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2 DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

Fig. C—Roller-Valve Diaphone.<br />

used for this purpose in bellows work, where a<br />

A different type <strong>of</strong><br />

Diaphone is repre-<br />

sented by Fig. C. Its<br />

tone is said to par-<br />

take <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong><br />

a smooth Diapason or<br />

Flute. A model was<br />

exhibited by Mr. Hope-<br />

Jones at a lecture in<br />

1895. Wind enters at<br />

the foot a, charges the<br />

chamber c, and acts<br />

upon the back <strong>of</strong><br />

the motor M, in such<br />

a manner that this<br />

latter is collapsed. In<br />

collapsing it moves<br />

(through the medium<br />

<strong>of</strong> the thong or flat<br />

chain b) the roller<br />

valve v, thus allowing<br />

the wind in the cham-<br />

ber c to escape through<br />

e into the resonator or<br />

pipe p. Wind, passing<br />

through the channel l,<br />

acts upon the inside<br />

<strong>of</strong> the motor m in<br />

such a manner that<br />

the pressure on the<br />

inside and the out-<br />

side <strong>of</strong> the motor is<br />

balanced, and the<br />

spring s is at liberty<br />

to close the roller<br />

valve v again. The<br />

cyclic process is re-<br />

peated. The particular<br />

function <strong>of</strong> the roller<br />

valve in <strong>organ</strong> work is<br />

to admit wind gradu-<br />

ally. It is sometimes<br />

sudden flush <strong>of</strong> wind

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