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wind chest
/ wɪnd /
noun
- a box in an organ in which air from the bellows is stored under pressure before being supplied to the pipes or reeds
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The pipes are of various shapes and sizes and are arranged in ranks or rows upon the wind-chest.
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This wind-chest with the slider stop control is about all that is left to us of the old form of key action.
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The bellows, being expanded by the wind, pulls down the pallet in the wind-chest; the bellows does all the hard work.
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The boy at the bellows has already pumped the wind-chest full, and there is a wheezing sound of escaping air.
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The original pipes and wind-chest remain to-day in perfect condition.
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