Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-27
A GRAND ORGAN.

A two.msnual pipe organ has lately been
purchased by the st. Paups Episcopal
Church, Eighth street, between l and j, OF
this city. 1t was built by Bergstrom & Co.,
of San Francisco, expressly for this society,
at cost of 50, 600, and is one of the finest in
struments in the city. 1t combines all the
very latest improvements, and its exterior
finish is Of rich and neat design. The case
is of walnut, gothic style, and the large
diapason pipes, exposed to view in the upper
section of the structure, are beautifully deco
rated in gold and colors, to harmonic with
the frescoing of the church. In addition to
its late improvements, Mr., Bergstrom has also
patented several appliances which simplify
the mechanism of the instrument, and make
it more effective. The organ, proper Is
divided into great, swell and pedal, each OF
which may be operated separately, or all
coupled into one. 1t is provided with two
banks of keys of four and one-half octaves
each, and two octsves and two. or
twenty-seven notes, and has twenty-three
stops. The arrangement of the stops
gives immediate and distinct Responses
feature that calls for the most hearty praise
from skilled musicians. The couplers are
adjusted between the manuals, and consist OF
three sets OF two each, one to couple and the
other to uncouple, the effect IN either case
being produced by light pressure OF the
thumb or finger without raising the hand
from the keys, thus easily and instantly
coupling the swell and pedal, the great and
swell or the great and pedal, at the option of
the performer. These pedal couplers connect
the entire great organ with the pedals, or shut
it off as the case may be. The swell organ
is controlled SO as to remain at any point of
swell the player desires without the necessity
of securing the pedal. and is in itself very
novel contrivance This grand instrument
contains the following stops Double open
ing 16 feet and bourden 16 feet, having q
notes each. Great organ Open dlapason, s
feet melodis, s feet principal, feet; flute
harmonic, feet; twelfth . % fifteenth, 2
feet and trumpet, s feet, of 5S notes each.
Swell organ Open dispasoD, feet; stop d.
spason. s feet; csrolophon, feet futina,
feet bassoon, s feet; oboe, feet; and
tremulo, which operates upon all the stops
of the swell-orgap. The couplers are great
to pedal, swell TO pedal, and swell TO great.
Combination is great piano and great forte of
verticle swell pedal. The voicing of this
magnificent music machine reaches the
highest perfection the diapssons ale rich and
powerful, the string stops produce the pecu-
liar string effects and the flutes crisp and
brilliant. A person standing inside of this
grand instrument, amongst its forest of pipes,
during a performance on its keys, is Devil.
dered by the mighty volume of sounds that
beat about his senses-from the finest treble,
that seems TO issue from some far-awsy reed,
like the faint vibrations of wind. Jared
harp, down to the hoarse below of deep
thunder bass that booms through the great
pipes till it reaches its fullest tone, then dies
away as dies the thunder echoes through
some mighty underground cavern.