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Gedeckt
(wood).
DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.
Ged/kkt— See Gedackt.
Gedackt-Bommer—For derivation see Bombarde. 8 ft.
tone.
A stopped register of this name occurred at St. Peter
and St. Paul, Gorlitz (Casparini, 1703). It has been stated
that it over-blew into the first harmonic, the twelfth, that it
was virtually a harmonic stopped Twelfth, and therefore, an
anticipation of Mr. Thynne's Zauberflote. Werkmeister,
and after him Hamel, however, speak of it as a Quintaton.
Certainly the ?tame would seem to imply a coarse-toned
Gedackt, with the twelfth so developed as to suggest the
idea of a "growling"* tone. On the whole, there would
seem to be no adequate ground for assuming the entire
elimination of the fundamental or prime tone of the stop.
Gedampft-Regal—Gedempft-Regal. See Regal.
Gedeckt — - Gedackt, Stopped Diapason. (Old
Ger.) Gedackt, (Ger.) Gedeckt = covered. (Ger.)
Decken = to cover; cf. (Eng.) deck. (Anglo-Saxon)
Theccan, from which is also derived (Eng.) thatch.
8 ft. ; 16 ft. ; 4 ft. ; rarely 2 ft.
In the case of the name, Stopped Diapason, the word
Diapason is used in the sense of a standard, the register
being to stopped flue pipes what the Diapason is to open
flue pipes. But the title is apt to be misleading, since the
tone of the stop in no way resembles Diapason tone. It
might well, therefore, be permitted to lapse. It is curious
that the earliest form of organ pipe known, the Pandean
Pipe, was stopped. From it was evolved the open pipe,
and the stopped pipe, as known to-day, was not re-invented
until the close of the XVth century. The Gedeckt is formed
of stopped pipes of wood or metal. In this country the former
material is rapidly being discarded for this stop in favour of
the latter ; but if the same effect is to be gained the metal
must needs be of some thickness. In view of this fact it is
altogether questionable whether the wholesale discardment
of wood is a change for the better. The bass of metal
Gedeckts is generally made of wood. The stoppers of
wood pipes are covered with leather, whilst those of metal
pipes are now usually lined with cork, a practice introduced
by Willis. The lips of metal Gedeckts are left thick, and
often not flattened into a leaf at all. The mouths are cut up
* (Ger.) Brummen — to growl or mutter.