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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

B.<br />

Bajete—(Sp.) = Bassette.<br />

A 4 ft. pedal flue stop (at Seville Cathedral).<br />

Bajo—(Sp.) = Bass.<br />

BAJONGILLO (Baxoncillo) — (Sp.) = Bassoon. 16 ft. ; 8 ft.;<br />

rarely 4 ft.<br />

"The stop is known to be equivalent to Open Diapason '' (Hamilton's<br />

"Catechism <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Organ</strong>"). However this may have been, the Spanish<br />

equivalent <strong>of</strong> Diapason, at the present day, is Flautado Principal, and<br />

Bajoncillo, or Baxoncillo, is restricted to Bassoon. Seville Cathedral.<br />

(Aquilino Am6zua, 1903).<br />

BAR—See Beard.<br />

Barduen—A corruption <strong>of</strong> Bourdon.<br />

Barem— 16 ft.; 8 ft. A quiet-toned Gedackt (= Musicirgedackt). Some-<br />

times equivalent to Barpfeife. Stadtorgel, Jena, 8 ft. ; H<strong>of</strong>orgel,<br />

Eisenbach, 16 ft.<br />

Barpfeife— (Dutch) Baar-pyp. (Ger.) Bar = bear. Pfeife = pipe.<br />

16 ft. ; 8 ft.<br />

A reed stop <strong>of</strong> smothered growling tone, introduced<br />

into the <strong>organ</strong> in the XVIth Century, in imitation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

growl <strong>of</strong> the bear. The pipes were made in various forms,<br />

but always with the object <strong>of</strong> smothering the tone. The<br />

pattern which seems to have been most used is shown in<br />

the figure. Sometimes, however, it was further surmounted<br />

by other cylindrical and conical tubes. It was also oc-<br />

casionally made as a cylindrical covered pipe with a small<br />

chimney rising from the lid. Commenting on the lack <strong>of</strong><br />

appropriateness <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the ancient registers, Schlimbach<br />

remarks that perhaps the growling <strong>of</strong> the bear was as pro-<br />

pitious to the Deity as the Vox Angelica. Werkmeister<br />

Barpfeife. records that the Barpfeife was sometimes dubbed Vox<br />

Humana— truly a questionable enough compliment to the<br />

human voice. Hamburg— St. Nicholas, St. Jacobi, St. Catherine, St. Peter,<br />

St. Thomas and Cathedral; Lubeck—Marienkirche (former <strong>organ</strong>, 1513)<br />

and St. Peter ; Luneberg— St. Johannis and St. Lambert.<br />

BARYPHON—(Gr.) fiapve = heavy. ^wW; = voice. 16 ft.<br />

A free reed stop with Trumpet bodies, used occasionally in Swiss <strong>organ</strong>s<br />

and frequently in Orchestrions (e.g., by Welte, <strong>of</strong> Freiburg, in Saxony).

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