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gemshorn

n. (context music English) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.

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Gemshorn

The gemshorn is an instrument of the ocarina family that was historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other suitable animal.Windkanal 2/01 p. 9 The gemshorn receives its name from the German language, and means a chamois horn.

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The swell organ has bourdon, open diapason, salicional, aeoline, stopped diapason, gemshorn, flute harmonique, flageolet, cornet--3 ranks, 183,--cornopean, oboe, vox humana--61 pipes each.