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58<br />

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 />

w<br />

M<br />

Seraphonflote<br />

(Weigle).

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