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Silly Organ Stop [Not Automatic]
By Tim Tikker

Well, what novel features come to mind when you read this, from piporg-l
again:

> Date:    Tue, 26 Mar 1996
> 07:54:08 -0800 From:    Timothy Tikker and Julia Harlow <tjt@efn.org>
> Subject: Re: Useful 'Silly Stop'
> 
> On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Vernon Moeller wrote:
> 
> > There, one can read about the restored Hill organ at St Paul's at
> > Newcastle-under-Lyme.  The instrument was rebuilt by George Sixsmith & Sons,
> > and what I found most unique was that when the Tibia Liquida is drawn, a
> > miniature cocktail cabinet is revealed above the stopknobs of the Pedal and
> > Swell divisions, 'complete with essentials.'
> 
> The Rieger at Ratzeburg Dom has a similar stop, called "Rauschwerk",
> which when drawn opens a liquor drawer.  It's a clever German pun:
> "Rausch" can mean "sound", and thus "Rauschwerk" can be the name for a
> regular organ stop.  But it can also mean "intoxicated" (probably related
> to the English "roaring drunk")!
> 
> - Tim Tikker


(Message sent Wed 27 Mar 1996, 02:44:16 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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