A comprehensive dictionary of organ stops - Allen Organ Studio of ...
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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />
Kerophone— (Gr.). icipae = horn ; wvri = voice.<br />
In the <strong>organ</strong> at the Colston Hall, Bristol (Norman & Beard, 1905),<br />
occur three <strong>stops</strong> named Kerophone, Harp ^Eolone and Saxophone, re-<br />
spectively. These <strong>stops</strong> are composed <strong>of</strong> free reeds, <strong>of</strong> 8 ft. pitch, with<br />
very broad tongues and no pipes. They are under the control <strong>of</strong> an<br />
expression device (Gale's patent), whereby every shade <strong>of</strong> power can be<br />
instantly obtained, either for accenting a single note or a whole chord.<br />
These <strong>stops</strong> add considerably to the " wood-wind " resources <strong>of</strong> this <strong>organ</strong>.<br />
A patent tuning device enables them to be rapidly tuned<br />
KINURA—(Gr.) Kivvpa. Akin to the Hebrew " Kinnor " (Harp)<br />
mentioned in Genesis iv. 21. The Kinura was a harp with ten<br />
strings. 8 ft.<br />
Invented by Mr. Hope-Jones. The original experiments in the con-<br />
struction <strong>of</strong> this stop were conducted with cylindrical brass tubes continued<br />
through the block and forming the shallot or reed. They were made <strong>of</strong><br />
brass tubing, with a long " flat " filed through a considerable part <strong>of</strong> one<br />
side. On to this was soldered a brass plate, against a slit in which the<br />
tongue was seated. In other cases this shallot extended about one-third<br />
the distance up into the reed tube. The bore at middle C was about J in.<br />
diameter; but the tongues were so thin that it was practically impossible<br />
to complete the compass. Eventually the stop was made like the Oboe,<br />
or <strong>of</strong> small-scaled half-length tubes, pierced at the top and surmounted<br />
by an adjustable hood-shaped lid. The tone <strong>of</strong> the Kinura is not<br />
impressive. It has variously been described as resembling a badly voiced<br />
Hall, Edin-<br />
• Oboe, a " bee in a bottle," or even a concertina ! McEwan<br />
burgh ; Aberdeen University ; Heaton Parish Church, Bradford ; Hoylake<br />
Church, Birkenhead ; Kinnoull Parish Church, Perth (Hope-Jones).<br />
KLARINETTE— (Ger.) = Clarinet.<br />
KLEIN— (Ger.) = Small. A prefix indicating octave pitch. Thus,<br />
Klein Terz = Octave Tierce. Sometimes, however, the prefix<br />
signifies " small-scaled."<br />
Klein-Gedackt is used in both these senses—in the latter sense as<br />
opposed to Stark-Gedackt and Mittel-Gedackt.<br />
Klein-Regal—See Regal.<br />
Klingel (Ger.) = bell. A bell communicating, as a signal, with the blower.<br />
Knopf-Regal—See Regal.<br />
KONTRA— (Ger.). See Contra.<br />
Kontrabass—See Contrabass.<br />
Kopf-Regal—See Regal.<br />
Koppel— See Coppel.