A comprehensive dictionary of organ stops - Allen Organ Studio of ...
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1 86 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />
z\ in. diameter). Snetzler's original stop is <strong>of</strong> 8 ft. tone. From mid. C<br />
upwards the pipes are <strong>of</strong> his favourite Chimney Flute form, though, <strong>of</strong><br />
course, <strong>of</strong> harmonic construction. The mouths are arched and provided<br />
with long ears for tuning purposes. At mid. C the scale is if- in. diameter.<br />
Below this the stop is composed <strong>of</strong> ordinary Stopped Diapason pipes.<br />
There are examples <strong>of</strong> the Zauberflote at Tewksbury Abbey (Michell &<br />
Thynne) ; Mr. J. Martin White's Chamber <strong>organ</strong> at Balruddery, nr. Dundee<br />
(Casson-Thynne, rebuilt by Hope-Jones); St. Katherine's Convent,<br />
Queen's Square, W. (Beale & Thynne) ; Norwich Cathedral (Norman &<br />
Beard) ; St. John, Birkenhead (Hope-Jones) ; Holy Trinity, Scarborough<br />
(Denman).<br />
Ziflot—See Sifflote.<br />
Zink—Cink, Zinke, Zincke, Zinken, Ziink, Orlo, Litice, Lituus, Cornetto<br />
(q.v.), Cornetto Muto, Cornetto Torto, Cornettino.<br />
The Zink was an ancient instrument <strong>of</strong> the Serpent order, but <strong>of</strong> higher<br />
pitch. It was constructed <strong>of</strong> either wood or deers' horn. Cornetto-Muto<br />
and -Torto were varieties there<strong>of</strong>. (Lat.) Mutire = to speak s<strong>of</strong>tly or<br />
mutter; Torquere = to bend over or twist; Lituus = "a kind <strong>of</strong> crooked<br />
Trumpet uttering a shrill sound, a clarion " (Adams). The name <strong>of</strong> this<br />
stop has no connection with the metal zinc. The latter does not appear<br />
to have been employed as a material for <strong>organ</strong> pipes until, in 1820, Marx,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Berlin, built an <strong>organ</strong> at Hohen<strong>of</strong>en with zinc pipes and a cast-iron<br />
case !<br />
Let<br />
us hope and trust he will never be held even indirectly<br />
responsible for some <strong>of</strong> the developments <strong>of</strong> his experimental conception.<br />
8 ft. ; 4 ft. ; 2 ft. The <strong>organ</strong> stop was a snarling Clarion, found usually<br />
on the Pedal <strong>organ</strong>. The pipes were <strong>of</strong> inverted conical shape and <strong>of</strong><br />
small scale. Their tongues were broad and thin. In some <strong>organ</strong>s the<br />
Zink was a Pedal Sesquialtera or Cornet. A 2 ft. specimen reed exists<br />
at St. Bavon, Haarlem.<br />
Zwergpfeife—(Ger.) Zwerg = dwarf. Dwarf-Pipe. See Piccolo.<br />
ADDENDUM.<br />
Siren urn Chorus—(Lat.) = Sirens Chorus.<br />
In the <strong>organ</strong> by the firm <strong>of</strong> Pietro Bernasconi & Figlio, just (Nov. 1905)<br />
opened at Varese, in Italy, occurs a stop <strong>of</strong> this name. It is probably a<br />
Vox Humana or Flute and Tiemulant effect. Let us hope it is not a Syrens<br />
chorus <strong>of</strong> the type referred to by the reporter <strong>of</strong> the provincial newspaper,<br />
who accredited Sir Hubert Parry with a descriptive work entitled " Blest<br />
Pair <strong>of</strong> Syrens.'' In the same instrument appears a stop bearing the title<br />
Eufonio "Pietro Bernasconi," 8 ft. Concerning the special features <strong>of</strong><br />
:Signor Bernasconi's Euphone, no information is vouchsafed.