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156 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

U P f t0 ¥• A treble C pipe in the author's possession, made by Messrs.<br />

Norman & Beard, measures 2^ in. x i^f in., the upper lip being cut<br />

up I in.<br />

Tibia Pr<strong>of</strong>unda- 16 ft.<br />

TIBIA PROFUNDISSIMA— 32 ft. (Lat ) Pr<strong>of</strong>undis = deep. Pr<strong>of</strong>undissimus<br />

= very deep. See Tibia Plena.<br />

There is a very powerful example <strong>of</strong> the former at St. Mary's Collegiate<br />

Church, Warwick (Hope-Jones).<br />

Tibia Rurestris—(Lat.) Rus = country. See Bauerflote.<br />

Tibia Silvestris— (Lat.)—Silvester = appertaining to a wood. See<br />

Waldflote.<br />

Tibia Vulgaris—(Lat.) Vulgaris = Common. Common pipe. A name<br />

for Blockflote.<br />

Tierce—(Ger.) Terz. (Lat.) Tertius = third. Manual if ft.; pedal<br />

3y<br />

ft. It also occurs in old <strong>organ</strong>s as 6§ ft., and rarely as 12 •§• ft<br />

A mutation stop drawing separately or in conjunction with other<br />

Mixture ranks. The Tierce is normally pitched at a seventeenth above the<br />

unison. Its use is discussed under Mixture.<br />

TIERCINA—8 ft. tone. Hope-Jones stop.<br />

A novel stop, bearing this title, was inserted in the Choir <strong>organ</strong> <strong>of</strong> the<br />

fine instrument erected in Worcester Cathedral (Hope-Jones, 1897). The<br />

Tiercina is constructed <strong>of</strong> stopped tin pipes <strong>of</strong> very small scale and bearded.<br />

The stoppers are solid, the windway, and bore, small. The main structural<br />

peculiarity <strong>of</strong> the Tiercina is a sort <strong>of</strong> shade projecting over the top <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mouth. The Tiercina yields a reedy ground tone, a trace <strong>of</strong> the first upper<br />

partial (twelfth), and the second upper partial (tierce), sounded in equal<br />

proportion to the ground tone. The general effect <strong>of</strong> this stop is most<br />

peculiar, and in combination the Tiercina is instrumental in the pro-<br />

duction <strong>of</strong> many curious timbres. The pipes are, unfortunately, <strong>of</strong><br />

very delicate constitution, and readily thrown <strong>of</strong>f their speech. The<br />

specimen referred to was voiced by Mr. J. W. Whiteley. The Tiercina<br />

also occurs in the monster <strong>organ</strong> exhibited at St. Louis Exposition, 1904<br />

(Art <strong>Organ</strong> Co.).<br />

Tolosana—The name occurred in the specification <strong>of</strong> the former <strong>organ</strong> at<br />

Seville Cathedral, as given in Hamilton's "Catechism <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Organ</strong>"<br />

and in Hopkins' and Rimbault's treatise. It appears to have been<br />

an ordinary stop named after the town <strong>of</strong> Toulouse.

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