The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-11-18
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The Bslfinere Millionaire BuildiBs Acnster
Instssmeat Music whish can be Heard at .
Distance or q Mfis,

millionaire OF Baltimore, has now been
engaged for nearly TWO years expert
lmenting, with view to building an im-
n,ense organ at his private residence.
The mansion, with surrounding grounds,
occupy an entire block in the western
section OF the city, and. as generally
known, are beautifully laid out ana mag
lniicently adorned with all that weaitR
and q cultivated taste can suggest. Dur
ing Mr.. Winans' summer sejourns at
N5wDort he has attached to his resi-
dence house In which has experiments
are continued. During the ensuing WIN
| ter an organ will be built at Newport,
under his direction, which will be one OF
the largest in this country. and wlll Dc
placed in building expressly construct
ed for the purpose.
| When the instrument 10 being per.
formed upon, the music, 1T is stated, Will
lbe heard distinctly lor nearly q mile.
But, large as this will be, the monster
| organ which Mi. Winans will have con-
stfucted in Baltimore will greatly ex-
tceed it an dimensions and power. The
building in which this organ will be Dulit
is situated in the northwestern angie oil
fMr. Wlhans' spacious grounds, within o
short distance OF the wall at the western
boundary Of the inclosure. 1t Is built OF
brlck, and the entire structure Wlll pc
used Tor the case OF the organ. Ihe
ldimensions OF the main organ-room are
las follows: Height from floor TO ceiling,
4 40 feet; area OF floor, IA feet lncnes Ny
"a ieet. There 10 another apartment tWo
: stories in height, the tirst OF which Will
/ lbe used for two tanks, which will be de-
scrlDed hereafter, and in the second
the great swell-pipes Of the organ WILL
be put. This apartment will be Known
7 as the swell-house.
, The main organ house Is pierced by
, two large double windows on the nortn
and south sides, each s by 6 feet in size.
! The side next to the sweii-house has two
: OF these windows, the upper one OF
p which open out Oh the ruof oi the swell
house, and the otner, several leet lower
I, comes just beneath The roof, and opens
u into the swell-nouse. A row ol heaV,
4 slaIs ia before the latter window, wnlcl
can be opened or closed at pleasure
> from below. Directly opposite this WIN
s tdow, winch Is intended TO regulate tnt
Q Isound from the swell-louse, is a siinilal
n window opening into the audience
:, room.
BY means of these Slated Window
}, the music can be made soft and low o
@ made loud and deep. When the windov
= Hin the swell-nouse IS closed the sount
will appear as though at distance, ant
3, the gradual opening OF the Stats Will. d
ls 1T were, bring it nearer, producing
,e charming eteet. When IT Is desired Z
y luaye the music heard through tn
yreunds and in the neighborhood tn
u windows can be opened, and the melt
i dious sounds will be distinctly audlDl
!, for mile. Closing the heavy iron shu
ters upon the windows will conhne tn
et sound in all its power within the con
oil pass of the organ-room.
,n The organ pipes, between 5000 an
= 1900 in number, will range IN size frol
3l ieet hign and 2 feet by 2 feet inche
lie in diameter down to pipe few feet
er length and about one-fourth OF an inch
diameter. There will be tive banks
~ keys, each operating separate set
an pipes as follows: The choir organ, IL
OF swell, the solo and the high pressur
~ The numb of stops will exceed 200.
The air-supply lOr the organ Will be
as means of u new process, which is the Il
pc yention OF Mr.. Winans. Instead of th
tn old blowing apparatus, the wind Is su
4. plied from tanks which contain over 2
Az cubic feet Of air each, which is force
ne into the tanks by means OF pump, an
lis is again forced into the organ ny u
20 weight Of the heavy iron tanks, Whit
i operate upon the same principle as ga
le- Ometers.
le- which prevents any leakage of air, thu
as ubviating the difficulty Of preventing Il
- leakage that is SO often met with In II
M Odd bellows method of organ 6loWin
az Oniy one oil the pipes has been placed
llv position, and It's size may be better U
- derstood when it ls stated that 1T
ay nearly as large as an ordinary siz
Tx, chimney, and lowers above mans he
* after the fashion OF q telegraph pole.
IL the larger pipes will be constructed
'he wood. They will be arranged in roy
ar with the small ones near the performs
Vie and the rest rising tier alter tIer TO t
,ld larger ones. This enables the observ
~ 70 have all the pipes in view at once
course, excepting those in the swe
try Eroom, which, as before stated, is sepal
of ted from the main organ room.
Among the experiments which
" Winans has been making is one 1or I
,ll- purpose OF determining the exs
all amount of time which is lost betwe
IN the instant of touching the key and
w production of the sound. This result
ea arrived at by an ingenious device,
he which Mr.. Winans is the author. Il
he pencil points arranged in such a-positi
That one is operated by the key and
lm- other by the valve in the pipe. A VIII
ng. disk is set in motion, running az a u
Dut form rate Of speed, and, upon the X
-; BENG touched, the pencil with whicl
T.! is directly connected will strike I
lth periphery of the disk and make sm
lin DOT, AS soon as the action Of the
in. is communicated to the valve, the otl
pencil is allowed to strike the disk, M
eo' ing dot slightly back OF the other.
for lascertaining the rate Of speed at VIII
the wheel is running and the distance
ltne dots apart, the exact distance
sse tween the touch OF the key and the
ex- sponse can be determined.
,m- Thus far Mr.. Winans' work upon
~ organ has been only experimental Q
he has not yet fully determined VI
aid the time when the actual work OF 9
ne struction will be- commenced, but
,al- experiments have been 50 thorough Il
w the space OF a few months is all u
un' will be necessary for the completion
Inn 1.-THE organ when once begun. When ct
old pieted Mr.. Winans' organ will be Lar
o,,r est In America.
opf The largest in the world is at Alb
es- Hall. London. 1t contains 1873 stops ;
ay- upwards Of 10, 900 pipes, all ofwhich
,sis OF metal. 1t was built by Henry W
in 1870. There i'd another OF Mr.. Wi
ltn- Eorgans at st. Georges Hall, Liverpt
ion which has, 100 stops and 5000 pipes.
ned llargest organ in America IL ia MI