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32 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

combinational stop, the Cornet is sometimes made to increase in the<br />

number <strong>of</strong> ranks in the treble. When so designed it serves to disguise<br />

the "breaks" in the other mutation work. This variety is <strong>of</strong>ten known<br />

as Progressio Harmonica, and sometimes as Compensation Mixture {q.v.).<br />

The name Cornet is now applied indiscriminately to any Mixture stop <strong>of</strong><br />

a goodly number <strong>of</strong> ranks.<br />

(2) Occasionally the Cornet is found as a reed, usually on the Pedal<br />

<strong>organ</strong>, and <strong>of</strong> 4 ft. or 2 ft. pitch. In such cases the tone resembles that<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Zink (q.v.). Also named Cornetin, Cornetto, or Cornettino.<br />

Konigsberg Cathedral, 8 ft. ; St. Ulrich, Magdeburg.<br />

Echo Cornet—A Mixture stop usually enclosed in a swell box.<br />

Generally what is known as a Dulciana Mixture.<br />

There is an excellent example <strong>of</strong> an Echo Cornet <strong>of</strong> VI ranks in the<br />

Celestial <strong>organ</strong> at Norwich Cathedral (Norman & Beard), furnishing an<br />

excellent example <strong>of</strong> what a Mixture can be made when due care and<br />

interest is expended thereon.<br />

Cornet-a-Pavillon— (Fr.) Pavilion = bell. 8 ft. See Clarinet.<br />

Cornettino—See Cornet, Zink.<br />

The name Cornettino has also been applied to a reedy-toned Fifteenth.<br />

Cornetto—See Cornet, Zink.<br />

Cornetto di Caccia— See Waldhorn.<br />

CORNO— (It.) Corno = Horn.<br />

The name is occasionally used for the Horn stop.<br />

Covno di Bassetto—See Clarinet, Basset Horn<br />

(Corno Basso).<br />

Corno Dolce— 8 ft. ; occasionally 16 ft.<br />

The Corno Dolce may be said to be a louder form <strong>of</strong> Flauto Dolce.<br />

It is constructed <strong>of</strong> Dolce-shaped pipes, wider at the top than at the<br />

bottom. Free Trade Hall, Manchester (Jardine) ; Rugby School Speech<br />

Room (Bryceson). The stop is made by Messrs. Andrews <strong>of</strong> Bradford.<br />

Sometimes, however, the Corno Dolce is shaped like the Flute Conique,<br />

and occasionally even resembles the Waldnote.<br />

Corno Flute-8 ft.<br />

(1) A reed stop, invented by Mr. William Hill. It possessed wooden<br />

tubes, and was <strong>of</strong> a quiet tone, resembling, somewhat, that <strong>of</strong> a modern<br />

Orchestral Oboe. An example still exists at St. Olave, Southwark. The<br />

stop being a reed, the selection <strong>of</strong> the name was scarcely happy. (2) A<br />

flue stop invented by Mr. Herbert Norman (Messrs. Norman & Beard).<br />

The tone, which resembles that <strong>of</strong> a Dolce or Flute d' Amour, is extremely

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