The Voix celeste, (Voix céleste) [Fr.] (heavenly voice) is an organ stop consisting of either one or two ranks of pipes slightly out of tune. The term celeste refers to a rank of pipes detuned slightly so as to produce a beating effect when combined with a normally tuned rank. It is also used to refer to a compound stop of two or more ranks in wh...
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(from the article `keyboard instrument`) ...a principal rank found only in the treble and tuned sharp so that when it is played together with the principale one hears an audible beat. It was ...
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