Editing Short octave (section)

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[[File:Johann Bap. Samber, Continuatio ad manductionem organicam, Salzburg 1707, S. 165.jpg|right|thumb|450px|This organ console, made in Salzburg in 1707, shows the short octave system in its keyboard permitting the range to extend down to C; see text for details.]]
The '''short octave''' was a method of assigning [[musical note|notes]] to [[key (instrument)|key]]s in early [[keyboard instrument]]s ([[harpsichord]], [[clavichord]], [[Organ (music)|organ]]), for the purpose of giving the instrument an extended [[range (music)|range]] in the [[bass (music)|bass]] register. A closely related system, the '''[[#Broken octave|broken octave]]''', added more notes by using [[split key]]s: the front part and the back part of the (visible) key controlled separate levers and hence separate notes.