Diapason (Gr.)
(I) An octave. (2) An organ-stop of 8-foot pitch, open or closed (stopped). (3) The standard pitch, A = 435 vibrations per second, not yet universally adopted.
How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.
(I) An octave. (2) An organ-stop of 8-foot pitch, open or closed (stopped). (3) The standard pitch, A = 435 vibrations per second, not yet universally adopted.