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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 77
to amply justify the cost of the stop, which is rendered rather expensive by
reason of the immense sound-board space occupied. The treble C pipe
is 2 ft. 3 in. long (tube), and 6 in. across the bell. See Waldhorn,
Dolce, Waldflote.
Frontispicium— (Lat.) Frons = front. Specto {ab antiquo specio) = to
view. cf. (Eng.) frontispiece. See Montre.
Fuchsschwanz—Fuchsschwank.
Schwank = joke.
(Ger.) Fuchs = fox; Schwanz = tail
One of the strange accessories sometimes found in old German organs.
A stop-knob bearing the inscription ''Noli me tangere" (" Do not touch ")
was attached to the console. As a reward for their curiosity, persons who,
regardless of this injunction, touched the knob, thereby set free the catch
of a spring, causing a huge foxtail to fly out into their faces. Sometimes
the foxtail was simply attached to the stop knob. Having once drawn
the tail out of the jamb, it was a matter of some difficulty to replace it.
Meanwhile, the recalcitrant culprit was subject to the chaff of his comrades.
There is a foxtail near the dwarf " Perkeo," guarding the great Tun at
Heidelberg Castle. St. Andrea, Erfurt ; St. Gertrud, Hamburg.
FUGARA—Horn Gamba. Formerly Tibia Aperta. Generally 4 ft.
sometimes 8 ft. ; rarely 16 ft.
A Gamba of horny, rather than keen, tone. It displays a quality much
favoured in Germany but distinctly distasteful to the English ear. In
former times, the Fugara occasionally possessed more of a Gemshorn
quality; it was also sometimes composed of wooden pipes. The latter
were variously shaped, being even tapering, or of triangular form. The
Horn Gamba, as sometimes found in Hope-Jones organs, is of quite a
different character. It is more musical. Though horny in a sense, it is
not hard. It may be described as a Dolce pipe fitted with a beard, and
" Gamba-ed " in tone. Roehampton Parish Church, (Hope-Jones).
Fullflote—4 ft. A Flute of full tone. Triebel, Silesia.
Pull Bdi3Ct«.l?e — A Mixture of Diapason scale intended to
amplify and extend the organ tone, as opposed to Sharp Mixture
which adds brilliancy. The ranks, therefore, are not pitched so
high as those of the latter.
Fundamen Reeds—The name originally applied by Mr. Hope-Jones to
a very smooth and full-toned variety of reed, included in most of
his instruments. See Tuba Sonora.
Fundamentalis = Prinzipal. Canberry.
Fui*niti'U.x*e—Fourniture. A full-toned Mixture of considerable
power. -A possible (though, perhaps, rather far-fetched) derivation
is (Fr.) fournir = to supply ; from the fact that the stop supplies
great brilliancy, adding appreciably to the tone.
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