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reed stop

noun

  1. a set of reed pipes in a pipe organ.


reed stop

noun

  1. an organ stop controlling a rank of reed pipes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reed stop1

First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences

Originally, a deepÐtoned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ.

There were eight registers including the pedal, and the positive on the first keyboard had reed stops furnished with 960 beating reeds.

Next came four anonymous 16th-century pieces that cleverly highlighted flute and reed stops.

In German and Dutch organs the term cornet is sometimes applied to a pedal reed stop.

At length Harris challenged his redoubtable rival to make certain additional reed stops, vox humana, cremona, double bassoon and other stops, within a given time.

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