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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.

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