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144 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.
Stark— (Ger.) = strong. A prefix.
Stark-Gedackt—A Gedeckt of large scale and powerful intonation.
Stentorphon— (Gr.) Sn-Vrwp. Stentor was, in Greek legend,
a herald before Troy, whose voice, according to Homer, was as
Stentorphon
Diapason.
loud as the aggregate voice of fifty men. §uyi\ = voice. 8 ft.
(i) A very large-scaled Flute used in America and
Germany. It is made of either wood or metal, and sometimes
with double mouths. The tone is very powerful and
full. As to whether such tones are artistic or merely
blatant and vulgar depends entirely on their mode of treat-
ment. If made of the Tibia Plena style, stops of this class
form a valuable adjunct to large organs. Cincinnati,
U.S.A. (Hook & Hastings) ; Collegiate Church, New York
(Odell) ; Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Boston
(Hutchings Votey Co.). The Stentorphon has also been used
in Germany by Voit, of Durlach (e.g., in the large organ in
the magnificent concert hall at Mannheim). (2) A special
stop invented and patented by Herr Carl Weigle, of Echterdingen,
near Stuttgart. The mouth extends half-way round
the pipe, as in the case of some steam whistles. The name
Stentorphon is usually reserved for the Diapason variety of
the stop. The only example in this country is in the large
chamber organ built by Messrs. Conacher for Mr. H. G.
Harris, Castle House, Calne, Wilts. It speaks on 8 in.
wind. Other stops are likewise made by Herr Weigle of
this pattern. In the organ built by him in 1895 f°r tne
Liederhalle, Stuttgart, occur the following flue stops, on
9 in. wind, constructed according to this style :—Stentorphon,
8 ft. ; Grossgedeckt, 8 ft. ; Solo-Gamba, 8 ft. ; Solo-
Flote, 8 ft.; (pedal) Sub-bass, 16 ft. The Stentorphon,
when tested alone, is of defective speech and apt to overblow
; the treble, also, is not very powerful. It is consider-
ably more effective, and speaks better in combination.
The Gedeckt, which measures actually 8 in. in diameter
at CC (8 ft. tone), is of full liquid tone, and in no way
objectionable. The pedal Sub-bass is a powerful, weighty
stop. The Gamba is not good. All appear rather windy
to a listener close to the organ. The full organ is very brilliant and of
immense power, but could not be endured for any protracted length of
time. At Einsiedeln Monastery, Switzerland, Herr Weigle introduced the
following high pressure flue stops :—Stentorphon, 8 ft. ; Gedackt, 8 ft. ;
Fugara, 8 ft. ; Geigenprinzipal, 4 ft. ; Soloflote, 8 ft. ; Gamba, 8 ft. ; Violine,