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28 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

CONE GAMBA—Generally known in this country as Spitzfiote.<br />

The Cone Gamba is shaped like a Gemshorn, tapering as the pipe<br />

ascends. Though <strong>of</strong> larger scale it retains the characteristic sweet and<br />

bright quality <strong>of</strong> that stop. It is, in fact, midway in tone between a<br />

Diapason and a Gemshorn. Radcliffe, Manchester (formerly the Nave<br />

<strong>Organ</strong>, York Minster, by Hill). The stop known as Cone Diapason is<br />

practically a distinction without a difference. Its tone, if anything,<br />

inclines rather more to that <strong>of</strong> a reedy Diapason. Cone Gamba must not<br />

be confounded with Bell Gamba, or with the Hill Viola da Gamba (see<br />

Bell Gamba).<br />

Cone Gedackt—8 ft. tone. Invented by Mr. Hope-Jones. The only<br />

example <strong>of</strong> the Cone Gedackt occurs in the Choir <strong>organ</strong> at Worcester<br />

Cathedral. Tenor C, 3<br />

in. ; Mid. C, i-rl in. ; Treble C, iyj- in. in<br />

diameter.<br />

The bass is <strong>of</strong> ordinary Gedeckt pipes with solid stoppers, but from<br />

fiddle G upwards a tube <strong>of</strong> inverted conical shape is fitted into the stopper.<br />

In this case the tube is tuned to resound to a note one octave higher than<br />

that <strong>of</strong> the pipe. The octave, a partial absent from stopped pipes (see<br />

note under Bourdon) is thus introduced, consequently the tone resembles<br />

to some extent that <strong>of</strong> an open Flute. Following in the wake <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Helmholtz. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Hope-Jones have obtained some very<br />

peculiar and not altogether displeasing effects from Gedeckts by the<br />

employment <strong>of</strong> chimneys <strong>of</strong> unusual lengths. It is obvious that various<br />

upper partials, harmonic and inharmonic, can thus be accentuated or<br />

introduced. The chimney may also be extended inside <strong>of</strong> the pipe—with<br />

mixed results. In some <strong>of</strong> Willis' Lieblich Gedeckts the stoppers at tenor<br />

C measure as much as 8 in. or 10 in. long.<br />

Coni—See Conus.<br />

Conoclyte— (Gr.) kHvoq = a cone; Aiu = I hear; k\vt6c = audible (?).<br />

At Beauvais Cathedral (1827-1829) were introduced the first examples<br />

<strong>of</strong> the modern type <strong>of</strong> <strong>organ</strong> free reed, viz., Conoclyte, Terpomele and<br />

Euphone. The two last are rendered expressive by a device for varying<br />

the wind pressure. The Conoclyte, which speaks on a fixed pressure, is<br />

composed <strong>of</strong> tin pipes <strong>of</strong> Gemshorn (tapering) shape. In tone it is a sort<br />

<strong>of</strong> combination <strong>of</strong> Bassoon and Clarinet.<br />

Contra— (Lat.) Contra = against.<br />

A prefix synonymous with double, indicating sub-octave pitch<br />

an octave below the unison. For Contra Bourdon, Fagotto, Gamba,<br />

Trombone, etc., see respective headings.<br />

Contra Bass—Kontra Bass. 16 ft.<br />

A stop imitative <strong>of</strong> the double bass <strong>of</strong> the orchestra. See Violon,<br />

Major Bass.<br />

—<br />

8 ft.<br />

i.e.,

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