dulciana

American  

[duhl-see-an-uh, -ah-nuh] / ˌdʌl siˈæn ə, -ˈɑ nə /

noun

1. an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.

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dulciana British  

/ ˌdʌlsɪˈɑːnə /

noun

1. a sweet-toned organ stop, controlling metal pipes of narrow scale

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Etymology

Origin of dulciana

1770–80; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin dulci ( s ) sweet + -āna, feminine of -ānus -an

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Example Sentences

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dulciana

Memory's pearls, in all the purity of their gleaming preciousness, were counted one by one by the flute and dulciana; and the sadder tones of the waldflute proclaimed the finding of the cross.

From The Rosary by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay

Hautbois, trumpet, horn, fifteenth, sesquialtra, principal, stopped diapason, open diapason, clarion, and boureon and dulciana, the whole requiring 702 pipes.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman

It is like changing from the great diapason to the dulciana stop.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell

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