DREAM ORGANS
JULIAN RHODES' IMAGINARY ORGANS

This stoplist shows rather a different balance and proportion to those instruments which inspired it, and some deliberate anachronisms. But the emphasis on unison tone is historically accurate, as are the characteristic mixtures and the string stops.

The division names are new, derived from architectural terms. Thus the Hauptwerk is called 'Atrium', meaning a centrally placed courtyard or portico. The Ober-Positiv is called 'Loggia', meaning an elevated verandah or gallery. 'Belvedere' means a high tower, and is thus an appropriate name for a Kronwerk division located at the top of the case. 'Avernus' has a different origin. It was the Roman name for a lake in Campana, believed to give access to the underworld. It thus labels the Pedal division.

ATRIUM  
    16       Prestant
     8       Principal
     8       Gamba                gentle, wide-scale
     8       Bourdon              dark tone; stopped wood
     4       Octav
     4       Coppel
     2       Superoctav
    IV       Nasard  12.15.17.19
    IV-VI    Fourniture  15.19.22.26
     8       Trompet
     8       Krummhorn            wood
 
LOGGIA
     8       Principal
     8       Hohlflaut            open wood
     8       Violoncell           rich tone
     4       Octav
     4	     Traversflöt          harmonic wood
     2       Chamois              conical
    II-V     Cornet  
             12.17/1.8.12.15.17
    II       Mixtur  12.22
    VI-VIII  Cimbalum             mp   
             19.22.24.26.29.33
 
BELVEDERE     
     8       Solicional           gentle, small scale
     8       Quintaden
     8       Fiffaro              flat
     4       Flöt Duss            open metal, small scale
     2       Flageolett           stopped wood
    1 1/3    Quintlein
    II       Terzian  17.22
     8       Hautbois
     8       Voz
 
AVERNUS    
    16       Principal            open wood
    16       Subbass              stopped wood
     8       Octav
     8       Violoncell           open wood
    III      Terzian  15.17.19
    IV       Rauschpfeife  12.15.19.22
    16       Posaune              wood
     8       Kornett              wood
 
(1993)

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