West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-04-28
uusieaI INSTRUMENTS Am Church..

u
isted sgaipst the use OF musical instru-
ments in churches entirely disappeared p
asked New York Tribune reporter of a
Leading builder Of uipe organs recently.
vt has, I think, with tue exec ption Of
one denomiuatioa." was the reply. "Thr
Roman Catholic churches have always
used them more or less then the Protest
ant Episcopal. the Presbyterian aud other
| denominations followed In this order. II
has occasionally happened that three or
four wealthy members would buy an
organ and place II ia their church. The
conscientious scruples OF some church
members were rec"nciled in this way to
its Csc, rs they were not called upon for
| contributions. some churches would
consent To lhe use uf an organ only on
condition that II should he played softly.
| This for "A time would be cOmplid with,
but the subdued strains bec0m ing monot q
Onous The orgsnis;s generally, as Will
( Carleton Gays, 'bade farewell TO every
fear, aud boldly waded in
Several years agp Presbyterian minis
were placed in bic church be would re-
| sgu. But he was p,nsioDed off aud the
organ VAS purchased. Tue members OF
the United Presbyterian Churcb--com-
monty known IA the Psalm SiDgeIs'-are
now III the midst # controversy regard
| lug the repeal of their law prohibiting the
use of IN i,rumenls IN their worship.
| This law is based Ur the ground that
There is no authority la the New Tesla
mvnt for their use. Those who tavOr
music assert hat the Psalms exhvrted the
CnildrJn OF Israel 10 use instruments.
| rney ulsO say that the modern style OF
music la worship would be ."ore apt IL
reiaiu liz the cBurcn the young people VIM
are now incllDed 10 loin other uenomina-
tons
lis the pipe organ An ancient lnVeu-
| tluu2" WAS askvd.
~. yes; ia II c!ude form il existed b.
fore tue Cnnsl!uu era, aud one Of th,
Gums ~ Nero hdJ IN II IA IeJresentatiVu
OF all organ Ut That DAY. L. The eoIly
instruments, there were OulJ eisut or tea
| A.ye, when were lIOm thtee 10 nv, aud G.
uaii IA cnts wide, and were manipulated
by s,rIRIng them with lhe fist. From TIT
mauG.r Ut this play ing, the oigauIs!s were
then called organ heaters, Tue melh us
| Ui iuruisuius The wInd were also very
imperfect. A German cLuich III thus
citi hae OH old fashioned Im ported organ
when 10 supplied Win VIM rom ab ar
tahS witn n ugnly ti.tEg ild, "Urhng up
anu down win weights attached. Ii 10
puilUd up eaCn. lliiie ny IA mau Who Climbs
a lauder, LlaceS ills foot III a snriup anu
sid down. Like .YcIythIug else, the
BC,utIsJ improvements in organs have
Ueen mute III tue last twent) -nvc years.
We nave just pi.cea Que Ia tue Fiel Bap-
,st CnuICu, 81 bfuUkiin, when Is DuII
| On au ebuitly new p, ihCIpie. Inc !uslru-
IncuL ls IN tIc usual place DenInd The pu-
pat, Uu' tbs key 'aTd Is uOwn IN the Uouy
OF tue chutcn aoOut siAty nve feet tIum
tDe oigau, anu Is nI,,ct,u Win tue
pipIs by puCutualic lube 1t has Tie uu
usual aIuitIUn ut snare drum /, Is
Opeiute0 by pGeun lllc engine, uLucI
couiI,l oi a pedal at he UIgauIeI's feet.
l. water used mucu as ii motor f.
Yes, the use OF wafer tot that pui post
IL prouIUit,t III This city, but II is extern
slvely employed III 9th large cIties"
lis your Dusluess alt .geIner with
chutcnes -
Very nearly so still, we are now
tuilding ii $4,000 organ Tor u private
louise Ia Fifth ave, aud another one TO
cost $500 for gentleman al City Is
land"
''DO you contract bad debts ofteu ?"
Nv; although We sometimes have TO
wait IL long tltne for our pay 1 he com
plants We 50 often hear of IncOnsistenci,s
Of individual cLurcb-mt mbers Cannot, he
rule, be msGe against churches as COL
poratiOns. Pitvius 10 the pauic of 1873
tue Methodist denomination alone bum,
on al average, 200 cbufch,e yer. Toe
ratio of pipe organs in their buildings is
one to eight, most of them using small
reed organs.
'HOw long does it take to build an or
binary organ Z"
"About three months to finish one
properly, allowing the woods tiue to sta
SON"