What is the function of the "all swells" piston?

All shutters are operated by the swell shoe

A stop whose reed beats freely against the shallot

What is a tierce mixture?

A mixture with a tierce principal in it

What do French composers mean when they ask for "anches"?

Add the reeds and the mutations

When Bach asks for Organo Pleno, you'd use the following registration:

Principal chorus in manuals, reeds in pedal

What does breaking back mean?

Refers to mixtures that drop down at every octave

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1
On a Cavaillé-Coll the oboe is on the reeds' chest.
True
False
2
What is the function of the "all swells" piston?
Pulls all stops on the swell
Cancels stops so that most of the sound comes from the swell
All stops of the organ become enclosed within the swell box
All shutters are operated by the swell shoe
3
Which stop family has the largest scale?
Flutes
Short resonator reeds
Strings
Principals
4
What should you add right after the foundations in an English crescendo?
The oboe
The trumpet
The 2' Doublette
The mixture
5
One never uses reeds with mixtures in the French Romantic school.
French romantic organs have no reeds.
Depends who you talk to
Ask me another time
True
6
In a French romantic crescendo one adds reeds in the following order:
Swell, Positif, Pedal, Great
Swell, Positif, Great, Pedal
Great, Pedal, Positif, Swell
Great, Positif, Swell, Pedal
7
Franck's oboe at Ste-Clotilde was very meek.
True
False
8
Which country invented the divided stop?
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
9
Why should you not use too many 8' stops together?
They impact tuning
They take too much wind
They make the sound too dense
All of the above
10
What is meant by "bourdon?"
Any open flute that is not harmonique
An open flute
Any flute
A capped flute
11
What pedal reed would Bach have typically played?
Posaune 16'
Bombarde 16'
Ophicleide 16'
Bazuin 16'
12
What is a free reed?
A bonus stop, provided freely by the builder
A stop whose reed beats freely against the shallot
A reed without tuning wire
A reed without resonator
13
What do you put in a French Grand Jeu?
Reeds and mutations
Principal chorus and reeds
Principal chorus
Tutti
14
An "en taille" registration means that the melody is in the:
tenor
bass
alto
soprano
15
Which stop will a 19th-century ventil not affect?
Clairon 4'
Hautbois 8'
Carillon IV
Trompette 8'
16
What is a tierce mixture?
A mixture which skips every third note of the overtone series
A mixture with a tierce principal in it
A mixture based on the 3rd overtone of the series
The third mixture in a division
17
Which pipe is longest at middle C?
Bourdon 8
Bourdon 16
Flute Harmonique 8
Quintaton 8
18
What do French composers mean when they ask for "anches"?
All of the above
Add the reeds and the foundations
Add all the reeds
Add the reeds and the mutations
19
German romantic organs included multiple stops in enclosed divisions.
False
True
20
Which of these stops has the most pipes?
Cello II on the Solo
Cornet IV on the Great
Mixture V on the Positif
Mixture V on the Pedal
21
What stops do you find in a cornet?
Flutes 8, 4, 2, nasard, tierce
Flutes 16, 8, 4, 2, and all mutations
Flutes 8, 4, 2, nasard, larigot
Flutes 8, 4, 2, nasard
22
In the French classical school what stop would be in the pedal for a plein jeu texture?
Principal chorus
Foundations 16'8'
Manuals coupled down.
Trumpet 8'
23
Which of these is not part of a reed pipe?
Shallot
Pallet
Resonator
Boot
24
When Bach asks for Organo Pleno, you'd use the following registration:
Principal chorus in the manuals and the pedal
Principal chorus in manuals, reeds in pedal
Principal chorus and reeds in both manuals and pedal
Full organ
25
Ernest Skinner invented the following stop
French Horn
Erzähler
Orchestral Oboe
Ophicleide
26
What does breaking back mean?
Refers to a very hard key action, which might "break your back"
Refers to mixtures that drop down at every octave
Refers to the set of pipes leaning against the back of the organ case
Refers to unit reeds, which are used in many registers
27
North German organs were known for their:
All of the above
Silvery flutes
Short resonator reeds
Extensive pedal divisions
28
What is a voce umana?
A principal celeste
A flute celeste with sweet, ethereal sound
A nasal reed
The imitation of a human voice on a digital instrument
29
Which of the following stop is capped?
Diapason 8'
Hohlflote 8'
Quintadena 8'
Flute Octaviante 4'
30
What makes an unda maris special?
It was invented by Cavaille-Coll
The pipe has two heads
It's a hybrid flute-string stop
It's tuned flat

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