The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-16
TELEPHONE MdRvELs.
Sending Sankey's Music Seventy Miles over
tho Telegraph Wirea


TWIN '" -''1' Ttr'no fe' H.
A telegraph operator at Evanston the OF hor
night WIS fright ned almost out of his wits by
hearing his "cut out board" play "Nncty-nnI-
Nine" When capable of thfnking-for nstOn-
i-hmcnt nom uHs,rd him for n moment or two
he con rludsd that Sunkcy was siti ny on the top
OF a pole somewhere nlOns the line sending IA
mcssagc tO the stray sheep to como INTO the fold
Another III rsop y mt "a in his home nj Uipn-
wood hoard tho muse at the same titno. but he
WIS not TT all alarmed i.rat lcaton tx pr,.4s ~
h - stint. nf mini TINS wins Mr. 4; II S,,,nrrr.
cle tri.inn of the W stern Union COMPANY H.
for, him, ON IA table VIA "A ANAL lsix. nearly
spunrc. in II mmgnot and wire niia IA, a. Soy.
cnty miles AWAY in Milwaukee tho Oprrn TIo,isr
Was crowded W tn prnulr n4s4. mblrd 10 Listen 10
the lecture ol G. II. uaskina ON clc tririty. They
also heard III hymn ana sAw the ioX mud thn
magnet, and the wire md were h. sicn them
solves W an delight AT til ~ trltmph OF scion v,
The ono directly roeppnsl lie inr tho fright OF
tho OF. rator. the grat 4 alton Of Mr. Summer4,
md the srttny OF nj lwnukre bv ina c1r,, ~
Mr. Elisha GRAY. the inventor Of the telephone.
md ihr i,,,ntI,ui,tn vhn ycua ,unninuIutt III. ihc
instrument was MIR. W. Vi. Gondridgr. who was
at the Office of the Western Union Telegram
rnn,nnnv in ~ ,i,v N'''" i'"s'"p"
Mr.. GRAY, In connection with Mr.. Goodrdgc
has hcpn hard mt work since lS7J deNclouins
the telephone, and he has made suDh prnerras
IA to insure tho ACCOMPLISHMENT of his Object
the sending Of eight meseagre over ono wiro at
the same time. The musical fgiture. not as wi
developed TO lts full extent. is simply u novelty
-rvidenrn nf whni can be- done Whit mny
come ont of II MIR Crpv iona NOT know sinrr
the instrument n capabe of Elaboration, Al
ready though The trlrnnone' ns M present con
sttu,dnJ ~ not ausrnl 4, tInt,irJ Tor i, hnrnnnv
nn In, I'M ~. vii ~. ,,rirJ va ~ nun "o"'
m. invnnt,,u ,,,v l,, .ai,l T., c,naia, Of ,hro
rnris: ono ia irnna,uisainn of simnle melody
which IL received un,n "A magnet: another IA
M transmission If rithrr rhnr,ls ar disrnr,i--
- -. IN 4. -, Ill H.. n ~.
'NnilNTN t,ll'~ Nhl'i ."h ~ ~ r"'lNHu On
rlh-l" lhsi unrll' hlu W, thlru II received ON
the one Ia which cnch instrument IL attuned
This IL the Xulunit. f,ntur-the ubiiity to trnns-
NH .nn,n.-it, t,,,,a sin,uitn nn,usiy ,nh ~,
- H., ,,' ,i,', ~ -. 80 ~ ,', =, H., ~,
~ Wv w A., ~. ~ o. ~ i.'i, CIV
II',''IN.lS ITO IiiNiuuhlitN " 'ne I.''NluE
rnd ana thus enabling the operator To- hear the
tone which his box IN designed Ia receive
Tho sending instrument II the term IL nor
,,iailI, i. H. a., ~, 49,, ,.,i H. ~ I,
,,,,i =, , r r. H. ,''', 60, I 49,, ,'i u, ',t' ~
dlnAry way 10 the hu~i'al scale. and th"-"
reeds are kept in vibration hy means of gal
NYnc bait RIGS When the operator b"gln- To
pay on me kct~, III" whole series oi reeds are
started and irEn Vibrating and the nois' made
il d'alo mug Whcii the doors ol inc organ are
open. green hnur covering ON the inside
draden- The sound when they are shut. and
nothing ran hc h.n!d. The keys close the main
circuit through til If corroHponding rcrds. mud
sound the notes. which, Nihratc the line. The
instrument now III u-r has sixteen notes and
any tun" can hr pa ed That comes within That
compass. II il unlike ANY musical instrument.
cN..p. Us tnthc attaining - the rcod-.
IN" rf'cN'r i - wnud'n bon, O. lurr" one for
low note ard a small one for a iigh note.
varying In size from eight inch hong ll funr
/ widc 60 two icrt H ono and n quarter On the
top. fastened securely. il u mngnr. 10 which are
attached tho in and out wires Th' NINA
! tur" mounted on the magnet II fixed rigidly at