The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-03-10
VOL. 33
TIE NEW ORGAN.
To tine COLUMBIAN :

VI JOui PaPCi tildt TIC Olu olSdu U
ST. Pauls Church, is about to be re
placed by new one of more moderr
make, larger and more expensive,
good woid in parting ough! TO be sale
for the passing instrument. And
therefore copy for you. out of tn,
Church KaAenaar of June 1874, tn,
following article, headed:
OUR NEW ORGAN.
On the Sunday after Ascension Day
the first pipe organ ever brought tc
Bloomsbury was used for the frs
time in St. Paul's Church. The Rector
and Mr.. Geo. Elwell obtained sub
scriptions for the purchase of the
instrument during the latter part O
the month of April. The Vestry O.
the parish appointed them committee
to visit Philadelphia or New York tc
make the purchase, limiting the price
to 81, 200. After communicating with
all the noted organ builders in the
country, it was decided TO visit the
warerooms of H. K,auff & Son, OF
Philadelphia. Here was found the
instrument now in our church. 1t is
not new one, but has been rebuilt
and remodeled by the above named
gentlemen, who warrant 1t as good as
new, and ask only ST., 400 for it, though
it was originally valued at $1,000. 1t
has nearly double the capacity of a
new organ at that price, having front
of ten feet, a depth of nine feet, a
height IF fourteen feet, two manuals
OF keys, an octave of pedal keys,
eighteen stops, and about 800 pipes.
1t occupies nearly the entire space of
the organ chamber of the church,
making it necessary to seat the singers
on the choir proper. Three men were
occupied eight days in setting it up
and tuning 1t. 1t has very sweet
tone, and the full power of its voice
causes the whole church to vibrate.
All who heard it on the Sunday after
Ascension Day expressed themselves
as very agreeably disappointed. The
addition of its use in the church SER
vices is more valuable than many had
supposed it could be; and some of
those who either opposed its introduc-
ton, or did not give encouragement
to it, have been willing to admit that
their fears were groundless. No one
could help contessing that the grand
est church music ever heard in this
town was rendered on the Sunday our
organ was first used, and Old Hundred
rang through the aisles and arches of
st. Paul's as it had never rung before.
The rector delivered an address on
church music, which elected the
closest attention. He alluded to the
first introduction of instrumental
music into the church of this place,
and read several extracts from the
parish records, which spoke of trouble
and opposition, and the final triumph
OF those who used the clarionet, the
flute and the viol in the gallery of the
old brick church.
More than two thirds of the pur-
chase money has been raised, and it
is hoped that within year the balance
will be collected. The subscriptions
SO far received are as follows:
Children of Sunday School $I58.oo,
The Ladies' Sewing Society, $50 90 i;
]. G. Freeze, 5000; H. J. Clark,
$1,000 Geo. E. Elwell, $1,000; Mrs.
John Hewitt, $1,000; William Hart,
$25.oo J. w. Hendershott, $25. 90 /;
r. c. Neal, $25.oo; VIM. Elwell,
$a5.oo; L. Bernhard, S. 90 John M.
Clark, $500; M. P. Lutz, $500; S.
M. Hess, $500 o. T. Wilson, S.. 90;
w. H. Gilmore, $500; Mary Christ
man, $500; w. c. Mckinney, $500;
]. f. Wilson, $5,o Clarence Clark,
90; 1. w. McKelvy, $as.oo; E.
Mendenhall, $a5.oo; E. R. Drinker,
$as.oo; Lloyd Paxton, $a5. ]. J.
Brewer, $4,000; John A. Funston,
$4,000; M. w. Monroe, $a5. 90; B.
F. Hartman, $4,000; ]. H. Maize,
$4,000 w. B. Koons, $500; Geo.
A. Clark, $1,000 B. H. Vannatta,
$1,000; Chas. Connor, $1,000; Geo.
H. Brown, $500; &C. Mari, SIS 90;
H. w. Sloan, $500; E. J. Thornton,
$500; w. H. Brown, $500; F. P.
Drinker, $500; Fl. H. Grotz, SIS 90;
A. J. Evans, $500; M. C. Sloan,
$500 D. Lowenberg, $500; D. W.
Robins, $500; c. w. Miller, $500
Mrs. Martha Clark, So 90; Miss Jane
Vance, $a.oo E. Jacoby, $2.oo; T.
V. Vannatta, $2.oo; John Laycock,
$2.oo; w. o. Holmes, $500; M. F
Eyerley, $I.oo; Miss Margaret Weaver
$I.oo Miss Lizzie Leonard, $I.oo
Sale of the old organ, $4,000 Spec
ial collection in church, $E.5o.
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