The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-22

Coincident with the completion of the fund for the Bi-centennal buildings came muniflcent gift from Helen H. Newberry for an organ in memory Of her husband, John H. Newberry, of De- troit, Mich, to be placed in Woosey Hall. The instrument has been com pleted and found to be equal to the high standard of excellence that was anticipated for 1t. Samuel S. Sanford, professor of applied music in Yale uni versity, prepared the specifications for the organ, and with the collaboration of MT George S. Hutchings, has super vised the construction and installation of the instrument, and it is largely due to the liberality of the Hutchings-Votey Organ company, builders of the organ, in interpreting the terms of the con- tract, that such a complete instrument has been secured,
 The salient points which will attract the attention of the organ student are the large number of foundation stops in thirty-two, sixteen and eight feet registers, the limited number of muta- tion and compound stops on the manu- als, and the extraordinary pcnderance of the pedal organ with it's wealth of sixty four, thirty-two and sixteen feet tone.
 The radical departure in the compost tion of the specification as compared with the organs of twenty-five years ago is readily recognized by those as- quainted with the development of the instrument, there being only ten ranks of mixture or mutation pipes as com- pared with forty-one ranks of a similar nature in specimen organ of the for mer period, and one which was consid- cred as masterpiece at that time.
 The diapasons are voiced on different wind pressures, varying from four to twenty-two inches. The Stentorphone in the swell and the Tibia Plena in the solo organ are chased in this category. The flutes and the string tones of the gamba class are of great and unusual variety of voicing. The reeds in the great and cwell organs are voiced at different pressures varying from four and one-half inches to ten inches wind pressure, and the Tuba Sonora in the solo organ at twenty-two inches. The Gravissina of sixty-four feet on the pedal organ is patterned after an ex- ample in the remarkable Hope-Jones organ in Worcester cathedral.
 The scales of the different stops are in many cases extremely large, partic- ularly in the diapason and flute sec tion. The reverse may be said Of seve- ral of the stops in the string-toned sec ton of the instrument. The trumpet, fagotto, cornopean, and all stops of this type in the organ are voiced on the Willis system, this company being, SO far as is known, the only users of this method in America. The Tuba Sonora in the solo organ is made with double tongues to each note, and is the only example of it's kind in this country. The violes celestes has three ranks of pipes to each note and is also an inno- walton. The wind chests user in this organ are capable of 8 repetition quite
 beyond any possible requirements that may be made of them. They are not subject to any irregularities caused by heat, cold or atmospheric changes, and they furnish a steady and abundant wind supply to the pipes. They are noiseless in their action and simply constructed. They are known as the individual valve wind chests. valve
 being provided for each pipe. Each di- vision of the organ is supplied with one l or more reservoir bellows which deter
 mine the pressure on the individual
 stops. Thehe are fourteen reservoirs of
 different pressures of wind. each adapt
 ed for it's special purpose.
 A remarkable feature of the instru- ment is the specially designed chamber I for the swell organ, the walls being of brick from twenty-four to thirty-siX inches in thickness The opening on the front is provided with an outer and