portative

The Regal was like a portative but it had reeds and no pipes.

His tombstone, lost until the 19th century and now again displayed in the church, contains a depiction of him with a portative organ.

Small organs are called positive (easily placed in different locations) or portative (small enough to carry while playing).

Cabezón's duties included playing a portative organ for Felipe on his journeys.

Hearing The lady plays a portative organ on top of a table covered with a Turkish rug.

The simplest style of keyboard on the portative consists of one slider for each pipe.

They were called portative organs.

The portative organ lacks a reservoir to retain a supply of wind, thus it will only produce sound while the bellows are being operated.

He repairs the broken rebec, and shares use of the portative organ with Liliwen, who quickly learns how to play it.

Its portability made the portative useful for the accompaniment of both sacred and secular music in a variety of settings.

Esther Lamandier, voice, harp, and portative organ.

An object of special interest is a Baroque portative organ built by Marko Gšbel in 1743.

Monday's performances, even with a reduced orchestra for the Pergolesi and a portative organ continuo, represented no bow to the early-music movement.

He actually presided loosely from a portative organ, chopping the air with his left hand and filling in harmonies with his right.

La Révolte des Orgues for eight portative organs, great organ, and percussion, op.

The word organ is derived from the Latin organum, an instrument similar to a portative organ used in ancient Roman circus games.

She arranged some of Shirley's songs and, on the album Sweet Primeroses, accompanied her on portative organ.

They build organs in the full range of sizes, from portative organs and compact instruments to large cathedral instruments, and employ about 70 people.

What a pity you didn't bring your portative organ so we could drown them all out with "God Hath Warmed my Heart".'

The mandora, rebec, portative organ, lute or oud, flutes and panflutes were also used, and mentioned in the novel.

Dongsok Shin offered quirky pieces by Pedro de Araujo on portative organ as prelude and interlude.

The players swayed and swooned, combining the breathy timbre of a portative organ with the expressive interplay of a fine string quartet.

The positive organ differs from the portative organ in that it is larger and is not played while strapped at a right angle to the performer's body.

Instruments used during the Trecento included the vielle, lute, psaltery, flute, and organetto (portative organ: Landini is holding one in the illustration).

She often performed and recorded with her sister Dolly, whose accompaniment on piano and portative organ created unique settings for her sister's plain, austere singing style.