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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 5<br />

are stretched about a dozen catgut strings. When fastened in a window<br />

or other situation exposed to a current ot air, the instrument emits<br />

mysterious and beautiful tones. Formerly, in Germany, a s<strong>of</strong>t reed <strong>of</strong> 16 ft.<br />

or 8 ft. pitch, resembling in tone a s<strong>of</strong>t Oboe. The pipes had bells on the<br />

top, and the tongues were thin and narrow. Mersehurg Cathedral, Saxony<br />

(Ladegast, 1853). Sometimes equivalent to Clavseoline. Fulda (Ratz-<br />

mann). Now in Germany, and invariably in this country, either a s<strong>of</strong>t<br />

Echo Gamba, or a stringy Dulciana, with which the Celeste sometimes<br />

beats. Ulm Miinster (Walcker, rebuilt 1889); St. John, Wilton Road,<br />

London (Lewis) ; Long Eaton Parish Church, Notts (Brindley & Foster).<br />

The last named firm usually employ a stopped wood bass for this register,<br />

sometimes grooving it to the Swell Gedackt. The CC pipe <strong>of</strong> an ^Eoline<br />

<strong>of</strong> average scale would measure about 3^<br />

in. in diameter.<br />

^Equal—A term anciently employed in Germany to designate unison<br />

8 ft. pitch, e.g., ^Equal-Gemshorn ; ^Equal-Principal.<br />

Agges = yEqual.<br />

Amoroso— (Lat.) Amor = love. = Flauto Amabile.<br />

ANCHES—French equivalent to our "reeds." Anche d'orgue= reed-<br />

stop <strong>of</strong> an <strong>organ</strong>. See Jeu.<br />

Angelica—See Vox Angelica.<br />

Aplel Regal—See Regal.<br />

Armonica— (Sp.) = Harmonic.<br />

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Assat—Acorruption <strong>of</strong> Nasat, sometimes occurring in ancient specifications.<br />

Ausloser—Auslosung ; Ausschaltung. (Ger.) Auslosen = to redeem, to<br />

free. Auschalten = to switch <strong>of</strong>t.<br />

A "negative touch" annulling the action <strong>of</strong> non-indicating pistons,<br />

and restoring that <strong>of</strong> the stop-knobs, or stop-keys.<br />

Avicinium—Canary, Nightingale. Oiseau (Fr. = bird); Rossignol (Fr.<br />

= nightingale) ; Vogelgesang (Ger. = bird song) ; Vogelgeschrei<br />

(Ger. = bird cry) ; Merula (Lat. = blackbird).<br />

A few odd pipes bent down into water and so caused to "emit a<br />

spluttering noise<br />

;<br />

(Hill, " <strong>Organ</strong> Cases ") or twitter in imitation <strong>of</strong> birds.<br />

A similar device is still employed in toy symphonies and by fowlers and bird<br />

tamers. St. Sulpice, Paris ; Constance Cathedral ; Carigrana Church,<br />

Genoa; Magdeburg Cathedral; St. Catherine, Magdeburg. At the<br />

Monastic Church, Weingarten, near Ravensburg (Gabler, 1750), the author<br />

found still extant both Cuckoo and Nightingale. The Rev. G. H. Palmer<br />

once informed him that there was (and perhaps is still) a stop labelled<br />

"Canary" on each manual <strong>of</strong> the <strong>organ</strong> in the cathedral at the Canary<br />

Islands<br />

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