Ganze Orgel

Ganze Orgel (Ger.: whole organ), obs. Ger. term for an organ having as its foundation a register of 16' pitch. The expression was not used after the mid-18th c. See also: halbe Orgel, viertel Orgel (90). Halle, Johann Samuel. Werkstätte der heutigen Künste. Vol. 3. Berlin, 1764.