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swell box
noun
- a chamber containing a set of pipes in a pipe organ or of reeds in a reed organ, and having movable slats or shutters that can be opened or closed to increase or diminish tonal volume.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swell box1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
It is in such cases not his custom to fit any shutters in the side or front of the Swell box.
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The organist might leave his Swell-box shut or, by means of a catch on the pedal, hitch it full open.
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There were twenty-two stops on the Swell, and the Swell bellows was placed inside the Swell box.
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Echo organ, of stops of small scale and very soft tone, enclosed in a "swell-box."
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The swell-box is made in three thicknesses, each of one inch.
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