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170 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

"Viol— (Fr. and Ger.) Viole; (Low Lat.) Vitula, Vidula; (Provencal)<br />

Viula; (It.) Vioia; from the same source as (Old High German)<br />

Fidula ; (Ger.) Fiedel ; (Dutch) Vedele = (Eng.) Fiddle. Vitula is<br />

by some derived from (Lat.) Vitulari = to leap like a calf, whence,<br />

per synecdoch., to be merry, cf. the expression "the merry fiddler."<br />

A generic name for Gambas <strong>of</strong> very small scale and keen tone. See<br />

Gamba, Viole d' Orchestre, Viole Sourdine.<br />

Viola—For description see Viola da Gamba. For Viola and<br />

Contra Viola, see Gamba.<br />

Viola da Gamba-For derivation <strong>of</strong> Viola, see Viol.<br />

8 ft. (Low Lat. and It.) Gamba = a leg, cf. gambado, a case <strong>of</strong><br />

leather formerly employed to guard the leg <strong>of</strong> those on horseback.<br />

The correct name for Gamba. The latter word merely means a leg,<br />

Viola da Gamba being the fiddle held between the legs. Our system <strong>of</strong><br />

stop terminology is so inextricable a conglomeration that, for the present,<br />

-we are compelled to sanction even so great an anomaly as String Gamba<br />

= string leg ! See Gamba.<br />

Viole Celeste—See Voix Celeste.<br />

VIOLE D' AMOUR—(Lat.) Amor = love. 8 ft. ; 4 ft.<br />

Practically identical with Echo Gamba, but sometimes a slightly<br />

sharp-toned Dulciana.<br />

Viole

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