What is involved in voicing the pipe organ?
Voicing is a process of bringing speech to a lifeless pipe and giving it a tonal character. The tone depends on the musical taste of the builder. The voices are blended together, establishing the character of the ensemble. Other definitions of voicing: • The act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ • The final regulation of the pitch and tone of the pipes of an organ; a particular arrangement of notes to form a chord: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voicing • The process by which the tone quality of the pipe is regulated (as opposed to tuning, which regulates the pitch): www.mbsi.org/glossary.php • A term used to express the methods of obtaining a particular quality of tone. The adjustment involves the hardening or softening of the hammer: www.bluebookofpianos.com/glossary.htm • How the chord is to be distributed or spaced. http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072852607/student_vi
