Powerful and incisive chorus stop, specified by John Compton to great effect on some of his later, smaller instruments. Also found as a major chorus reed on the Great department of large classical organs.
Construction:
Metal, tapered resonators.
Tonality:
Powerful stop combining the smoothness of a Tuba with the increased ‘edge’ of a Trumpet.
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