A comprehensive dictionary of organ stops - Allen Organ Studio of ...
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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS. 65<br />
Echo Gamtoa— 8 ft.<br />
A quiet Gamba <strong>of</strong> hard, cold tone. Formerly, a speciality <strong>of</strong> Messrs.<br />
Walker, who now, however, continue to apply the name to what is virtually<br />
a String Gamba, or Viole d' Orchestre. The Echo Gamba is almost<br />
invariably enclosed in a swell box.<br />
Effets d' Orage—(Fr.) Effet = effect. Orage = storm.<br />
See Storm Pedal.<br />
English Horn—See Cor Anglais, Double English<br />
Horn.<br />
Epistomium— (Lat.) = a Ventil.<br />
EUPHONE—Euphonium, Eyphone. (Gr.) eh = good.<br />
iphivri = sound. 1 6 ft. ; 8 ft.<br />
The first instance <strong>of</strong> the Euphone was that inserted at<br />
Beauvais Cathedral in 1827-29, in company with other free<br />
reed <strong>stops</strong> named Conoclyte and Terpomele. The pipes<br />
were cylindrical in body, terminating in<br />
a long cone. The Terpomele and the<br />
Euphone were adapted to expressive use<br />
by means <strong>of</strong> a device for varying the<br />
wind pressure. Subsequently, in 1830,<br />
Sebastian Erard introduced an expressive<br />
free reed, which he named Euphone, into<br />
his <strong>organ</strong> at the Tuileries Chapel Royal.<br />
The form <strong>of</strong> pipe he adopted was that<br />
utilised by M. Grenie" twenty years pre-<br />
viously. The popular opinion that Erard<br />
was the inventor <strong>of</strong> the Euphone is<br />
therefore inaccurate. The tongues were<br />
broad and thin, and the pipes were <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Grenie" pattern, shaped somewhat like a<br />
balloon with a slit near the top. When<br />
now made, which is but rarely, the pipes<br />
are <strong>of</strong> inverted conical shape. In tone<br />
the stop varies considerably. Usually it<br />
may be described as a sort <strong>of</strong> cross<br />
between a Cor Anglais, Bassoon and<br />
Clarinet. It is <strong>of</strong> gentle intonation. The<br />
Euphone was introduced into this country<br />
by Messrs. Kirkland & Jardine. St. Peter,<br />
Manchester (1856); Free Trade Hall,<br />
Manchester (1857).<br />
An example, though<br />
Euphone. an imperfect specimen, existed at the<br />
Fig. B—<br />
Euphone.