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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Organ (6026 words) |
 | Another point in which the medieval organ was inferior to the hydraulus, was the absence of stops. |
| The keys in the early medieval organs were not, it seems, levers, as in the ancient organ and modern instruments, but simply the projecting ends of the slides, being, presumably, furnished with some simple device making it convenient for the fingers to push in or pull out the slides. |
| At all events, a strong objection to the organ in church service remained pretty general down to the twelfth century, which may be accounted for partly by the imperfection of tone in organs of that time. |
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