m_a_r_c wrote:

> 498319ef@news.povray.org...
>> Thinking about it... one technique frequently used in real organs is to 
>> play several stops at once, each tuned to some octave of the fundamental. 
>> (I.e., a power of two of the frequency.) If you assume the tone of each 
>> pipe is approximately a pure sinewave, this is what you get.
>>
> Not only octaves but even 5th , or better said 13th (octave+5th)  with a 2' 
> 2/3 stop added to a 8'
> When you press C1 key, it plays G2
> That fakes the 3rd harmonic.
> In French it is called "Nasard" because it gives sound a 'nose' colour.
> In English 'Quinte flute'

Yes, that too...

(Although I must say, on the only organ I've ever played, the Mixture 
III didn't sound very pleasent to my ears.)

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