Definition of Nasard

1. an organ stop [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasard

nasalises
nasalising
nasalism
nasalisms
nasalities
nasality
nasalization
nasalizations
nasalize
nasalized
nasalizes
nasalizing
nasally
nasalness
nasals
nasard (current term)
nasards
nasaruplase
nasba
nascal
nascals
nascence
nascences
nascencies
nascency
nascent
nascent hydrogen
nascent protein
nascent proteins
nasciturus rule

Literary usage of Nasard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organ-stops and Their Artistic Registration: Names, Forms, Construction by George Ashdown Audsley (1921)
"A nasard, 2% FT., exists in the Recit Expressif of the Organ in the Church of ... The corresponding stop, of 5^ ft., called GROS nasard, belongs to the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"nasard (Fr.; Span, nasar'do; Ger. Nasat'.) In the organ, the mutation- stop commonly ... the Petit nasard (Larigot), is a double- octave quint-stop (ij-ft. ..."

3. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... one tuned a twelfth above the principal, or diapason stops. Also called nasard, nazard, ... See nasard. national music nasutus (na-soo'toos) Lat. n. ..."

4. The Organ in France: A Study of Its Mechanical Construction, Tonal by Wallace Goodrich (1917)
"Fourth of die nasard. A species of doublette of 2', usually included among mutation stops. Four. Some, a few. A Bourdon of 16', sometimes of 8-ft. pitch, ..."

5. The Organ of the Twentieth Century: A Manual on All Matters Relating to the by George Ashdown Audsley (1919)
"Me -, The second and subordinate rank is a nasard GAMBA, 2% FT., constructed of tin ... SCALE OF THE nasard GAMBA. DIAMETER. HEIGHT OF MOUTH. CC . ..."

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