The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-09-30

case of Miss Wedlake, well known in
London. from father to daughter. Mr.
Wedlake was famous British artif.
icer of church organs. He had a large
factory of his own. His daughter de-
sired to learn his handicraft. He de-
sired TO have her do so. She could not
be apprenticed regularly because, being
woman. the sky would have fallen
had she been articled like boy. But.
pelng woman, she also had an eye,
an ear, touch and an adaptabillty to
the work of organ building that not
one boy in a thousand possesses. There
was no law to prevent her learning the
business as Il rank outsider. Her IA
Their was man liberal far beyond his
time on the woman question. He him
self taught her and took fine pride in
her progress.
Like a boy, she went into the factory
and learned the trade from the ground
up. 1t is a delicate, beautiful work
thoroughly healthful. artistic enough TO
be inspiring and satisfying
Since she learned her trade Miss
Wedlake has been constantly busy. She
has the woman's natural quickness of
eye. and long practice has made her
accuracy absolutely unerring. Her
work is chiefly the construction of bel
lows and the characterization of pipes
The blocks of wood for the bellows
come already prepared. Then Miss
Wedlake feathers and gussets them to-
gether. PIECES of white kid are cut
exactly to tit and carefully adjusted to
the wood by hand. There must be no
looseness of execution here. for if
would ruin all. In one of the large
churches of London-St Jude's. South
hensington-AIiss Wedlake did all the
leathering of the main bellows. In con
nection with organ bellows work Miss
Wedlakes father invented and patent
ell an ingenious piece of mechanism.
which won him the medal at an ex-
position, but his daughter did the work
of making the thing. She herself is
inventive and has patented, among
other devices, a stove that can be
taken apart and cleaned and put TO-
gether again by the most ignorant OF
women.
After she has constructed the bel
lows OF her organ Miss Wedlake pro
ceeds to decorate the pipes. In this de-
partment she rises to the artistic She
devises first scheme of ornamentation
suited TO the subject The theme Is |
usually OF an ecclesiastical or Biblical
nature. Then she lays the figures deft-
y upon the pipes. Miss Wedlakes ac-
iomplishments. however. by no means |
stop mt bellows making and adjusting
md pipe ornamentation. She can take
% pieces any organ In the world. clean
ana repair IL and set II up again bit by
)it. Then she finishes by tuning IL.
There is another department In organ
construction which requires the most
'ensitive touch. ear and nerves that be-
ong 10 human being. This is the
'voiclng' OF the organ. Here. too.
Woman has exeelled. Some years ago
here was In England a family OF or.
'an builders named Abbey. A daugh-
or OF the house became the most
killed OF the race in the family trade.
his lady, Miss Abbey. chose France
= the field ~ her lab0rs. She went
bither aud settled and began building
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