Aelodicon Greek
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A soft-toned free reed stop of 16' pitch, a variant of the Aeoline Reed. According to Audsley, the name was used for a free-reed keyboard instrument, the precursor to the harmonium.

See Aeolina, Aeoline, Clavaeolina, Claväoline.

Examples

Aeolodicon 16', Brustwerk; Domes St. Maria (cathedral), Riga, Latvia; Walcker 1883 (restored 1983).

Bibliography

Audsley[1]: Aelodicon. Audsley[2]: I.XIII Aeolodicon. Grove[1]: Aeoline. Irwin[1]: Trumpet. Locher[1]: Aeolina. Maclean[1]: Aeoline.
 
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