Word: chimeses
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Since Bach's time the organ has grown out of all knowledge. Modern organs, used in cinema palaces as well as in churches, can reproduce the sound of an entire orchestra, can imitate anything from a train whistle to cathedral chimes. By pulling and pushing little buttons, modern organists...
A jolly octogenarian as benevolent and motherly as she is forceful, Mrs. Knox goes to her office about 9:30 every morning, writes as many as 50 letters before lunch, even replying personally to queries from housewives who have misread recipes. At her Johnstown home, "Rose Hill," she has hothouses...
Story opens with Captain Trolley delivering a typical blast against the Colonel's latest philanthropy, consisting of 46 cathedral chimes. "There are thieves, he trumpets, "mark you well, who are trying to exchange their loot for the moldy perfume of sanctity. They are hypocrites and gold-plated scoundrels of...
Chimes of bells are limited to simple hymns and folk tunes, or unmelodic "change ringing" which is fairly common in the U. S.† The musical literature of the carillon is larger, although it, too, has its limitations. One of these is that each bell has four or more separate...
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