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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.
virtue of free reeds {q.v.) viz., that of standing too well in tune. As
English builders do not make free reeds, and as the craze for their im-
portation has died out, the Cor Anglais, when made at all, is now usually a
beating reed, e.g., Warwick Collegiate Church (Hope-Jones). The shape
of the pipe is peculiar, the tube, which widens slightly, being surmounted
by a double bell, successively widening and narrowing. The tone of the
Cor Anglais is rich, and in the lower notes of a very peculiar hollow and
metallic quality. A faithful representation of the tone can often be built
up with such stops as Viola da Gamba (old Hill type), combined with a
soft Suabe Flute, 4 ft. (see Flue Cor Anglais). Mr. T. Tertius Noble,
the accomplished organist of York Minster, employs with remarkable effect
the following recipe for Cor Anglais tone :—String Gamba, 8 ft. ; Gemshorn,
4 ft. ; and Clarinet, 8 ft. There is a Cor Anglais of a somewhat
singular pattern voiced by Mr. Evennett in an organ at Sale (Lewis). It
is composed of pipes of conical shape, surmounted by an adjustable
hood.
Cor d'Harmonie—8 ft.
An Oboe bass, probably of Bassoon pipes. St. Denis, Paris. See
Harmonie.
Cor de Basset—8 ft. See Corno di Bassetto.
Cor de Chasse—See Waldhorn.
COR DE NUIT—Nachthorn. (Fr.) Cor = Horn; (Fr.) Nuit = night;
(Ger.) Nacht = night. This stop derives its name from the Horn
of the night watchmen of olden time. In some places in the south
of France the custom still survives of the night watchmen blowing
their Horns and announcing the hour and the state of the weather.
Formerly 16 ft. ; 8 ft. ; 4 ft. ; rarely 2 ft. Now usually 8 ft.
(1) A modified form of Quintaton. The prominence of the twelfth
imparts a horn-like character, especially in the tenor octave. The pipes
are of large scale, and it is essential that the mouth be low. Of this there
are two varieties : (a) A stop differing from the Quintaton only in having
the twelfth less prominently pronounced, e.g., Washington Temple, U.S.A.
(Kimball Co.), Fernhorn (Echo Nachthorn). (6) A Gedackt which, in
speech, touches the twelfth, and then drops down to the ground tone only,
yielding but little more of the twelfth than the ordinary Gedackt. This
type of Cor de Nuit is met with in France. There is an example by
Cavaille-Coll in the Celestial organ at Westminster Abbey (Hill). There
is also a 16 ft. specimen on the Choir organ at St. Margaret, Westminster
(Walker), though bearing the name of Quintaton. Mr. Gern has used it
on several occasions in this country {e.g. St. Matthew, Westminster). The
stop is sometimes bearded.