positive organ

noun

1. a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
2. a section of a pipe organ having mostly flue stops.

Word History and Origins

Origin of positive organ¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Ms. Toth spent much space discussing niceties of pitch and tuning undoubtedly lost on most listeners, advocating “1/4-comma mean-tone,” which required the player of the positive organ, Dongsok Shin, to retune his instrument between several numbers.

From New York Times

These include being HIV positive, organ transplantation or having type 1 diabetes.

From BBC

Brian Gilling, the music director, led a small orchestra from the positive organ with a sure hand.

From New York Times

“The severe shortage of organs and imminent risk of death in some patients are the basis for offering a hep C positive organ to a patient who is not hep C positive,” said Dr. Adel Bozorgzadeh, chief of the division of organ transplantation at UMass Memorial, which has a reputation for performing transplants on high-risk patients.

From New York Times

Mr. Mortensen imparted tremendous energy to the young string and, at times, woodwind players, providing occasional keyboard flourishes but leaving most of the continuo work to players on a second harpsichord and a positive organ.

From New York Times