Definition of swell box
: a chamber in an organ containing a set of pipes and having shutters that open or shut to regulate the volume of tone
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The Noack is somewhat larger than the Schlicker, with three manuals to its two and a swell box.
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First Known Use of swell box
circa 1801
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