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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

B©11—An inverted truncated cone, sometimes affixed to the top <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>organ</strong> pipes. See Bell Diapason ; Bell Gamba.<br />

BELL DIAPASON—Flute-a-Pavillon.(Fr.) Pavilion = bell. 8 ft.<br />

A Diapason pipe surmounted by a bell <strong>of</strong><br />

inverted conical shape. It was first introduced<br />

into this country in the <strong>organ</strong> by Ducroquet <strong>of</strong><br />

Paris at the 1851 Exhibition. The tone being<br />

full and rich, the stop rapidly became a great<br />

favourite, but, like the Bell Gamba (q.v.), has<br />

now fallen into disuse. It was extensively used<br />

by Messrs. Bevington and Messrs. Halmshaw,<br />

<strong>of</strong> Birmingham. John Courcelle, who afterwards<br />

became a famous reed voicer (the firm is now<br />

Palmer & Co.), voiced Bell Diapasons <strong>of</strong> great<br />

excellence. He, or some admirer, named the<br />

stop Courcellina, in consideration <strong>of</strong> his accomplishments<br />

(as at St. John, Portsea). Brompton<br />

Oratory (Bishop).<br />

BELL GAMBA— Glocken-Gamba. (Ger.)<br />

Glocke = bell. 8 ft.; rarely 16 ft.<br />

A large scaled Gamba pipe surmounted by<br />

a " bell." The latter appendage would seem to<br />

have the effect <strong>of</strong> imparting to the tone a more<br />

reedy or pungent character, acting as a speaking<br />

trumpet or Megaphone. The pipes themselves<br />

are cylindrical in shape. The pattern <strong>of</strong> Violada-Gamba,<br />

invented by Mr. William Hill, and<br />

formerly extensively used, is a tapering Gems-<br />

horn pipe with a bell on the top. It emits rich<br />

and reedy tones <strong>of</strong> great refinement, at times<br />

even resembling a Cor Anglais in the lower<br />

portion <strong>of</strong> the compass. Flue pipes with bells<br />

are now in this country practically obsolete, on<br />

account <strong>of</strong> the difficulties attendant on their<br />

tuning and regulation. The pipes and bells<br />

were usually cut approximately to the correct<br />

length, and the stop provided with long ears for<br />

Bell<br />

Diapason. tuning purposes. But this process <strong>of</strong> shading<br />

the mouth was <strong>of</strong>ten liable seriously to im-<br />

pair the " regulation " {i.e., strength and quality<br />

Bell Gamba<br />

(Hill<br />

pattern).<br />

<strong>of</strong> tone) <strong>of</strong> the pipes. Nevertheless, in many instances, satisfactory<br />

results were empirically arrived at, and this objection has in time

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