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. The organ of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England. ...
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. Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... Aristide Cavaill -Coll (February 4, 1811–October 13, 1899) was a French pipe organ builder. ...
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