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92 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

are sometimes to be heard ; frequently they stand in the Swell <strong>organ</strong>.<br />

There is a good triangular Piccolo at St. Thomas, Nottingham (Lloyd).<br />

A good scale for a triangular Hohlflote is :—mid. C, two sides i\ in.;<br />

front side (carrying mouth) \\ in.; mouth cut up, 4 m - Tenor C,<br />

3f<br />

in. x 2-| in. With the mouth on the wide side <strong>of</strong> a rectangular pipe,<br />

a good scale is :—T. C, 2\ in. x i\ in.; mouth cut up, -| in. There<br />

is an uncommonly good Hohlfl6te at Tennyson St. Wesleyan Church,<br />

Nottingham, made and voiced by Mr. Cullen, the <strong>organ</strong>ist <strong>of</strong> the church.<br />

Mr. Binns' Hohlflutes are also distinguished by their excellence. See<br />

also Clarabella, Sifflote, Waldflote.<br />

Hohlschelle—Rohrschelle. (Ger.) Hohl = hollow; Schelle = bell.<br />

8 ft. Either (1) a large-scaled Rohrflote; or (2) a variety <strong>of</strong><br />

Quintaton made <strong>of</strong> Rohrflote pipes.<br />

Hoi-Flute—See Hohlflote.<br />

Hole-Flute—See Hohlflote.<br />

Holtzbass— 16 ft. An ordinary open wood pedal stop. Lucerne<br />

Cathedral. See Holtzflote.<br />

Holtzfldte— (Ger.) Holtz = wood. 8 ft.<br />

Seidel pertinently remarks, "It is rather an indefinite name, which<br />

might be applied to several kinds <strong>of</strong> Flutes. It is a register without<br />

any particular advantage or striking quality." An ordinary combinational<br />

wood Flute.<br />

Horizontal Tuba—A Tuba with pipes horizontally placed. See<br />

Fan Tuba.<br />

Horn-8 ft.<br />

Introduced by Renatus Harris (junr., if such a person ever existed) at<br />

St. Dionis, Backchurch (1724), as French Horn. Later by Bridge at<br />

Christ Church, Spitalfields (1730) and St. Anne,. Limehouse (1741). The<br />

Horn was imitative <strong>of</strong> the old French Hunting Horn (see Waldhorn).<br />

Whilst formerly, no doubt one <strong>of</strong> the most successful examples <strong>of</strong> orches-<br />

tral imitation <strong>of</strong> the early builders, it has, like other such <strong>stops</strong>, fallen into<br />

what may be regarded as unimitative <strong>organ</strong> tone. It differs only from the<br />

Cornopean in a slightly increased scale and freedom <strong>of</strong> tone, though now<br />

it is <strong>of</strong>ten named synonymously therewith.<br />

Horn Diapason 8 ft. Usually in the Swell <strong>organ</strong>.<br />

The Horn Diapason is a slotted Diapason <strong>of</strong> horny and sometimes<br />

somewhat "sugary" and cloying tone. It possesses rather more body<br />

than the Geigen Principal or Violin Diapason, though it is <strong>of</strong>ten named<br />

synonymously with this stop. The quality <strong>of</strong> tone rapidly becomes<br />

wearisome to the ear. The Horn Diapason appears to be more or less an.<br />

outcome <strong>of</strong> a recognition <strong>of</strong> the fact that a Diapason <strong>of</strong> the ordinary type<br />

(but see Diapason Phonon) is not successful in a swell box. If the type<br />

<strong>of</strong> tone be required, the Geigen Principal is decidedly preferable.

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