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The ancient Roman equivalent was the tibicen (plural tibicines), from the Latin tibia, "pipe, aulos." The neologism aulode is sometimes used by analogy with rhapsode and citharode ( citharede ) to refer to an aulos -player, who may also be called an aulist ; however, aulode more commonly refers to a singer who sang the accompaniment to a piece ...
A tibia is a sort of organ pipe that is most characteristic of a theatre organ.. Tibia pipes are generally made of wood, stopped, from 16' (Occasionally 32') with the top octave pipes (above 1/2', or 6" made of metal, stopped, and pipes from 1/4', 3" made of metal and open.
A Tibia Clausa is a type of pipe organ pipe. It is a large-scale, stopped wood flute pipe, usually with a leathered lip. The rank was invented by Robert Hope-Jones.Tibia Clausas provides the basic foundation tone of the organ with few overtones or harmonics.
It is one of the earliest designs of string stops, and is named after the Baroque instrument viola da gamba. Gedackt (German) Gedeckt (German) Gedakt (Danish) Pileata (Latin) Stopped Diapason (English) Flute: A basic stopped 8 ft and/or 16 ft flute in the manuals, and stopped 16 ft and/or 8 ft flute voice in the pedal. Gemshorn (English/German)
Various instruments had different roles in Roman religion. Ancient Roman art displays tibicines, or players of the tibia, playing behind altars. [15] They are depicted wearing a toga with a head covering while perform an animal sacrifice. [16] [17] Some depictions show assistants holding the acerra or tankards and cups to assist the tibicen. [15]
Alexandra David-Neel in 1933 Tibet with a Kangling instrument at her waist. Kangling (Tibetan: རྐང་གླིང་།, Wylie: rkang-gling), literally translated as "leg" (kang) "flute" (ling), is the Tibetan name for a trumpet or horn made out of a human tibia [1] or femur, used in Tibetan Buddhism for various chöd rituals as well as funerals performed by a chöpa.
The organ is the world's largest pipe organ located in a sacred building. The console has 874 switches for activating the stops, and the action is electro-pneumatic. The instrument is estimated to weigh over 124 tons, and is organized in 23 divisions. [46] It is continually being enlarged. This organ is played for more than 300 services each year.
Harmonium or parlor organ: a reed instrument, usually with several stops and two foot-operated bellows. American reed organ: similar to the Harmonium, but that works on negative pressure, sucking air through the reeds. Melodeon: a reed instrument with an air reservoir and a foot-operated bellows. It was popular in the US in the mid-19th century.