unit organ
unit organ. Type of org., sometimes called extension org., which, to save space, has various stops which ‘borrow’ pipes from each other, e.g. pipes of 8′ stop may also be used for 4′ stop by a connection which draws on them an octave higher throughout. Cinema orgs. are unit orgs.
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