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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 2 9<br />

Contras Pr<strong>of</strong>undas—The name applied to the 32 ft. pedal stop at<br />

Seville Cathedral (Aquilino Ame"zua, 1903).<br />

Con us—Coni. (Lat.) Conus = cone.<br />

So named from the shape <strong>of</strong> the pipe. A Spitzflote.<br />

Coppel—Copula, Coupling Flute, Koppel. 16 ft. ; 8 ft. ; 4 ft.<br />

A term applied to the Gedackt on account <strong>of</strong> its supposed use to bind<br />

together or mollify <strong>stops</strong> <strong>of</strong> extreme tone. The idea still survives in the<br />

traditional use <strong>of</strong> the Gedackt with the Clarinet. The probability is<br />

that the early Clarinets were so thin and rough that they scarcely admitted<br />

<strong>of</strong> independent solo usage. The Coppel was also employed in the case <strong>of</strong><br />

slow-speaking <strong>stops</strong>—such as Gambas (see German Gamba, Helper),<br />

Sometimes the Coppel was composed <strong>of</strong> open pipes. The name was also<br />

occasionally applied to the Gemshorn (why, is a mystery), and to mutation<br />

ranks either separately or collectively as a III rank Mixture (e.g.,<br />

St, Dominico, Prague). Minorite Church and St. Stephen, Vienna (latter<br />

by Walcker, 1886); Monastic Church, Weingarten (Gabler, 1750).<br />

Coppeldone—4 ft.<br />

Perhaps a variation <strong>of</strong> Coppeltone = coupling tone.<br />

Octave. St. Johannis, Liineburg.<br />

Coppend<strong>of</strong>f— 2 ft. ; 2f ft. Konigsberg. Perhaps Coppell<br />

D<strong>of</strong>f.<br />

Copula—See Coppel.<br />

COR— (Fr.) = Horn.<br />

Cor Anglais — Corno Inglese, English Horn.<br />

(Fr.) = English Horn. 16 ft. ; 8 ft. ; rarely 4 ft.<br />

Formerly a large-scaled free reed, now a small-scaled reed,<br />

imitative <strong>of</strong> the orchestral instrument. The stop was specia-<br />

lized in France as a free reed, and at one time it was cus-<br />

tomary to import Cor Anglais <strong>stops</strong> <strong>of</strong> French manufacture<br />

and voicing into England (e.g., St. Peter, Manchester). As<br />

recent examples <strong>of</strong> such imported <strong>stops</strong> may be cited those<br />

in the <strong>organ</strong>s at Castle House, Calne; Derby Road Chapel,<br />

Nottingham (both by Conacher). There is also a very fine<br />

16 ft. specimen at Oulton Rocks, Stone (Binns), and another<br />

(tongues from Cavaille"-Coll) at Trinity College, Cambridge<br />

(Hill). Cavaille'-Coll, however, abandoned the use <strong>of</strong> free<br />

reeds circa i860. Equally satisfactory tone can be obtained<br />

from skilfully voiced beating reeds; and these, moreover,<br />

have the advantage <strong>of</strong> being free from that very unfortunate<br />

An

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