Violon

Violon 1. OProv., Fr.: violin; 2. Ger.: double bass, Violone; 3. 16th-c. Sp.: viola da gamba; 4. organ stop of flue pipes, usually open but occasionally stopped, built in the 18th c. at 16′ or 8′ pitch, of different scales. Also called violone, contrabasso, double bass, violon d'orchestre (101). Hunt, N. A. Bonavia. Modern Organ Stops. London, 1923.