A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Violoncello

VIOLONCELLO—i.e. the little Violone—commonly Cello. For the place of this instrument in the Violin family see vol. i. 580; iv. 268, 269, 281. II. The name is given to an organ-stop of 8 ft. pitch, usually to be found in the Pedal organ, but occasionally in the Great also. It may be found both with open and closed pipes. There is always, as its name implies, some attempt to give the string quality.

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