Robbie, now you've got me confused.  Unfortunately, I don't have a
dictionary with me, either musical or otherwise.  However, in my
previous note about fair organ sounds, I was trying to describe a
sforzando.  You edited it to "forzando".

Now I am not sure my original spelling was right but I know yours
is incorrect, at least for what I was trying to describe.  A sforzando
is when a note is given a sudden attack (the word means suddenly) but
is backed off to a lesser intensity almost immediately.  Our choir has
used this quite often and it is generally abbreviated in sheet music
as sfz.

This effect can be generated on a fair organ using trombones in the
bass or the trumpets in the melody to get that quick hit.  I have one
or two books on my organ that utilize that effect although it isn't
too common and, of course, is not generally possible on a small organ.
In organ parlance I have sometimes heard this effect referred to as
"pizzicato" although it is not like a violin pizzicato.  (Spelling
again?)  Darn, I hate being without my library.

I hope I didn't confuse you too much.

Bob Conant
Endicott, NY
Temporarily hiding out in Bradenton, FL

 [ Bob, the terms have quite similar definitions; maybe "sforzando"
 [ is more common nowadays.  The accent control in the Welte-Mignon
 [ player is called the "forzando", and so I've used that term when
 [ editing MMDigest.  The Italian term "marcato" is related.  Here's
 [ a few definitions from the Dictionary of Musical Terms, 23rd Ed.,
 [ (C) 1923 G. Schirmer Inc. NY
 [
 [ Marcando, Marcato (It., "marking, marked".)  With distinctness and
 [ emphasis.
 [
 [ Forzando (It., "forcing, straining".)  With force, energy; indicates
 [ that a note or chord is to be strongly accented; abbr. fz.  [see]
 [ Also Sforzando (sfz).
 [
 [ Sforzando (It., "forcing, pressing").  A direction commonly applied
 [ to a single tone or chord, indicating that it is to be performed
 [ with special stress, or marked and sudden emphasis.  Abbr. sfz., sf.
 [
 [ Thanks for bringing this to my attention.  It looks like my old book
 [ and I are hopelessly out-of-date!   -- Robbie