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DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPa. 67<br />

Examples are very common in Spain, * where such pipes are <strong>of</strong>ten made<br />

<strong>of</strong> brass. The first Fan Tubas in this country were inserted at York<br />

Minster (Hill) in 1844, having been presented by Hudson, "the Railway<br />

King." They were removed in the recent rebuild (1902-3). Examples<br />

exist at All Saints, Margaret Street, VV. (1858); Manchester Town Hall<br />

(Cavaille'-Coll) ; and (inside <strong>of</strong> the case) at Albert Hall, Sheffield<br />

(Cavaille-Coll).<br />

Feldfldte—Feldpfeife. (Ger.) Feld = field. Either (1) Waldfiote;.<br />

(2) Schweizerpfeife.<br />

Feldhorn—(Ger.) Feld = field. See Waldhorn.<br />

Fern—(Ger.) = distant. Equivalent to "Echo."<br />

Fernflote—8 ft. See Echo<br />

May refer to any quiet flue stop <strong>of</strong> distant tone. Sometimes a variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> Gedackt, with a small hole in the side <strong>of</strong> the pipe near the top. At<br />

St. Mary, Tyne Dock (Schulze), a delicate Gemshorn 8 ft.<br />

Fernhorn—A cylindrical open metal stop, <strong>of</strong> large scale but small bore,<br />

at Washington Temple, U.S.A. (Kimball Co.). It is practically an<br />

echo Cor de Nuit.<br />

Fifre—(1) Fifteenth, 2 ft. ; (2) Twenty-second, 1 ft. (Abbeville Cathedral);<br />

(3) II rank Mixture, 26th and 29th<br />

Fifteen/til.— Decima<br />

above unison).<br />

quinta, Super-octave. 2 ft. (i.e., a 15th<br />

A super-octave Diapason, bearing the same relation to Principal 4 ft.<br />

as does the latter to Diapason 8 ft. The Fifteenth adds brightness to<br />

Diapason tone. Frequently it is voiced too powerful and shrill, especially<br />

in small <strong>organ</strong>s. In <strong>organ</strong>s <strong>of</strong> moderate dimensions a Harmonic Piccolo<br />

is probably alike more useful and effective. The name Super-octave is<br />

sometimes applied to a full-scaled powerful Fifteenth, as is Octave to a<br />

Principal <strong>of</strong> similar construction and quality.<br />

Fistula— (Lat.) = pipe. Fistula formerly denoted the Syrinx or Pan's<br />

pipes. (Lat.) Fistula Minima = smallest pipe = Flageolet.<br />

Fistula Salicis = willow pipe = Salicional.<br />

FlachflSte—(Ger.) Flach = flat, or shallow. 8 ft. ; 4 ft. ; occasionally<br />

2 ft. ; 1 ft.<br />

The name has its origin in the fact that the lips <strong>of</strong> the Flachflote are<br />

very broad. The pipes are shaped as the German Spill- or Spitzflote, the<br />

mouths being cut up high. The tone is sharp and thin. Monastic<br />

Church, Weingarten (Gabler, 1750); Haarlem (Miiller, 1738).<br />

* See the illustration <strong>of</strong> the recently rebuilt <strong>organ</strong> at Seville Cathedral in the " Zeitschrift<br />

fur Instrumentenbau," Leipsig, No. 19, 1903.

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