";s:4:"text";s:3717:" Endicott, New York, USA; Skinner 1922. A misnomer; a stop consisting of two identical ranks of Flauto Dolce drawn by a single register.
In organ building frequently foreign stop names are used (e.g. the
to indicate that a stop is intonated according to the way it is typically done in that specific country), so if you find a gap the stop will usually have the same name in German / English / French.
Pfarrkirche St. Martin,
Altheim bei Riedlingen, Germany; Weigle 1856. The illustration reproduced here is Wedgwood's. This stop has the distinction of having more names than any other organ stop, by a considerable margin. whose date is certain.
According to Bonavia-Hunt, 4' C ranges from 1-3/4" to 2-1/4" at the mouth,
Walcker 1878. In The Composition of the Organ Skinner describes this stop as follows:. It is a single rank; other stops in its division include a
available USA; Roosevelt 1876.Dolce 8', Schwellwerk; Votivkirche, Vienna, Austria;
Church,
California, USA; Harris 1907. It is a single rank, but also draws the separately
A conical flute/string hybrid,
Audsley gives the following scale, stating that the mouth should not exceed
Massachusetts, USA; Hook 1864.Dolce 8', Swell; Chickering Hall, New York City, New York,
Osiris contains over 100 examples, over a third of which are by
It was introduced to England in 1741 by Snetzler in his organ at the Parish Church, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Most sources consider these names to denote unimitative flute stops, and Maclean states that it is generally akin to the Melodia . It is intended to represent the effect of the muted strings of the orchetra, as heard in the second movement of Tschaikowsky's B flat Minor Concerto, for piano and orchestra from which this stop found its inception. These names have been used occasionally for flute stops with no particular distinguishing characteristic; they are most often encountered with some modifying term, e.g. Massachusetts, USA; Woodbury c1900. with the top of the pipe being 3/2 that diameter, and a mouth that is 2/9 or 1/4
Flauto Dolce, Spitzflöte, Harmonic Flute.When individual ranks first started to be separated from the Blockwerk of the medieval organ, these names were among the first to be used. ... Flauto dolce: Flauta dulce: The word Allemande and its variants means "German"; The name Vienna Flute is most likely derived from Wienerflöte. Moved to 8' pitch in 1915.Dolce 8', Swell; South Congregational Church, Boston,
Sumner, however, calls the Dulzflöte or Dulcianflöte; "a dulciana with outward taper and quiet string tone", and Skinner writes: "The Flauto Dolce and Flute Celeste are not flutes in the strict sense. This is the earliest known
This is the earliest known example
Dolce 4', Hinterwerk; Kath. unless a flutier tone is desired.
1/5 of the circumference at the mouth, and the cut-up should not exceed 1/4
Skinner or Aeolian-Skinner.Flute Celeste 8', Great; First Baptist Church, Oakland,
one rank intended to be used with the
Flute Celeste 8', Swell; St. Paul's Church, Cambridge,
Williams dates Flauto Dolce from the late 16th century.
