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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 1 43<br />

Sharp Mixture-(Ger.) Scharf.<br />

A Mixture composed <strong>of</strong> pipes <strong>of</strong> high pitch and acute tone, employed<br />

to add brilliancy to the full <strong>organ</strong>. It should comprise such ranks as the<br />

Tierce and Septime. See Mixture.<br />

Sifflote—Onomatopoeic. 2 ft. ; 1 ft.<br />

A high pitched Hohlfiote.<br />

Slotted—See Pierced.<br />

SOLO.<br />

A prefix signifying that a stop to which it is attached is intended for<br />

Solo use ; e.g., Sol<strong>of</strong>lote, Solo Diapason. The prefix sometimes also serves<br />

to indicate a high pressure flue stop <strong>of</strong> powerful tone ; e.g., Solo Gamba,<br />

8 ft. ; Solo Prinzipal-Flote, 8 ft. (a powerful flutey Diapason), at St.<br />

Peterskirche, Frankfurt (Walcker).<br />

Song.<br />

A prefix implying a cantabiie character, or a meaning synonymous with<br />

Solo (see above) ; e.g., Song Trumpet (Brooklyn Tabernacle, U.S.A.).<br />

Sonnenzug— (Ger.) Sonne = sun, Zug = pull.<br />

A stop setting into motion an imitation sun suspended over the <strong>organ</strong>.<br />

Garrison Church, Berlin (Joachim Wagner).<br />

Sordun—Sourdin. (Lat.) Surdus = quiet or subdued (hence also deaf).<br />

16 ft.; 8 ft. See Ranket, Gedampft-Regal, also Viole Sourdine.<br />

Spilltlote— Spindle Flute. (Ger.) Spill = spindle. 8 ft. ; 4 ft. ; 2 ft.<br />

The Spilltlote was invented prior to the middle <strong>of</strong> the XVIth century.<br />

The pipes <strong>of</strong> this stop are cylindrical in form, surmounted by a cone.<br />

The cone tapers almost to a point, leaving but a small opening at the top.<br />

This peculiarity <strong>of</strong> construction imparts to the pipe the appearance <strong>of</strong> a<br />

spindle, whence the name. The tone is bright and subdued, but scarcely<br />

<strong>of</strong> any distinctive character. See also Spitzflote.<br />

Spitzflote—Flauto Cuspido. (Ger.) Spitz = pointed, cf. (Eng.)<br />

Spire.<br />

The German Spitzflote was originally synonymous with Spillflote (q.v.).<br />

Indeed spill and spitz, or (Eng.) spindle and spire are derived from the<br />

same root. The radical sense is probably that <strong>of</strong> a splinter, which is<br />

frequently taken as the type <strong>of</strong> anything thin and pointed. The English,<br />

and an alternative later German, type <strong>of</strong> Spitzflote is described under Cone<br />

Gamba. A double-mouthed Spitzflote occurred at St. Mary Magdalene,<br />

Breslau.<br />

Stahlspiel— (Ger.) Stahl = steel. See Carillons.<br />

Stammentinpfeife—See Schweigel.

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