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142 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

Sch wiegel—Schwiegelpfeife, Schwagel, Stammentinpfeife. Mr. Matthews<br />

derives the name from an old German word, Suegala = pipe.<br />

Stammentin is probably derived from (Ger.) Stamm = stem<br />

(suggested by the peculiar shape <strong>of</strong> the pipe).- See Spillflote.<br />

8 ft. ; 4 ft. ; 2 ft.<br />

The Schwiegel was practically identical with the Spillflote. But<br />

Schlimbach describes it as a Flute stop, <strong>of</strong> the scale <strong>of</strong> the Querpfeife, and<br />

voiced like the Bauerflote. Adlung and Topfer, however, support the<br />

other definition. A specimen <strong>of</strong> the Schwiegel existed until quite recently<br />

at the Kreuzkirche, Dresden (Jagermann).<br />

Septadecima— (Lat.) = seventeenth. Tierce.<br />

Septime- (Lat.) Septimus = seventh. See Flat Twenty-first.<br />

Seraph ine—For derivation, see Seraphon. See Physharmonika.<br />

SERAPHON-REGISTER—The word Seraph is generally derived<br />

from Hebrew, Saraph = to burn. It has reference to the Biblical<br />

" flaming angels." (Gr.) (fnovfi = voice.<br />

The name employed to denominate a class <strong>of</strong> <strong>stops</strong> <strong>of</strong>" novel construc-<br />

tion invented by Herr Weigle <strong>of</strong> Stuttgart. They are described under<br />

Doppelflote. A Seraphonflote 8 ft., supplied by Herr Weigle, occurs at<br />

St. Sebalduskirche, Niirnberg (Strebel, <strong>of</strong> that city).<br />

Serpent—A double Basset Horn. i6ft. Ulm Miinster (Walcker, 1856).<br />

Sanctissimo Crocifisso, Como (as Serpentino).<br />

The instrument <strong>of</strong> the name (obsolete) possessed a curled wooden tube<br />

about 8 ft. in length. Hence the name. In order further to enhance the<br />

resemblance, the body <strong>of</strong> the instrument was sometimes even decked with<br />

green scales, the addition <strong>of</strong> two fiery eyes serving to render complete this<br />

melodramatic fantasy.<br />

Sesquialtera—Sesquialtra. Originally a II rank Mixture<br />

composed <strong>of</strong> Twelfth and Tierce, or (rarely) Quint and Tierce.<br />

The component ranks <strong>of</strong> the stop were thus separated by the interval<br />

<strong>of</strong> a sixth, to which fact the derivation <strong>of</strong> the name is supposed to<br />

be due. (Lat.) Sextus = sixth. Alter = another, one <strong>of</strong> two,<br />

different.<br />

In this country the name Sesquialtera became applied to a III rank<br />

Mixture sounding, in the bass, 17, 19, 22 above the unison. It was<br />

also used to designate Mixtures <strong>of</strong> IV or V ranks. The name is falling<br />

into desuetude. See Mixture.<br />

Sexte—(Lat.) Sextus = sixth.<br />

A two-rank Mixture, composed <strong>of</strong> a Twelfth or Tierce on one slider.<br />

The interval between the two ranks is that <strong>of</strong> a sixth.

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