The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02

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GRACE CHURCH ORGAN-The cost of the organ
presented by Edward F. Searles to Grace Church,
corner of Stockton and California, San Fran
cisco, is considerably over $50 900. The organ
is placed in the north chancel aisle, one front
facing the transept, the other the chancel, oc-
cupying floor space of 17x2S feet, with key
desk and choir gallery in the transept, elevated
three feet from the auditorium floor. The or
gan chamber has height of thirty-fve feet.
The case, of pure Gothic order, from design of
Henry Vaughan of Boston, is of 1uartered oak,
dark finish, exceeding rich in detail, with dis
played pipes of FURNISHED proof tin 102 in
number. The key desk is of improved con-
struction. A system is introduced by which
the registers most used are placed nearest the
performer. The pneumatic motor is applied to
the great and its couplers and to the lower oc-
tave of the swell, choir and pedal Or
gans. The register action is tubular pneu-
matte. There are three wind reservoirs, ag-
gregate capacity 1876 square feet. All the
manual chests are on a level, insuring equal
temperature. The swell box is 12x12 feet
inches and 10 feet high with double lowers.
separate box with adjustable front is located
in the rear, within, for the Vox Humana.
The organ is blown by powerful
hydraulic. engine. operating duplex feeders
pressed air drawn from the interior OF the Or
gan exclusively, at each movement OF its
piston. There are two distinct systems of
combination movement-by pistons under
their manual, affecting the drawstops, throw
ing on the combination and taking OFF all
Others, and by the usual double acting
pedals not affecting them, making in ali twen-
the other. These systems can be used jointly
or severally, the changes made with the great
est speed and ease.
All the stops are full compass of the key
board. The reed 16-foot octaves are full
length. The pitch is 1854.
The organ has notes, stops and pipes as fol
swell. 81 notes. 16 stops. 1859 pipes; choir 81
notes, II stops, 81 pipes, pedal, 80 notes, 8
stops, 24O pipes; mechanical registers. 10 stops:
total number OF stops So, pipes 1924; Com
mechanical movements z. w. w. Holt, the
organist of the church, says it is the finest Or
gan west of Chicago.
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tering the bay of San Francisco has to pay the
following port charges: Survey SO, entry 81,
certificate 20 cents, and general order 20
cents. There is tonnage tax on vessels ar
irving in the United States from any foreign
port in North America, north of the southern
part OF the Isthmus of Darien, or any port in
Newfoundland the West Indies or the Sand
witch Islands. The tax is cents per ton for
every entry, but the total tax shall not exceed
Is cents per ton in any one year. The tax on