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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

Tuba, Minor— 3 ft.<br />

A small Tuba <strong>of</strong> smooth full tone. A skilful voicer can obtain the<br />

type <strong>of</strong> tone on a wind pressure <strong>of</strong> only 4 in. or 5 in., though <strong>of</strong> course a<br />

higher pressure is vastly preferable. The stop is, therefore, well adapted<br />

for use as a Great <strong>organ</strong> reed (see Trumpet). The Tuba Minor differs<br />

from the Tromba in partaking more <strong>of</strong> the quality <strong>of</strong> the Hope-Jones Tuba<br />

Sonora. Baptist Church, Stapleford, Nottingham ; Watnall Road Church,<br />

Hucknall Torkard (electric) ; Emmanuel Church, New Park Street,<br />

Leicester (electric) Compton.<br />

Tuba lV(il*abilis—(Lat.) Mirabilis = wonderful.<br />

A former name for what is <strong>of</strong>ten now termed simply Tuba.<br />

(Tuba. Pr<strong>of</strong>unda.<br />

(TUBA PROFUNDISSIMA— (Lat.) Pr<strong>of</strong>undus = deep, Pr<strong>of</strong>undissimus<br />

= very deep.<br />

The 16 ft. and 32 ft. varieties, respectively, <strong>of</strong> the Tuba Sonora.<br />

Tuba Sh<strong>of</strong>ar.<br />

The Jewish "Sh<strong>of</strong>ar" was a ram's horn Trumpet, without a mouthpiece.<br />

Some readers <strong>of</strong> this work will perhaps be familiar with the employment <strong>of</strong><br />

the Sh<strong>of</strong>ar in Sir Edward Elgar's wonderful oratorio, " The Apostles." The<br />

Sh<strong>of</strong>ar call is characterized by the interval <strong>of</strong> an ascending sixth. There is<br />

a stop named Tuba Sh<strong>of</strong>ar at the Temple, Washington, U.S.A. (Kimball Co.).<br />

It is a heavy pressure, non-harmonic Tuba, rough and strident in tone,<br />

especially so in the treble. The bodies are variously "trimmed short."<br />

Tuba Sonora—(Lat.) Sonorus = loud-sounding, sonorous.<br />

8 ft.<br />

Invented by Mr. Hope-Jones. A Tuba <strong>of</strong> very full, round and pure<br />

tone, constructed with tongues <strong>of</strong> unusual thickness. The tone even<br />

appears hollow, suggestive <strong>of</strong> the orchestral Horn. The ideal Great <strong>organ</strong><br />

reed for a large instrument. There are magnificent specimens at Worcester<br />

Cathedral (20 in. wind, enclosed in the Solo box), and the Collegiate<br />

Church, Warwick (10 in.). This class <strong>of</strong> tone marks an entirely new<br />

departure in the science <strong>of</strong> reed-voicing.<br />

Tubalfldte—A corruption <strong>of</strong> Jubalflbte.<br />

Tubasson— 16 ft. ;<br />

32 ft.<br />

A stop found in some French <strong>organ</strong>s, equivalent to Trombone. It has<br />

closed shallots. Continental builders sometimes classify open and closed<br />

shallots as " trompette " and " basson " respectively. The name has been<br />

used in this country by Anneessens, <strong>of</strong> Belgium.<br />

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