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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 117
resonant building ; it is likewise an excellent timbre-creator when combined
with other stops. Occasionally the stop is provided with short tubes,
which, exercising as they do but slight influence on the pitch of the stop,
do not interfere with its expressive facilities. Ulm Minister, Munich
Concert Hall, Riga Cathedral, Boston Music Hall, St. Petersburg (all by
Walcker) ; Winterthur ; Stiftskirche and Jews' Synagogue, Stuttgart. The
Physharmonika is also used by M. Puget, of Toulouse. The instrument
of the name was patented by Anton Haeckl at Vienna in 182 1. It was
one of the precursors of the modern Harmonium, though not expressive
(see Free Reed). Messrs. Norman & Beard occasionally apply a tubeless
expressive free reed attachment to organs (e.g., Sutton Church, Surrey).
See Kerophone. A similar arrangement is prepared for the Pedal organ
of the charming little chamber-organ built by Mr. Compton for Mr. A.
Armitage, West Bridgford, Nottingham.
Piccolo— 2 ft.
The Piccolo is a super-octave stop of more liquid and fiutey tone than
the Fifteenth. It is usually found on the Swell or Choir organ. The
Piccolo is best made of harmonic pipes, for, when so constructed, it is less
affected by change of temperature and fluctuation of wind pressure, and
not so prone to derangement by dirt. The Harmonic Piccolo is also of
fuller and purer tone than the true-length variety.
Piccolo Harmonique-(Fr.). See above.
PIERCED—Pierced Gamba, Pierced Salicional, etc.
Pierced is a prefix synonymous with " slotted." A slot is an opening
cut in the side of the pipe near the top. When of narrow diameter it has
the effect of weakening the ground tone of large-scaled pipes, and of
rendering them somewhat horny in character (see Diapason, Section 6).
Small-scaled pipes are also affected by " slotting,'' though not to the same
extent. Gambas and Viols are generally slotted—as much for the purpose
of facilitating tuning as for anything else. Sometimes the prefix, Pierced,
refers to an arrangement similar to that described under Keraulophon.
St. Asaph Cathedral (Hill). The word was also used by Lewis. For
illustration, see Salicional, Geigen Principal, etc. When applied to
stopped pipes, the prefix, Pierced, implies that a hole is bored through
the stopper, in fact, that the pipes belong to the class known as Half-
Stopped Pipes.
Piffaro—See Flauto Traverso, Bifara.
Pileata—(Lat.) = wearing a hat, whence, per synecdoch, (Late Lat.)
= stopped