En chamade
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En Chamade (French: "to sound a parley") refers to powerfully voiced reed stops in a pipe organ that are mounted horizontally rather than vertically in the front of the organ case, projecting out into the church. Usually on high wind pressure, they produce a commanding, loud trumpet-like tone, used for fanfares and solos. Any stop mounted en chamade will be much louder than a similarly named stop elsewhere in the organ.
First seen in Spanish organs of the early eighteenth century, where the stop was called the "trompetta real" (royal trumpet) it was first referred to as a trompette "en chamade" in an organ built in Provence in 1772. The term was popularized by Aristide Cavaille-Coll in his organs of the nineteenth century.
"Chamade" was a trumpet call designed to be heard across the battlefield in the enemy camp, just before a charge.
See also
List of pipe organ stopsExternal links
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