Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-21
PUMPED BY ELECTRICITY.
An Effective Organ Motor Introduced In
Several New York Churches.


several New York Churches.
Not least among the many uses
which electricity now subserves is its
adaptability through the medium OF
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 perfecting
OF machine which Is fast revolution
izing the Anticipated methods OF pro-
viding large organs with 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's, OF this city. which for
nearly year has operated its organ
by means OF a one-horse power and
G motor. where formerly four men
were required to do the same amount
of work. The experiment has been
watched with great interest by cleo
tricians, for its success meant the open
ing OF large and remunerative field
to manufacturers OF electric motors. 1t
has proved such 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. Ignatius'.
The advantages OF tho 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. Henceforth the Or
ganist is independent OF his bette noire,
the human organ blower, or the vaga-
ries OF the gas engine. He now seats
himself at his instrument, presses a
button within reach OF his hand, and
the motor revolves, 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 we'll as Of God.
No longer is he in momentary dread
that the small boy, owing to the sopor-
ifc influences Of his playing, or to the
defective working of an Anticipated en-
CINE. will force him, figuratively speak
ing, to whistle for breeze.
The use of the water motor, the
cheapest OF all known methods for gen.
Grating wind, was made impossible in
this city some years since because of
the enormous waste OF water which 1t
necessarily involved. The great and
insurmountable objections to the gas
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
trio motor is less than half that for the
simplest kind OF gas engine The cost
of operating is also decidedly less. II
is not more than ten dollars a month
| per horse power, and as the size of the
motor is increased the relative cost per
horse power is diminished. Where
the church is already fitted with cleo.
trio 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 its control in starting and
stopping, as well as in regulating, and
the little attention required, are the
special advantages claimed for it ovel
any other power used for this purpose
1t runs with practically no noise, is free
from heat or odor, gives no trouble
from frost in the coolest weather, anG
is always to be depended upon to dt
what is asked of it. If an organ /.
built for power, its attachment is tn,
work of a moment. II built to be rur
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 tn,
bellows, or by using constant speed
motor employing a mechanical move
ment to connect or disconnect tn,
power by shifting belt which is actet
upon by the rise or fall of the bellows
The one in use at St. Paul's is a,
automatic motor connected to the mali
driving pulley by a shifting belt Whel
the bellows rise to a certain point thi
belt is made to work on loose pulley
thus disconnecting the motor from thu
driving shaft When, however. tn
bellows fall below this point (by tn
use of compressed air) the belt is mad
to automatically shift on to the tigh
pulley, and the motor again does it
work. Another method of regulation
is by connecting the motor itself will
bellows to regulate the power givel
out by the motor. AS the bellows ris,
the speed of the motor is reduced unit
they are full; at that point the motto
is at rest, and starts as the below
again falls.-N. Y. Times.
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