The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-19
ORGANS Nv PRfTtTE HOUSES.
Costly md superb tnstrutneuts Made for Rich
News Amu.crcnt-One Buiu Through
Three st"rics Water Motors ana Engines
for Workinu the Nciiows, and Many Miles
of Electric Wire for the Movements.

that the building OF ripr organs for private
houses has crown into prominent business in
this country. \ few gentlemen of wealth and
taste havo had the king of nstrum ents" In
their homes for half century past. but only
within four or five years has it been TINT really
grand organs. rivaling in power and costliness
those in churches. hnvc been in any noteworthy
demand for private use. The organ is neces-
sarly n very "opens vc instrument 1t must
have sufficient apacc not only for It's own great
bulk. but for ts grand tone to be heard. Al
though in the introduction Of pipe organs into
private residences W. nru but following an old
European Gust we are as our builders affirm
actually ahead of the Old World In the propor-
ton oi large, perfected Instruments ordered
Tor such employment. Invention In organ
building has made great strides within halfa
century. and more here than in Europe. As
one prominent builder said: 1T would have
oeen Simply impossible to procure in the world
1ity years ago such an instrument rs any one
Of the American builders can turn out day"
And of all the great improvements made. there
is none too costly ior the instruments demand
ed for the dwellings Of American millionaircs
Mr.. III. l.. Rpo-"veit who has factories in
New York, Philadelphia. and Baltimore. has
turned out Fl nm lhe New York factory no less
sih s.Neh grand ort.nns for private houses
y, a s Qns ., H. IN, nolwvTGrihy Reese
hall, TN" tohncco manufacturer. who lives in
Rochester. Ii is thrcc-manual organ. con-
tanning 10 speaking stops and 2.A7i pipes, and
cost 81 900. \ peculiarly about this organ is
the way in which II is erected. Mr.. Kmball's
In one mass 50 it has been built to run up
from story to story through three stories. in
the Stages AT one side of a large winding stair
way. The Keyboard is on the second-st
landing. and the connections of the action are
ly slectricity, sim lar TO the system adopted
already celebrated. though still incomplete.
grand organ in the Cathedral, of the, !ncarne-
affirmed. is the largest in the world. The sew
eral part, OF that cathedral organ. which
" G civ" !" Hs are nS sa SS
twenty-five niles Of electric wire. For Mr.,
power that of, Mr. KimbalI. Its peculiarly is
mat it has II double open diapason of 32-foot
pitch. which is possessed 10y NO other organ in
private house in ao this e.untry-a feature that
1t is placed in fine music hall especially
erected for ITS reception; Both these organs
n organ sn%f built Wv h. U wnTs or G
late MIR Thomas Winnns at Newport. Il. l.. will
be remembered by many summer visitors to
house erected "spec"y for it on tho ' rocks at
the ocean shore. and although not very large
The sides Of the house are constructed-likc
the stats on swell box-so that, they can be-
Of the player. and 80 Increase Or diminish the
Volume q sound given forth. When the water
Is slno'I' us tones t'lll ne nfuGu very out
a steam engine operates its bellows.
one Of the ilnr;l ors.ns Of Of, its size in the
Touro Robertson Of tho American Bank Note
Company. JUS completed nv Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t
has only eighteen speaking stops and cost only
sijoD but IT j. spoken OF by those who have
hoard an! sem Ii a. possessing rare beauty of
tonr. rrmarlihblc power and the most elaborate
finish that can b. put on IAN organ. A full set
OF block IN pipes in front and II carved cherry
case make i look IKE y lSwe ana II has =
cunc"r: ilute stop OF novel construction that
is inns - ,iust lie III is packed
into ani Just Nils II study NJ one end Of Nr.
RohertsoA's dining room. and is lifted with
when not in d-c - that it takes only II few
inches qt space from the dining room. Mr
country residence of Mr. Ebridge T. Gerry. ut
Lake reltwlr.. y. Y: for John Wannamaker
Greennnf Of .Ltnoi, Mass. and a number.
OF other gentlemen. together with lot OF
s s.H as 1T lint tnrnasS sys to nGe TE5Smns
Ei@on. at Mnnlo Park. and used by him
ioreyperimentai purposes. He ha: also just
and j. now building a.9ihr with tlny speak;
Thirty, Nth Street Provided al!owance" is is
parts Of an organ, for future additions to it. it
may be enlarged from year to year as the
rant and that is the way the Instrument H in S the
Church of the Incarnation is to lie perfected
sixty speaking stops Ths organ by which ihls
ths VII, lie Epise"ra! ehnrch at Rome Rome
sy Whit h prale Of he tbs hsz lor is
eHase GuFiy %nd psrfSJ s S 61 tSn sn two
first was an orchestra organ OF immense power.
Theh Ta PLACED in hs oS country residence on
turc Is u high pressure cornet stop, for solo
effects which is frequently heard clearly in
For the serond organ. to be erected in his resi-
dGnIS II ff,h avenue md SiStylseeond A. street
ana a the o M %sS " ode have f Just done
Ihare are only one or two church organs in the
have not some Of its peculiar and most effective
It has IS s0nf5 AID i s5Ho pipss
Ts ! soo eor met s s@ppl;ed With MIA
T6ca a. c"a1s Whereas Si IS the
voicing Of church organ is on 3-incti pres
sqqr@ and in solo playing has ekac4g the effect
hugIle; The carillons''' are not ACTUALLY
bell bn, steel hrs and are operqi,sd BY
<l5ooo hut that WAS by no, means the extent Of
the outlay H. To Ro r1orGss 2E IS
running from the sub-ccllar floor up to the
second story Of the house, height Of 32 feet
It's s give rar wS.h wHa s tn IN
a short time, the b-cellar and cellar had 10
be double and treble lined with concrete. as
phatum, and other materials. A steam engine
Of thrce-hOrse power was provided to work
tho bclows Perfect connection was eff
focted by the employment, Of the patent
;iipgpshng feature Of the 0dell organs.
The Keyboard was put in the first story. in a
recess back OF .he pnrlor. Looked at from the
front there, only n large expansc of highly or
namental Queen Anne fretwork appears.
either side Of which, at the depth Of the recess.
Is a window. Before one OF those windows is
the keyboard and behind that fretwork are the
rarlons and the solo. organ. including that
powerful cornct stop 4 visitor might be in the
house fora week, and. Il the orgnn were not
played in that time or he did not chance 10
penetrate that recess he would not bc likely to
snspnrt hat there Is in organ in the building.
iessrS. Odc have also erected organs in tho
houses Of Reni. Gregory, 324 West Twcnty-third
street: Robert Thalon SIC ST. Marks avenue.
lrookIyn: + NJ. Bowman OF 81; Louis, and
number of others but none Of them AT all APP
Iroyimating in size TO that built for Mr. Bel
dom city residence. The first organ ON which
that pneumatic arrangement for communica-
ton Of action and for combinations was intro
duced los these makers was in that constructed
H. 1873 for st. BarIholomew's Church.a grand
instrument that has ~ stops and LABS pipes,
I, il al, nod nv thnm TINT their rheumatic