New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
THE ORGANS IN SING SING PRiSoN
work OF A CONVICT. WHO DID III ALL
HIMSELF AND SAVED The
STATE $3.50

STATE $3.50.
r,,, ,rcans which have been built Tor the
| h,no1s in Sing Sing prison by one 81 'he ''''
,,o,, , hrief account Of which was recently
,rhli.h he'd in The Tribune, have Deeh ''''p'0'
| ,r, huildor's name is Howard He says liat al
"a, ,-o,t difficulties pertaining to the pu''''"3
If the organs were mastered by INN III VIC '''''
,,,cutv-nva months Of his impriSoh'"l'
/ - ,nert four hours each day." he 'lr'' Il. '"'
coll working out this undertakings WEN
den sage kindly allowed mo to bring 10 '"' '''''
crowned with success in every way
The following, description was written py
tto,,arJ who says that all orsan-huiihefS VIII
he Interested in the result Of his worN'
! r.h. or,ans are of two different classes me
one. used in the Protestant Chapel mas TWO MAJ"
nails in the upper part Of the Instrument '"'
| there are to be found seventeen SCI" VI "'',
IN all making i've hundred ana twenty "'e ''o"''
.,,,r, ,b,n can he found in four organs Of TINS
tyne. If one keyboard each whi'n He P'''
- ,,,. market - chapel organs. The notes u
the swell organ are raised above tl' ''i" SUNNI
ir, hoard and ne connected with the bellows
bv TWO hollow columns which run up hiNe'''"
,,hes ,lIo,yio, ,ripi. room Tor the pcfaI coup
/ , an, tho onn hundred and twenty-five con
,,.t,,,, rods which bind the keyboard ana pedal
,,t,,u lust under tins reedbJard ana '"iS'
ov.r the main opening 20 the larger ar-'hc9'9'
are to be. found the sets bourbon and sub-bourdoh
II the pedal organs. each ~ thirty r"'eS III
closed IN double sw'il closets running me iu'
length of the main sounding board. "h'h Aus
much To this organ - the ofSaniSt can use '"'
fine swell effect IN the pedals. Great car" Was
taken IN the balancing mp Of this instrument 3"
that il would have Al extra heavy bass ana III
that Vas adl.d much 80 IN" prison )r'h'Sirh
All Of the i've hundred and eighty-iive reeds 81
this organ ,rr brought into play by The bellows.
us two feeders having in all IN" hundred ana
sixteen pounds of spring power.
The dimensions If this organ are NJ follows;
HEIGHT IL fr-t 10 inches length. feet. d"pth
over all u feet = inches. The total weight u
over two thnnsani pounds and over eleven
thousand parts al" required to maze up 'nt
three actions The raw material 4 this organ
cost SIS, and IT," same made up Oh m" outside.
In the same way. would cost not less than $3.50"
The organ ised in n, Catholic Chapel ~ tins
prison. which IL a ihrcc- manual prd'i-bass or
Gan ~ the largest organ In tn" world IF this
type II has sixty-eisht notes more than have
EYER been pln ed IN the sounding boards of any
other reed orsln. not overlooking The famous
,rrap In Russia's capital which the makers
refused - sell for - 900 IN 1887 Tho TWO nun
/ placed lust over the main opening # the bel
/ lows taking he same place as tn" reeds Of The
p.ials IN the other organ, and this fact COM
pcod The maker 80 make IN" second opening
7 I'm the air-ch.st Just under the feeders Tor he
reeds VI the pedal organ. and this in addition
/ - the fact that the sets 81 como saXaphone.
vox celeste ini bourbon treble are reeds If six
/ teen feet pitch. nakcs This organ AZ near Ike
pipe organ as possible. The maker calls special
attention - three features In this and the other
organ of the prison First tn pedal has the full
scale which vas adopted by the College Il or
ganists at berlin and the same ~ used IN the
organ a. 81 Paui's. London. Each of these
orpans has IN inside case which contains shut
ters rs seen N the swell-hoX or case of pipe
organs giving the same swell effect 20 be found
wholly only In the aboyc class of instruments.
The stops If these DREAMS are lettcred that
the man appointed by Warden Sage can easily
master them. ~ the one If the great and pedal
kcyboarls are in black and the choir and swell
are in blue and green. The dimensions Of this
organ a. follows Height. Ii feet. length. .
/ feot: depth ! feet over all Fourteen thousand
parts needed 20 complete its four organs.
The cost Of this organ was 500 and the saving
10 the state IN both organs was $500