The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-03


organ was from c below &C, 10 10 alt; but no
double CCC sharp. The member OF pipes was
1876
The diapasous IN The great organ have always
bocu esteemed the Gnest that Schmidt ever
made. Those AZ the Temple were very fine in
bass but fell OH exceedingly in the treble those
Of st. Paul did not but were regular and uniform
10 the quality OF the tone Throughout The effect
OF the three d7ptsuns with pedal basscs (thc right
bend eng god with the melody in the 'rcble,
the left accompanying it on the swell, was
beautiful, Rtd showed the diGpason, OIL tn the
utmost advantage Tho style best calculated for
the dHpasons Was o91Go logafo, and o1ut1Jiic
movements which bad the riches effect imigina-
bic. 7 Three Or four n,tes, or n chord held down
In the bass on the dlaptsous, 1Sd all the effect Of
thunder ut distance and. when comparing these
diupfsors with any Other that Schm dt ever made,
or even Harris, or Schroeder, SChmi It's principal
man, who built the organ at Westminster Abbcy,
they fell ia short i'm respect u the quality as well
as The BODY Ut tone. The rest Of tue stops Ia tho
gttSi organ blended finely together; and when tho
haas,s were doubled by the pedals, the power Of
the chorus was very great. Schmidt seems TO
have cNccllCd in the dtGpasOn or foundation stops
The choir organ at St. Pduls WAS not 10 any
respect inferior 20 the PrCai Organ The stop dii-
pHSon was certainly the finest OF the kind ever
heard ana tho body Of tone I'm the bass far supa.
rior 70 the ono Ia the full organ. II was fine
stop for accompanying the voice in solo. The
flute mixed beautifully with IL. There was sOma-
thing particularly itch in tie quality Of t,nc Of
the principal and whom used with the two former
stops, it made a fine bold choir organ. Tue
twelfth aud fifteenth added made q good chorus,
bat being seldom used, we're generally out Of
tune. 1hC MiNtuTu, CremOua, aud NONhum ma
were never used, and the stops, in consequences
were wCdEtd mp. The swell, 8 later Invention
was not made hy SCAuidti " was originally built
uy Craug, its frst inventor. II an organ had three
rows Of keys formerly, the third was called "the
cChU,' ana consisted In general Of four or five
stops, fastened up ina box without any opening
sCluom extending below middle G. The iuvon.
ton Of the swell was wonderful improvement IN
tlC a-t Of organ building as the finest effect can
bc produced by its judiciou- use.
II the swell is Of good compass, and swoils
well IN tune, the player can throw in so much
coloring and shading that it is almost impossible
70 tire the car especially il he be dextorOUs Ht
the pedals, as he eau then play the bass with his
feet, while his hands are engaged alternately at
each set Of keys. The FIRST swell made after its
invention was for this organ, and turned out
somewhat like the first organ Schmidt built after
his arrival in Engiaud-nOt very good. Itw8s
always considerably tGtter than the other pirt
Of the organ, and did not appear to be Of the
same temperament neither dId il stand well in
tune. The dapGSOu aud principal migcd VOL
together, but the reed stops did not resemble
what they were called. Tue trumpet rc4CmDl0d
the hautboy the hautbOy the Crcmonp, but they
were not nearly powerful enough for the building.
The organ at St. Pauls underwent a repair
| about hfty mine years ago at which time every
note in the organ was transposed. lt Is q re-
maTkable Circumstance that all Schmidt's organs
were q quarter, and some even half tone above
pich. This used TO be so severely felt by the
wind instrument at the performance of the sons
Of the Clergy that they could not get near the
pitch of the organ, IN consequence Of which ii was
agreed upon that the organ should be altered TO
concert pitch by trausposng thc pipes, so thatthc
| CCC became Odd, and SO on through all the
! organ. The double CCC was an entire new Jte,
| ana by no means gOOd. Tue liaptson was of
| wood, which was soon disCOyeIaDie after touch
| ing the other notes.
| those who remembered the organ in It's origi-
| nal state would never say il was beuCred by the
! repair 1t underwent, IL lad four pairs OF bellows
| eight feet by four; which, from some defect in
| them, caused at times sad shaking throughout
| the whole instrument, especially when the
basses were doubled by the pedals. This was
very unpleasant, and might easily have been
rCmeded in the hands Of Il skiful manpudtOr.
The touch of the great organ was rather too light,
at least in the base as the ates would not close
time enough 20 admit Of very quick playing. The
pedals TO the great organ being short we're Uf
very little use, and were frequently complained
| of by foreigntrS, iwhO played upon the instru
! mCnt but could not manage them after the Ger
man style. The organ Gaze Go the top Of the
ornameuts) stood near thirty feet high from the
bottom Of the building it was about forty-siX feet
1t was eighteen feet wide and eight feet deop
| The carving about the case was very handsome
this was executed by Gibbons, whose decurat Gus
embellished every part Of the choir. The organ
was opened, with Divine service, on the thauk3'
giving for the peace Of Kyswick, December >,
1897.
jeremiah Clark was the orgsuist OF St. Paul
when the new organ opened. He died in
1907. The other orgauists have been Nj. Brind,
/ died l7lS; Dr. Maurice Green, died l7iJ; Mr.
Jones, died 1885, Mr.. Atwood, pupil Of Mo,
zart and Mr. John Gross, the present OrGanist-