists of thirty-three speaking stops, together with full pedal board and swell box.

The swell box and the independent pedal division appeared in English organs beginning in the 18th century.

He made changes to the English swell box, improved its operation, and divided the windchests on which the pipes were resting.

In accordance with the trend of the time, manual three (Kronwerk) was by Kaltschmidt enclosed into a swell box.

Cavaillé-Coll refined the English swell box by devising a spring-loaded (later balanced) pedal with which the organist could operate the swell shutters.

In American and British organs, the enclosed division is usually named the Swell, and the box surrounding the pipes is usually referred to as the swell box.

It is a 5 rank extension organ, with 4 ranks totally enclosed in a swell box and the 5th rank, a diapason, on display to the side and above the console.

After leaving Wanderlust, Jim Cavanaugh was the drummer for a Philadelphia based band, Swell Box, and has been with The Mighty Manatees since January 2007.

They strolled along together, and presently Winsett said: "Look here, what I'm really after is the name of the dark lady in that swell box of yours--with the Beauforts, wasn't she?

Swell box effect Digital organs may also have simulated models of Swell boxes which mimic the environmental effects on pipes, pipe chest valve release and other pipe organ characteristics.

Stops are added little by little throughout the piece, gradually building up to the climax using full organ and a fully open swell box (precise stops to be determined by performer and his or her organ).

The positioning of a free-hanging organ in a steel frame, the use of Plexiglas for a swell box (expansion chamber), roller boards, and a transparent console were only a few of the features that often caused surprised and sometimes shocked reactions.

Although the keyboard is not expressive as on a piano and does not affect dynamics (pressing a key only turns the sound on or off), some divisions may be enclosed in a swell box, allowing the dynamics to be controlled by shutters.

It has 1,235 stop tabs controlling 587 flue stops, 265 reed stops, 35 melodic percussions, 46 non-melodic percussions, 164 couplers, 18 tremolos, 120 swell pedal selectors for the 6 swell pedals controlling 15 swell boxes, and a stop crescendo pedal.