A comprehensive dictionary of organ stops - Allen Organ Studio of ...
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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 8r<br />
high. The scale <strong>of</strong> the Gedeckt varies<br />
considerably according to the power and<br />
quality <strong>of</strong> tone required. A s<strong>of</strong>t-toned<br />
Gedeckt, suitable to the Swell or Choir, is known as Lieblich<br />
Gedeckt. It is usually made <strong>of</strong> metal. Modern voicers gener-<br />
ally provide the Gedeckt (unless <strong>of</strong> very large scale) with<br />
pierced stoppers like the Rohrflote (q.v.)- A large-scaled<br />
Gedeckt, with thick or leathered lips and distinctive tope was<br />
invented by Mr. Hope-Jones, and named Tibia Clausa ;<br />
other<br />
varieties also were introduced by Mr. John H. Compton under<br />
the names <strong>of</strong> Tibia Minor and Tibia Mollis. An excellent<br />
effect is obtained by voicing the Swell Gedeckt full and liquid<br />
in tone, with the twelfth well developed. When so treated<br />
it is particularly useful in combination, acting as a sort <strong>of</strong><br />
"timbre-creator." A Choir Lieblich, on the other hand, might<br />
be bright and crisp, with the twelfth restrained. The Stopped<br />
Diapasons <strong>of</strong> the early English builders were frequently voiced<br />
with the twelfth very prominently developed, hence their<br />
excellent blending properties. They were, indeed, virtually<br />
Quintatons. Snetzler inclined more in taste to the Chimney<br />
Flute. See Bourdon, Doppelgedackt, Grob-Gedackt, Gross-<br />
Gedackt, Kle*in-Gedackt, Lieblich Gedeckt, Mittel-<br />
Gkdackt, Still-Gedackt, Tibw Clausa, Tibia Minor,<br />
Tibia Mollis. Scales.—Old English type: CC, 5 in. x 4jin.<br />
Low mouth and light wind pressure Modern style : CC,<br />
4 in. x 3 in. See Lieblich Gedeckt Scales.<br />
Gedecktflote—Gedacktflote. See Lieblich Flote.<br />
Geigen Principal-Violin Diapason.<br />
(Ger.) Geige = Violin. 8 ft. ; 4 ft. ; occasionally 16 ft.<br />
A stop midway in tone between Diapason and Gamba,<br />
rather more keen than Horn Diapason. The true Geigen is<br />
rarely found in England ; it is fiery rather than horny, and the<br />
bass is usually bearded. There are excellent specimens,<br />
however, at Battersea Polytechnic (Beale & Thynne, voiced<br />
by Whiteley) ; All Souls, Nottingham (Musson & Compton)<br />
Oulton Rocks, Stone, Staffs. (Binns). The stop usually found<br />
under this name in England is a Diapason rendered horny and<br />
objectionable by slotting. A small-scaled crisp Diapason <strong>of</strong><br />
slightly stringy tone forms an excellent Choir <strong>organ</strong> stop<br />
p Geige ",<br />
(e.g., Parish Church, Burton-on-Trent, Norman & Beard and (roiiered),<br />
Hope-Jones). In 4<br />
ft. pitch it forms an excellent octave stop ""mitrc.<br />
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