A comprehensive dictionary of organ stops - Allen Organ Studio of ...
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Section <strong>of</strong><br />
Doppleflote.<br />
DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />
Doppelflote— Doppelgedackt, etc. (Ger.) Doppel = double<br />
Flote = Flute. 8 ft. ; also 16 ft.; 4 ft<br />
A wood Flute with mouths on two opposite sides <strong>of</strong> the pipe. Either<br />
open or stopped, and generally <strong>of</strong> large scale. It speaks on the normal<br />
pressure <strong>of</strong> wind. The tone is full, liquid, and weighty, but inclined to be<br />
somewhat dull and devoid <strong>of</strong> distinctive quality. Formerly the double<br />
mouth was certainly instrumental in the production <strong>of</strong> a fulness <strong>of</strong> tone<br />
more pronounced than anything which had hitherto been obtained from<br />
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single-mouthed pipes, a fulness perhaps<br />
Ra more noticeable in combination than<br />
^ in individual notes. The introduc-<br />
tion <strong>of</strong> the leathered lip has, however,<br />
rendered possible the production from<br />
single-mouthed pipes <strong>of</strong> even greater<br />
body <strong>of</strong> tone, combined, moreover,<br />
with more distinctive quality. Doublemouthed<br />
<strong>stops</strong> possess the disad-<br />
vantage <strong>of</strong> requiring clear speaking<br />
room on two sides <strong>of</strong> the pipes. In<br />
England, where builders are seldom<br />
allowed sufficient room for their instruments,<br />
and fierce competition demands<br />
economy in every inch <strong>of</strong> soundboard<br />
space, this requirement has militated<br />
much against the use <strong>of</strong> <strong>stops</strong> <strong>of</strong> this<br />
class. A specimen <strong>of</strong> the Doppleflote<br />
was included, however, in the Great<br />
<strong>organ</strong> specification in the <strong>organ</strong> for<br />
Sandhurst Cathedral, Australia (Bishop,<br />
1905). In America also the Doppelflote<br />
is rapidly being discarded. At Win-<br />
chester Cathedral, Willis experimented<br />
with double mouths for the wood 32 ft.<br />
stop, but secured no satisfactory results.<br />
Recently, Herr Weigle, <strong>of</strong> Stuttgart, has<br />
patented a variety <strong>of</strong> Doppelflote,' named<br />
by him Seraphonflote, with the mouths<br />
on two adjacent sides <strong>of</strong> the pipe. His<br />
patent likewise includes metal pipes,<br />
sometimes harmonic in structure, the<br />
languid and lips <strong>of</strong> which are brought<br />
forward to a point, so that two lip surfaces, lying at an acute angle to<br />
•each other, are created. The mouths are generally bearded. There<br />
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Seraphonflote<br />
(Weigle).