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i6o DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

Trombone,<br />

(wood).<br />

Trombone — For derivation, see Tuba. 16 ft.<br />

Contra Trombone, 32 ft. (Ger.) Posaune = Trom-<br />

bone.<br />

The two names are here distinguished, since in this<br />

country Posaune is ordinarily restricted to the manual.<br />

Posaune 16 ft. and Contra-Posaune 32 ft. occur, however,<br />

at Westminster Abbey (Hill), and Contra-Posaune 32 ft. at<br />

the Albert Hall, London (Willis, 1871). In these instances<br />

it would appear that the name Posaune is employed to<br />

denote a stop <strong>of</strong> more intense character than the usual<br />

Trombone. The Trombone is a reed stop, variously<br />

represented in this country. On the manual it may be held<br />

equivalent to Double Trumpet. The word Trombone is<br />

usually employed to designate any pedal reed, <strong>of</strong> 16 ft. pitch,<br />

more powerful than a Contra Fagotto, the name Bombarde<br />

having now fallen into comparative desuetude. The pipes<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Trombone are made <strong>of</strong> either metal (usually <strong>of</strong> zinc)<br />

or wood. They are <strong>of</strong> inverted conical shape. In the<br />

successful voicing <strong>of</strong> all powerful pedal reeds heavy wind<br />

pressure is, <strong>of</strong> course, a sine qua non. The lowest pipes <strong>of</strong><br />

32 ft. reeds are generally provided with some pneumatic<br />

device for facilitating their prompt speech. This takes the<br />

form <strong>of</strong> a motor or motors connected with the tongue, and<br />

so arranged as to become inflated on the depression <strong>of</strong> the<br />

pedal key. The rapid inflation <strong>of</strong> these motors serves to<br />

destroy the inertia <strong>of</strong> the tongue. Messrs. Hill were amongst<br />

the first, if not the first, to adopt the use <strong>of</strong> the pneumatic<br />

starting device. This firm has employed two motors, one<br />

to start and the other to check, the tongue. The same<br />

arrangement has recently been utilized by Messrs. Walker<br />

at York Minster (1903).<br />

The more usual plan, adopted by<br />

Willis, is to employ one motor holding the tongue, when<br />

out <strong>of</strong> use against the face <strong>of</strong> the reed (see Figure). This<br />

pattern was used by Messrs. Hill at Birmingham Town Hall<br />

(1835). At Sydney Town Hall (Hill, 1889) exists the only<br />

real 64 ft. stop in the world. It is a beating reed. Accord-<br />

ing to Mr. Elliston ("<strong>Organ</strong>s and Tuning") it is said to<br />

resemble in effect a Kettledrum. See also Tromba.<br />

Trommel—(Ger.) Trommel = drum.<br />

The word is <strong>of</strong> onomatopoeic origin, the sound representing the rolling<br />

<strong>of</strong> the drum. See Drum Pedal.<br />

Trompete—(Ger.) = Trumpet.

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