[mod. a. F. céleste: see prec.]
1. The name of a color, sky-blue: see prec.
1881. Porcelain Wks. Worcester, 35. The … mauve, Celeste, and other enamels present an interesting series.
2. a. (short for voix celeste): The name of a stop on the organ or harmonium. b. A name for a certain form of the soft pedal on a piano.
1880. in Grove, Dict. Mus., II. 683/1. The use of the celeste pedal was indicated by Hummel with a special sign.
1886. Daily News, 14 Dec., 7/2. All of the following are reed stops…:—Diapason, melodia, viola, celeste, [etc.].
