Talk:Positive organ

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Various Historical Organs[edit]

In both this article and the article on Portative organs the first sentence states that they are Medieval instruments, whereas the New Grove makes it clear that they are also contemporary terms

"In current organ usage, strongly influenced by German terminology, a positive is (1) a movable organ as distinct from a Portative or portable organ, and (2) that manual of a larger organ that resembles (and perhaps historically originated in) such a smaller organ."

I would suggest a reformatting, first addressing current use, and then discussing them historically, perhaps also treating their historical function (fill in parts in choral pieces in the Renaissance, continuo in the Baroque, use in double organ pieces).Makemi 23:09, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please go ahead and make those changes and any other improvements as you see fit. As noted at the bottom of the current versions, both of these articles were based on the nearly century-old entry in the 1911 Britannica--not the best source for information on current uses! Tomgally 05:29, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]