reed stop

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   an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument

   Broaderorgan stop

   Narrowervox humana

Questions about reed stop

What does reed stop mean?

reed stop means "an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument".

Is reed stop a common word?

reed stop is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.