Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: An organ-stop two octaves above the principal.
- noun A coupler in the organ, by means of which the performer, on striking any key on the manuals, sounds the note an octave above the one struck.
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Examples
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These twitching ears are convinced that it was one of those super-octave silent dog whistles, inaudible even to most dogs.
Archive 2007-08-26 2007
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These twitching ears are convinced that it was one of those super-octave silent dog whistles, inaudible even to most dogs.
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Not only did he provide sub-octave and super-octave couplers freely, but he even added a Swell Sub-quint to Great coupler!
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller
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"duplex scale" of Steinway & Sons, patented in 1872, in which a fraction of the string is made to vibrate sympathetically, thereby strengthening the super-octave harmonic, and imparting to the tone a brightness and sweetness not so well secured in any other way at present known.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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