The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24
LACKS ONE OF 1000 PIPES.
Christ Church's New Organ VIII De
Ready Soon.


Ready Soon.
The large pipe organ now being placed
in Christ Church is well under way and
will probably be completed within the
next two weeks, at which time an informal
recital may be given. The work necessa-
rily progresses slowly because there are
1899 pipes from the largest to the smallest
to be placed in shape, which requires care
full and painstaking attention.
The instrument will eclipse any other in
the South for it's size and the modern feat
ures embraced in it's construction. AS
has been stated in the Morning News, il
was built by the John Brown Company,
Wilmington, Del, a firm which has gained
considerable reputation for its advanced
steps in the manufacture Of the larger
musical Instruments. The fact the one
now being put in Christ Church Is the big
gest the firm has yet built in the South
naturally stimulates an ambition to make
ii as near perfect in all Its details as pos
sible. Mr.. Herbert Brown, an adept in
the construction of Instruments. and who
has charge of the erecting of all sold by
this firm, is attending to the work here.
The organ woodwork is of oak, the hand
some design and finish of which gives it
an imposing appearance. 1t is twenty
eight feet in width, eleven feet in depth
and towers up twenty-three feet to the
ceiling. From the auditorium il can
scarcely be seen, except from about the
center, where ii rises i'm its magnificence,
apparently taking up that entire end CT
the church. The pipes are a curiosity in
point of size The smallest Is about as
long as lead pencil. and sixteenth OF
an inch in diameter, while the largest
looks to be some eight or nine feet long
with diameter of twenty-three inches.
The entire action is controlled by sys-
tenn of pneumatics which makes the toucn
of the keys almost as light as that OF a
plano. Many performers believe the ten
sion is even lighter than that of the piano,
and for this reason the necessity OF en-
gaging an athlete as an organist on ac-
count of the heavy actions, is dispensed
with. The stops are arranged directly over
the swell keyboard in the shape of tablets
with pivoted ceuters, slight touch on any
of which produce or stop any register le-
quired. The principal advantage of this is
that the performer can manipulate the
stops without taking the hands from the
keyboard. Among the other fea lures is
the crescendo or swell pedal, which brings
on all the registers from the softest TO
the loudest, and reduces them in reverse
order without changing the position of
tablets or interfering in any way with
combinations previously formed. The CT
| gan Is provided with a large number of
combination pedals, the advantage of viii n
is that if the hands be engaged the tab
| lets can be changed by pressing down
these pedals with the feet.
Even the janitor is relieved
and in his stead is a Ross water engine,
which CONTROLS the bellows. Dispensing
| with the hand blowing Is an inestimable
| convenience to the performer, who has the
entire control of all mechanism at the fin
| ser tips.
Besides the organ work, the decorators
are busily engaged fulfilling their part of
! the contract. The designs adopted were Sc
| lected after careful consideration of the
minutest details, such as openings and the
! effect of light upon the walls. Not only is
the decorating in progress, but some of the
| pews are on hand ready TO be placed in po-
| sltion.
Notwithstanding the nedr approach TO
| completion it will be at least a month yet
| before definite calculations can be made In
/ regard TO the re-dedicatiou.