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Thanks for the votes, Tyke and FJ, and for the likes, Paul, Mattrom and Chrise.

Aristophanes, I know little about organs, but I didn't see your player pull out the diapason or, indeed, any stops, but perhaps they are set beforehand. So impressive to see any musician perform without the score.

I should also add congrats to Chrise, Aristo's judgment being supported by the number of 'likes' as a notional tiebreaker.

Here's to the hat trick, Chris!

Well done Chris, you’re on a roll!
Thanks for hosting Aristo. It was new word for me but I’m always happy to learn something new.

Well done, Chrise. Nice one. Commiserations to Mattrom and PaulH. Thanks for hosting, Aristo.

Very pleased to have got a vote, so, thanks, Chrise. Thanks again to you for the mention, and to Mattrom and Paul for theirs.

Nice one ChrisE and thanks Aristo.

Out of interest, how does everyone pronounce diapason? I think I polished my surface to the point where it obscured the phonetics. (:o)

paulh: If you watch closely you can see the draw knobs (for separate stops) moving in and out. This is because registrations (combinations of stops) can be preset and controlled by the pistons you see in rows below the keyboards and also by the toe studs or pistons above the pedals.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_console

I knew the word, though not all of its many meanings. However, I have always mispronounced it. The first and third syllables should be stressed, so it's diaPAYson. I've been going DiAPPERson. One of the Google links had a woman enunciating the word - I'd never bothered to check the phonetic guidance in the dictionary.

Well done Chrise ... again! Thanks Aristo and appreciate the Vote Spike2 - a new word for me also.

PaulH, I looked at Chambers and the first phonetic was diapayzn sort of thing although diapaysn was given as an alternative. I asked my in-house musical chum and she'd never actually heard anyone say it! Any Greek speakers out there as it has a Greek root?

granama: I've always pronounced it diaPAYson, although I've heard it with a Z sound. It means basically "through all".