New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-20
STONE WALLS.

AND ART WITHIN THE
STONE WALLS.
! T., the sta:s Prison al Sing ssrs c2nVic, -
ragged In building '"o la'se ofsanr ut w. w
| choc.,s-ons Protestant the o.her Cstn'Ne-"a'n
,n .o.,oy re e-s. ro5r OF the rev adminis,rstoa
! building. ,. b.. ,ro,..s,,, -,
! f,ye h, entered me prison. urdersahcHs every ~
,.u NJ ths instrument from lis designing 20 MAKING
g.. most 6elicote part He 'farnsh tn' n'u' I" ar
| "A. ana has worked at every hraneh OF the DUnsw
49,. :, E,rand ard In this country. n" seems 70
=, r .,.bu.ia.t IN his profession. Is perfect en-
! ,,cionedIa OF information concerning 81 me sfeA
! oroars Of The world. ard is pa'ufu'fiH WI se'
! cuaIn,ed from personal experience VIVA f'e'V
10Th. and pipe Of the great organ Oh d. r''' Na'~
! dra In London
-. ,,,,o. ~ tho ,nsrltltion under his charge made
Ill, IN cases like this 81 the organ hiiilder TN
MAN ia ssilfuIiy ard irGusfriously performing 'si'
uahle niece 81 work 'sr the State ana u j. proper
! n respect his desire no; to nave nis iaehllly sne
,resent unfortunate c!rcan,stance5 advertiser SUI
aci,nt 10 say that nc is working out IN prison an
o.bor =, ,h-se wonderful specimens ~ ingenuity and
,,ep. on he part 81 prisoner 81 which there afs
! So mary on record 49,
J,non hong conducted by a prison ofncer INFO me
l.t,e workshop located In the annex 70 the Dig sd'
nlristration building the visitor II met ny the organ
! builder who guessing tndt IT. mas ~ "'a w."
! yeporter proceeds a. once 10 explain wiIlnsV ana
clearly rho meaning and OF the various parts Of
| the organs that occupy every available spo IN ne
! apartment.
DETAILS OF THE INSTRUMENT.
| Pv vay Of introduction he states :h'. the ofsna
| for the Protestant chapel is professionally known a.
a two-rnanual. pedal-bass Instrument with 80 ho's~
| G c G. Pr The pedals are the same a. thoss
adop,ed BY the College OF Organists OF Berlin IL
| .,,t-a and o. Oh, -
The organ for the Carhoic chapel. which Is tho
larger Is a three-msnua, pedal-bass instrument
with 7ai notes. The pedals the same as those n
the smaller organ. and II has the same musical
designation: &C c c. F." T; has forty-hree stops
| and nine pedal movements When completed. the
bu lde- goes TO this will be the largest feeq
crgan In the world. tire present larges, Instrument
being that in the Winter Palace e.. Petersburg,
which was built by Canadian Ann and has ~
notes or sxty-eight less than the prison Instrument
When completed the mechanisms OF the tao Or
sars will be lncosei in 81 me same size. bull,
| OF solid oak and tas,cfuy designed. The cages vii
be ~ feet high. feet long ard feet inches deep
The pipes OF the instruments will he finished !, ess
| and gold. the whistles In gold and black.
One Of the principal features Of the organ for ~
Catholic chapel is that the organist can connect
the pedal organ directly with the swell instrument
Another feature OF both organs IA that they will b
supplied with balance swell pedal. opening ard
! closing $50 small shutters in an inside case. which
will ncIose the sound-producing portions Of ne
present only he found in the large pipe organs
The stops OF both Instruments are colored ana e,.
| position on keyboards use and the instrument
| that each stop is connected with.
THE TEDIOUS TASK OF TUNING.
| For the purpose OF tuning the reeds FOR these ~
struments. the builder constructed whar looks Ike
| an ordinary paror organ stripped OF its case but
| which is known in the trade as tuning jack"
Taking an injured reed which In this case was
piece Of brass a quarter Of an inch thick perhaps
three-qusrers Of an inch wide and two inches lonS
! the builder proceeded TO go through the operations
OF fling, bending. vo.cng and tuning, trying Il IN
the end Of the last manipulation he bad almost N
perfect tune what bad been perfectly sLlsn. pee
be repeated four times with each reed before y
perfect IN sound the reeds sdg N ,fe n .o TONGUE
OF the lower G or the S1-foo note 20 threeeightns
Eleven s' Complete Trades are included in the Suilt
| Ing Of these organs. seventeen detailed drawing
! began their construction. the drawings being ap'
| proved az practical by two firms OF organ-builden
THE SAVING TO THE STATE
1t is estimated that It would have cost the STATE
49, 100 10 have had the for tine Catholic chapel
built in the ordinary way. The actual cost 10 'ns
State for raw material to build both instruments
| will amount TO about $3.50 The saving on both In
strrments will be about $500 that being the diner
cree In cost OF similar II built for rs use
an on: side mandatory
The organ for the Protestant chapel will be conn
| peted in September next; that for the Catnons
chapel in July 1895 ,,,, 1. .,,,. "A
rnere is no lear that the builder will be unaole "
| complete both Instruments, so far as bis time .
concerned for. he says. he could build an otSs"
for each OF the other two prisons OF the state ~
| fore his term OF imprisonment expires 'na' '~''
being October. 1900. . .,u,,. Aon.
| The work on these instruments Is entreiy aon JUN
by this one man: he has helper ano',ie' y ~ =.
who he SAYS, Is handy fellow. but ne - NOV -.
! organ builder. consequently everything, from ~ ~
original aeslgns GOWN 70 Inc smaiie deth ~ n
thousand and articles that go 70 make ~ ~
ran all are originated. developed and eSecu,eu ~
the hrrins and HANDS of this man. VINO csrtslny
| must have come within the dark shadow OF p!is9a
| NE through strange chain OK adverse e''sS~
| stances