Halbe Orgel

Halbe Orgel (Ger.: half organ), obs. Ger. term for an organ having as its foundation a register of 8' pitch. The expression was not in use after the mid-18th c. Cf. ganze Orgel, viertel Orgel (90). Halle, Johann Samuel. Werkstätte der heutigen Künste. Vol. 3. Berlin, 1764.