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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.

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