A weird diapason whispered through this forest of statues. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Wanderer]
He sighted along the diapason and discovered that the neck was unwarped. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
Not all the tones of great material nature's diapason could find this tortured spirit voice enough. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
Isolated fundamental tones are apt to be colourless and monotonous, like the diapason work on an organ. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
It seems a Dublin stage manager got up a scenic play with thunder in it perfectly imitated by a diapason of bass drums. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
"We have worked this out for all classes of tone -- string, flute and diapason -- and the law holds good in every instance.". From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
An octave or diapason was represented by the numerical ratio 1: 2, the fifth (diapente) by 2: 3, the fourth (diatesseron) by. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
She watched wonderingly as the fingers of his left hand crawled like a powerful and menacing spider up and down the diapason. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
The twang of either heavy or light was but a thin contribution to the orchestra of battle compared to "the diapason of the cannonade.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
'Just keep that same relationship between the fingers and the frets, wherever you are on the diapason, and it'll make everything much easier.'. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
They were sitting together on the wide window-seat, the sound of the traffic from below coming murmuringly to their ears like some muted diapason. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
P.S. #2: if 440 Hz is the frequency of a diapason La3 or La4, depending by your side of the Atlantic Ocean, so 3520 Hz is the last La of a piano keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Of these numerical relationships the easiest for the layman to grasp were the Pythagorean intervals of diatesseron (fourth), diapente (fifth), and diapason. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
They might find, at last, that I had "the gold-strung harp of Apollo" and played a "most excellent diapason, celestial music of the spheres," -- hearing the harmony. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
The melancholy hoot of the owl and the mellow complaint of the whippoorwill join in the solemn diapason of the forest, filling the solitudes with grand, stately marches. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
She could hear the rasping diapason of his snoring. From Wordnik.com. [When Egypt Went Broke] Reference
The deep rumble of the cattle filled the air with its diapason. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Nights] Reference
I did not think a woman's life could be tuned to so high a diapason. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel] Reference
At last the curtain fell; but on such a storm and diapason of applause!. From Wordnik.com. [Zanoni] Reference
The voice was tremulous, but as rich in tone as the diapason of an organ. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Rogue] Reference
For a brief instant it roared with a hollow diapason on the Long Trestle over. From Wordnik.com. [The Octopus : A story of California] Reference
Deep under the crackling of the flames vibrated the diapason of the great dynamo. From Wordnik.com. [The Doomsman] Reference
Far up the track, there is a sullen roar, and then the hoarse diapason of an engine whistle. From Wordnik.com. [Back Home] Reference
They were the diapason of all the thought and feeling of that profound and passionate spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Lothair] Reference
It was a silver reed, sounding its clear, unmistakable note in the great diapason of farewell. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii] Reference
The music served as obbligato for the mighty diapason of men's voices; the thousands talked as they waited. From Wordnik.com. [The Landloper] Reference
It was the voice of those who had been bondmen and bondwomen, and the grand diapason swept up from the coming ages. From Wordnik.com. [Luke Walton] Reference
People who studied the logarithms of the diapason would not be apt to think a man crazy for such a little thing as that. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Egg and Other Stories] Reference
How few even of our greatest men have had all these three faculties large — fine, sound, and in “perfect diapason.”. From Wordnik.com. [Spare Hours] Reference
"Down with all tyrants and fathers! hip, hip, Hurrah!" and the hideous diapason nearly split the drum of the ears into which it resounded. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia — Complete] Reference
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