swell box

swell box

a chamber enclosing one or more sets of organ pipes or reeds and fitted with movable shutters that regulate the loudness of tone

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noun

Music

A chamber of an organ that houses a pipe or pipes and has shutters for controlling volume.

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Noun

A box or chamber in an organ that contains the reeds or a set of pipes and has shutters that open or shut usually by means of a pedal in order to regulate the volume of musical tone.

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