Dictionary/Q

These pages comprise a dictionary of terms relating to the pipe organ. Please keep definitions to a few sentences, and do not include pictures or sound clips. When more space is needed for a term, a new page can be created for it.

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Querfl&ouml;te - German name for Flauto Traverso (It.), Fl&ucirc;te traversi&egrave;re (Fr.), or Orchestral Flute. Often designed to imitate the orchestral instrument, and built as an harmonic (overblowing) stop.

Quint [noun] - a generic term for any stop or rank which speaks at an interval of a 5th above any octave pitch.

Quintadena

Quintaton