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Acuta, acuta vox

Acuta, acuta vox (Lat.) (Du.: scherp; Ger.: Scharf), mixture organ stop composed of 3–5 ranks of high-pitched pipes, either with or without a tierce, and repeating. It corresponds to the Fr. cymbale (133, 198). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Mahrenholz, Christian. Die Orgelregister, ihre Geschichte und ihr Bau. Kassel, 1942. Wedgwood, James Ingall. A Comprehensive Dictionary of Organ Stops. London, 1905.

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