Cymbale

Cymbale Fr.: 1. cymbal; 2. obs. term for triangle; Richelet so defines it in 1680; 3. obs. term for small bell. In this sense the word has been in use since ca. 1280; 4. mixture organ stop that corresponds to the acuta. Originally composed of 8', 5⅓', and 4', by the time of Dom Bedos it had 9 ranks of octs. and quints, and together with the *fourniture formed the *plein-jeu. Cf. Zimbel (20, 133, 166, 197). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Bedos de Celle, François. L'Art du…