Barbara Owen once pointed out to me the same system
at work in an American
organ of the 1860s (I think it must have been a Hook
in or near
Newburyport) - the excellent pedal division on a modest
two manual
consisted of Bourdon 16' and a big open flute 8' labelled
(I think) Cello.
Together they sounded like an Open Wood 16' to me - and
at a fraction of the
space and cost.
....
(Message to builders of really small new organs - don't
waste your clients
money by providing both 8' principal and 8' flute on
the pedal - a single
open wood 8', voiced soft but of very big scale, will
do the work of both
only better. And, while I am on about it, if you must
use a fagotty (i.e.
bassoon-like) half-length 16' pedal reed then have a
Trumpet 8' too when you
can - the two together will sound like a Bombarde 16')
....
The
old masters did not change stops often, not because
they were either
primitive or stupid, but because their tonal recipe
satisfied the ear for
long periods at a time.
Quoted from Harmonics and Cheats
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