Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In organ-building, a duct which conducts the compressed air from the bellows to a wind-chest. See cut under
organ .
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Examples
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A is the wind-chest into which compressed atmospheric air has been introduced, either through the side or bottom, from the end of the wind-trunk B.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller
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[65] In making excavations for laying the wind-trunk of the organ the exterior of this wall was laid bare and appeared extremely rough.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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