Portativ

Japanese: Portativ
Portativ

…There are various sizes of organs depending on the purpose of use and the size of the space in which they are installed, but broadly speaking, they can be divided into portable ones and those that are fixed inside a building. The former include the Portativ, which is played with one hand while placed on the lap, the box-shaped Positiv, and the Regal, which has only a reed stop. The latter include small organs with one keyboard and several stops, and large organs with two to five keyboards and a dozen or even more than 100 stops, most of which have a foot keyboard (pedals) that is played with both feet. The above are collectively called pipe organs. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Portativ" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…使用目的,設置空間の大小によりさまざまな規模のものがあるが,大別すると,運搬可能なものと建築物の中に固定されたものに分けられる。前者にはひざにのせて片手で演奏するポルタティフPortativ,箱形ポジティフPositiv,リード・ストップのみのレガールRegalがあり,後者には1段鍵盤,数個のストップの小オルガンから,2~5段鍵盤,十数個から100ストップ以上の大オルガンまであり,その多くは両足で奏する足鍵盤(ペダル)を有する。以上を総称してパイプ・オルガンという。…

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