The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19
ORGANS MADE To SING.
Philadelphia Times.

ORuh No W ~ DE 1O Ol NOs
Philadelphia Times.
Washington, Oct. 30.-N0w that
machines have been made to repeat
articulatc speech, as the photograph
and granaphOnc, the next wonder
which has been announced as q sci.
entidc discovery by an eminent inven.
tor Is that, by means Of simple ma.
chine, the dumb can be made IN
speak, and the organs Of our churches
and cInccrt halls deliver orations,
songs and operas as II they were In.
telligcnt human beings. 1t Is not i
OF something which has
come from the mouth of a human be.
ing-it Is applying to person a part
OF an organ and combining the prop
critics Of the two in such u way that
the organ is governed entirely by tho
intelligence Of "A man, yet, though he
says nothing, from the instrument
will c0ulc the sound as II he we're
speaking, only in volume and tone,
the sound being that given by the in
struMent.
In other words, the miracle OF tie
Bible will be performed in a siEple
way by science, and just as the eyes
of the blind have been opened by the
0culist's knife in cutting cataract, or
the deaf made to hear by means Of the
dentaphOne, so now there comes into
the use OF man an invention which
will supply the wanting sounds and
enable him to converse with articula.
ted speech. And the huge power Of
the organ or the siren on the shore
can be converted into songs that will
I'LL city or chOirs that cost but lit
tie, yet render the mnst attractive mu-
sic for opera or church.
Mr.. Berlincr's first conception Of the
idea OF making an instrument produce
speech of itself, instead OF repr0du-
cling that OF persons, was due to the
fact, so lie AYERS, that the mode Of 70.
calizatiOn in the human body can be
almost entirely countcrfcltcd by me.
chanisnl, and that it occurred tO him
that it would be u useful thing to up
ply the principles Of human vOcaliza-
tion so that the expensive choirs Of
churches could be Obviated by ma
chincry. That he has produced by
machinery such speech, in other
words, that he has made an organ'
talk" lie asserts is true, and that the
experiments, while yet in their in
fancy, show conclusively that the
completion Of his apparatus is but a
matter Of time and study Of the hu
man voice.
The method employed by Mr.. Ber-
liner IN his experiment was extremely
simple. Regarding the organ and
badly, it will bc remembered that tho
lungs Of person act as IA pair Of bel
lows, that the windpipc is the organ
through which the air Is pumped and
that the vocal chords give the sound
pitch, the words being formed by the
movement OF the tongue, teeth and
lips combined. Now, the sound OF .
tone us It comes out Of an organ pipe
Ia similar O that given up by the hu-
man windpipc before the words have
been articulated by the mouth.
Hence, Mr.. Berliner reasoned, II this
pipe sound OF the organ could be con-
veycd to the mouth, just back in the
throat, aud articulatcd properly by
the right motions OF the lips, tongue
and teeth, the organ could be made
tO talk.
With bit Of rubber tubing, which
was placed with one end in a pair OF
bellows and the other at the back OF
the mouth. lie found that by simply
giving to the mouth the motions it
would use In uttering certain words
the correct sound was produced on
the volume OF air coming out Of the
tube In the mouth, just as 1t would
have been made by the mouth In
speaking with air from the windpipc.
Though not sound was uttered by
his own mouth, which dumbly went
through the pantominc motions used
In articulation, there were words spO-
ken by the vibrations just as II they
were done III the ordinary way-only,
OF course, as there was no use Of tho
vocal chords which give the varying
pitch, the sound was all In the same
key.
The use in church clMirs would be Q
great feature In the service. Mr.. Ber-
liner suggests that for y choir there
ought to be four men, each one articu.
lating from different tube represent.
ing different pitches or different
voices, such as bass, tenor, soprano
and cOntraltO. Thus all the varying
shades Of music could be cheaply pro
duccd ut y third Of the present ex.
pense.
But the chief benefit to humanity
will be the use tn which the dumb
can put this new invention. Tile
dumb arc able 70 move the lips in mo
! tions made IN speaking, though they
cannot utter sound. Now, II the
sound be brought into the back OF the
mouth, forced cut and properly artic-
, ulatcd by the teeth, lips and tongue
: Of tile dumb perSOn, the result will be
speech. Will, y simple and cheap Np
, paratus this effect can be Obtuincd,
" cOursc, II will require time fol
: such \ pcrsOn tn learn tho tNrrect mo-
, ti0ns tO xiye ~ the mouth In order VI