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Calcant—(Lat.) Calcare = to tread.
DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.
Derived from the primitive method of blowing by treading the bellows,
ie., depressing them by the human weight. A signal whereby the player
may communicate with the blower. See Blower.
Campana—Campanella; Campanette; Glocklein (q.v.); Glockleinton ;
Tonus Fabri {q.v.). 2 ft.; 1 ft.; 6 in.
A stop of shrill pitch, usually 1 ft. or 6 in. "repeating," i.e., breaking
back, to a similar pitch at every octave. It was employed by Messrs.
Bryceson in the organ at St. Paul, Rusthale, near Tunbridge Wells (1876),
at the suggestion of Dr. Gown (then organist there, afterwards at Trent
College), as a large-scaled cylindrical pipe of 1 ft. pitch. The stop served
to fill up the Mixture work, but it was used mainly to produce a bright bell
effect. It told prominently through even the full Swell of fourteen stops.
Seidel describes the Campana as resembling the beating of hammers on a
sonorous anvil. Lund Cathedral, Sweden, " Flauto di Pan," 2 ft. and 1 ft.
St. Peter, Gorlitz (Casparini, 1703); Queen's College, Oxford. See
Carillons.
Campanella—See above.
Campanette— See above.
CARILLONS — Clochettes; Gongs; Glockenspiel; Stahlspiel. (Fr.)
Carillon, (Fr.) Clochette, (Ger.) Glocke = bell. (Ger.) Stahl = steel.
(Ger.) Spiel = play.
The Carillon or Glockenspiel of the orchestra varies considerably in
form. It is usually a set of small bells mounted, one above the other, on
a stick, and sounded by being struck with a hammer. Stahlspiel refers
more properly to metal bars, similar to those of the toy Harmonika so
frequently seen in this country, or to " Tubular Bells." The Carillon stop
appears in four distinct forms. (1) Real Bells. Monastic Church,
Weingarten (Gabler, 1750). (2) Gongs. Norwich Cathedral (Norman &
Beard); Chamber Organ for Mr. H. J. Johnson, J.P., at Oulton Rocks,
Staffs. (Binns) ; Westminster Abbey (Hill) The bars are of steel, and the
resonant gongs, over which they are situated, of brass. The latter are
tuned by being filled with plaster of Paris till the required note is obtained.
Like free reeds, both bells and gongs necessitate the organ being kept at
an even temperature; when this requirement is fulfilled—and it is no
more than every organ really demands—they remain perfectly in tune.
Mr. Johnson kindly informs the author that his at Oulton Rocks stand
excellently in tune. (3) Tubular Bells, ie , hollow steel rods. Merseburg
Cathedral (Becker), called Stahlspiel ; Bolton Town Hall (Gray & Davison,
1874). Tubular Bells have also been recently used by Binns. (4) A
Mixture (see also Campana). Ill ranks, Westminster Abbey (Hill);
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