The Springdale news., 1889-11-01
/9MpED BY ELECTRICITY.
An Effective Organ Motor Introduced iu
 Several New York Churches.


 motors to the operating of church or gans. During the last two or three years experiments have been made to this end by the various electric light and electric motor companies, which have finally resulted in the perfeeting izing the antiquated methods of pro- viding large organs with a satisfactory motive power.
 The first church in the country, and probably in the world, to make use of this latest triumph of electrical science was St. Paul $. of this city. which for nearly year has operated it's organ by means of one-horse power C and C motor. where formerly four men were required to do the same amount of work. The experiment has been watched with great interest by elec- tricians, for it's success meant the open- ing of large and remanefative field to manufacturers of electric motors. 1t has proved such Q complete success that seven of the largest church or gans in New York have recently been similarly equipped They are St Patrick Cathedral. the Collegiate Re formed Church, the Madison Square Church. Trinity, St. Thomas, Calvary and St lguatius'.
 The advantages of the motor over other means of pumping organ bellows are so many and evident. that it is but the question of short time before all churches within reach of an electric current will be provided with the labor saving appliance. Heneeforth the or ganist is independent of his bete noire, the human organ blower, or the yaga- ries of the gas engine. He now seats himself at his instrument, presses a button within reach of his hand, and the motor reyolves, the bellows rise and fall, and the organ, obedient to his touch, gives forth it's music in praise of the works of man as well as of God. No longer is he in momentary dread that the small boy, owing to the sopor- fife influences Of his playing, or to the defective working Of an antiquated en- zine, will force him, tiguratiyely speak ing, to whistle for breeze.
 The Use of the water motor, the cheapest of all known methods for gen. erating wind, vas made impossible in this city some years since because of the enormous waste of water which it necessarily involved. The great and ipsur,,, o,,ntabf, 11,;,otSC,,z r., *. ,. engine is that it has been found impos- sible, either to minimize or overcome the noise and the great expense involved both initial and constant. The cost of the equippfng III organ with an elec- tric motor is less than half tbat for the simplest kind of gas engine The cost of operating is also decidedly less. 1t Is not more than ten dollars q month per horse power, and as the size of the motor is increased tho relative cost per horse power is diminished. Where the church is already fitted with elec- tric light wires the expense is, of course, much reduced. The St Thomas church organ. the largest in the city, Is easily and satisfactorily run by mo- tor Of four-horse power.
 The small space that the motor occu. pies, the evenness of its blowing, the facility of it's control in starting and as well us in regulating, and the little attention required, are the special advantages claimed for it over any other power used for this purpose.
 
 Il runs with practically no noise, is free from heat or odor, gives no trouble from frost in the coldest weather, and IS always to be depended upon to do what is asked of it. If an organ is built for power, its attachment is the work of moment. If built to be run by hand, it can easily be transformed into one ready for power. Regulation may be effected by varying the speed of the motor by the movement of the bellows, or by using constant speed motor employing a mechanical move ment to connect or disconneet the power by shifting belt which is acted upon by the rise or fail of the bellows.
 The one in use at St. Paul's is an autoHldltc Hot0f connected 10 the main driving pulley by q shifting belt When the bellows rise to certain point this belt is made to work on loose pulley, thus disconnecting the motor from the driving shaft When, however. the bellows fall below this point (by the lse of compressed air) the belt is made 10 automatically shift on to the tight pulley, and the motor again does its work. Another method of regulation . s by connecting the motor itself with bellows to regulate the power given ! )ut by the motor. As the bellows rise . he speed of the motor is reduced until | hey are full; at that point the motor $ at rest, and starts as the bellows again falls.-N. T. Times.