DaveHarries Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 As it says, the idea is to think up new meanings for current words. Slightly alter them if you wish. Just for starters, in regards to the 11th post on this link: http://www.mander-organs.com/discussion/in...=1022&st=60 My opening submission is this: Coupla: mug of tea that you drink while playing an organ. Any more ideas? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeron Glyn Preston Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 "Tierce!" - drunken organists chinking glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothyguntrip Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Slightly different, but I once came up with a couple of new stops... One was the Voix Marie Celeste, the pipes of which mysteriously disappear without explanation from the Swell box when the stop is drawn. The other was the Buffoon Hautbois, which was primarily intended for any work by Lefebure-Wely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ick1508 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Gedact-pommer - flute stop used to store apples Gemshorn - made by Ratners Flute Triangulaire - made by M. C. Escher Flute Traversiere - flute en chamade and, contrariwise Diapoison - an alloy of arsenic, antimony and old lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Riley Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Again, slightly off-topic: a mis-translation of 'Valet will ich dir geben', as seen in a German car-wash; 'I will give the interior of your car a good clean'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Bass Quint - the villain in "The Turn of the Screw". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 When I see the stop 'Basset Horn' on a certain Compton organ I always think of a Basset Hound. Echo Gamba has me thinking of Gammon which I don't particularly like. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heva Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Diaphone - Phone broken after dropped on the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Morley Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Bass Quint - the villain in "The Turn of the Screw". Howlflute - the villain in "The Turn of the Screw" as sung by the person for whom the role was created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Bombarde The reaction of some to the new RSC theatre tower in Stratford-upon-Avon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusingMuso Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Quintade.....the organist's choice of non-alcoholic refreshment. Octaf.......an 8ft high Welshman Tibia or not Tibia? The dual-purpose organ dilemma Harmonic Bass - Quintessential MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heva Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 vox angelica - not so nice for angelica (I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeron Glyn Preston Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Octaf.......an 8ft high Welshman Surely this should be "Oggi-taf"... :angry: "heva", I'm afraid I don't understand your last post. Am I missing an obvious pun? Pull-down: removing someone that shouldn't be at the organ from the bench... Shutter: loose lid to the console, that threatens to fall on the organist's fingers at any time... geddit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeron Glyn Preston Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Diapoison - an alloy of arsenic, antimony and old lead I think this one probably needs a West Midlands accent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heva Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Surely this should be "Oggi-taf"... :angry: "heva", I'm afraid I don't understand your last post. Am I missing an obvious pun? Maybe, some years ago I worked with a guy from Manchester area who used a certain f-word pronounced quite like vox. But I'm not a native speaker ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Tremulant - descriptive of an organist's hands as the sermon at the morning service threatens to carry on past opening time sub octave - just time for one more before my taxi arrives octave - no more for me thanks super octave - sloshed Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Maslen Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Strumpet en chemise - organist's girlfriend. Sorry. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Carr Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Only a few more needed and then we can print the teatowel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Strumpet en chemise - organist's girlfriend. Sorry. John Laid horizontally, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Scarpa An octave trumpet used to clear the building. Scharf Cymbel The percussionist had better mind his fingers. Schönprincipal A glamorous Head Teacher Sordini A stop of dubious reputation Thirty-Fifth, Flatted The tuner trod on this one Tibia Vulgaris Well, aren't they all! Trigesima Sesta A painful nerve disorder Vox Virgina A stop which has never encountered a Vox Amorosa Haemiol A blood disorder Hellpfeife For playing the devil's music Hautboy A chest of drawers divided into two sections. Heckelphone Device used to interrupt political speakers Gingrina In Spanish-speaking countries, a small female foreigner Fistula Largior Another painful medical condition Dolce Mixture A dessert consisting of fruit and ice cream, with a Cornetto Dwarsfluit An instrument for accompanying the chorus, Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, As off to work we go. And finally, from the Encyclopedia of Organ Stops, this one which sounds very rude:- Fuchsschwank In describing this unlikely “stop”, whose name comes from the German “fuchs” (fox), “schwanz” (tail), and “schwank” (joke), I could not possibly improve upon Wedgwood, whose entry reads as follows: "One of the strange accessories sometimes found in old German organs. A stop-knob bearing the inscription “Noli me tangere” (“Do not touch”) was attached to the console. As a reward for their curiosity, persons who, regardless of this injunction, touched the knob, thereby set free the catch of a spring, causing a huge foxtail to fly out into their faces. Sometimes the foxtail was simply attached to the stop knob. Having once drawn the tail out of the jamb, it was a matter of some difficulty to replace it. Meanwhile, the recalcitrant culprit was subject to the chaff of his comrades. There is a foxtail near the dwarf “Perkeo”, guarding the great Tun at Heidelberg Castle. St. Andrea, Erfurt; St. Gertrud, Hamburg." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Walker Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 16`Fagotte - the pedal read you didn`t remember to draw at the end of Harwood in Aflat. or this one... Oboe - the poor homeless organist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simon Walker Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 In describing this unlikely “stop”, whose name comes from the German “fuchs” (fox), “schwanz” (tail), and “schwanz” (joke), I could not possibly improve upon Wedgwood, whose entry reads as follows: "One of the strange accessories sometimes found in old German organs. A stop-knob bearing the inscription “Noli me tangere” (“Do not touch”) was attached to the console. As a reward for their curiosity, persons who, regardless of this injunction, touched the knob, thereby set free the catch of a spring, causing a huge foxtail to fly out into their faces. Sometimes the foxtail was simply attached to the stop knob. Having once drawn the tail out of the jamb, it was a matter of some difficulty to replace it. Meanwhile, the recalcitrant culprit was subject to the chaff of his comrades. There is a foxtail near the dwarf “Perkeo”, guarding the great Tun at Heidelberg Castle. St. Andrea, Erfurt; St. Gertrud, Hamburg." Apart from the 'Fuchsschwanz', have a look at this... also copied from the Encyclopedia of organ stops. 'Vox Inaudita' These names have been used for “dummy” stop controls which do not operate any stop. While Wedgwood characterizes them as “A facetious pleasantry indulged in by some mediaeval organ builders”, Mahrenholz points out that they were often provided for future expansion or for physical symmetry. The names translate as follows: Blinder Zug “blind stop” Ductus inutilis “useless stop” Exaudire "to hear plainly" Manum de tabula "Enough!" Nihil “nothing” Pro forma “for appearance” Reliqua "leftover" Summer Zug “silent stop” Swyger “keep silent” Vacant “missing” Vacat “missing” Vox Inaudita “unheard voice” Vox Ineffabilis “unutterable voice” It would certainly make a change from the row after row of blank stops which you commonly see on North American organs. How fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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