Pedal
Stops
a nd
Swell Sto
ps
Stop Tablets
General lnformation
Orisinally, the word
"!top"
in
pip€
orsan lanslage
rel€rl€d to the control which
"stopp€d"
the wind
to a
specific
group
or Iank of
pipe€.
The stop
rrttrked 1a
q,ould
contrcl a mn! of
pipes
th€
laig€€t of which
would
b€ 16 in lensth The 8' stop
r€fetrled to a ranlr
in which the lsrg€st
pip€
would b€ 8' in
tenstlt.
B€cau!€ these footage rna*in8B have been the orgsn-
ists unit of
pipe
measure throushout the
yea.s,
Gulbraru€n has rnaintain€d
the
s]€t€m.
A color code is Eaintained on the stop ttblets
{or
both the SweU
Manurl and the Gr€at Manual:
sr€€n
engravins for individual speking voic$, black en-
graving
Ior cohbination tablets.
For
example,
the
Diapason ld on the
Swell
Manual i!
a
conbination
of
the
Bourdon 16', fibia
g
and
Tibia 4'.
lte
black tebleb
Eudr e! lYemolq Ttnbre, and Eo
torth, are call€d
'tlon-3peaking"
Etop8 whid by theh-
selv€6
create no tone but affect the
sperking stoF.
Thele
are exprained in detail
in the
section
mverinS
non.8pe3kins Etops.
Using
the Speaking
Stops
There ale no set
rul€€ regarding
the
.eSistration
of
the or8an.
This is a
matt€r of taste
and dep€nds
upon
the o.ganist
and the s€l€ction
beins
plaved.
The
sinSle
exc€ption
to this is that
you
should
nev€r
us€
the
f.actional atDps,
13/6', 22ht,
5y3', by thems€lve!.
They ehould
be us€d in coniunction
with the even
foot€d 6tops to
change the
tone color or
to add
"spice"
to the r€sistration being
u!€d.
Usually, the
melody is
played
on the
Swell
Manual
and a complim€nting accompaniment
is
played
or
the Grert
Manual. The
p€dal
ltops should
be sel€ct€d
so ss to blerd with Orc
rnanud resistlation to
add
rhythd or a
"beat."
At leslt one sp€aking stop
must
be
"on'
for ead
of the manuals to create a tone.
We urse
you
to exp€riment
with th€ stop tablets
to
tsmiliarire
youEelf
with
your
new Gulbranm
Orsen and
to
find rcgilkation€ that are
pl€aaing
to
your
ear.
We have includ€d
a
few sample rcgistrations
in this manual to assist
you
in addition to
the music
book!
includ€d i!
the
Owner8 Kit.
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