eolina

Definition of the Italian term eolina in music:

  1. organ string stop usually of 8' pitch with a very soft tone (equivalent to "Aeoline" in English, "Äoline" in German, "Éoline" in French, and "Aeolina" in Latin)
Language
Italian
Singular
eolina
Plural
eoline

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