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A name for a rank of pipes.
Also known as: Stop knob, Draw stop, Organ stop label
The labelled control drawing a rank of pipes into play on an organ.
Draws a rank of pipes into play and names it by character and pitch.
Contexts: Music
The number is a length in feet, naming the pipe that sounds the lowest note of the keyboard — so an eight-foot stop sounds at written pitch and a four-foot an octave above, and the number is a measurement rather than a label.
Contexts: Music
Rank names describe an intended tone colour and are not standardised between builders or countries, so the same name can mean materially different sounds on two instruments.
Contexts: Music
A turned circular knob or a rocking rectangular tablet engraved with the rank's name and a numeral giving the pitch length in feet.