New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-14

contain the first double tongued feed stop efei
built in this country. The reeds in the great anu
swell organs are voiced at lo fncnes "lod pi
sure. and the tuba sonora" in the solo organ at
% inches. The pedal organ Is large ana Is III
many respects different from the most modern
pedal organs in this country. The 'graviss1ma
is "a feet in length, and is counterpart OF the
tremendous ''gravissima" of the Hope-Jones or
gan in the Worcester Cathedral England. In the
New berry organ is a 81 foot open diapason,
which is the largest diapason built. These PIPES
are 30 feet in length and 21s feet in diameter.
One Of these pipes alone weighs over one thou
sand pounds while the smallest pipe in the or
gan is less than half inch high and weighs
only the fraction of an ounce The NewDerry
organ is also remarkable in that it employs
both systems of blowing the big bellows. both
the fan blower and the electric motors being
operative. There are IS stops in the Yale o"6an
and total of Ass pipes. This is not as
many pipes as some of the older and famous
organs boast, but the Yale organ has this ad-
vantage that it has about % per cent more
Pipes in the g 1G and 80 foot pitch stops Some
of the Newberry organ stops cost great deal
of money. For instance, those of the 81 foot
pitch cost from 800 to 50. 600 a stop; those of
the Is foot pitch from $4O0 to 500 and the
foot pitch from $500 to S400. Stops of the
foot pitch cost about $50, of the foot pitch
about 800 and mixtures from So to $50 each.
The Newberry organ has four manuals a
pedal seventy-eight speaking stops" and TWEEN
ty mechanical stops; the action will De electro
pneumatic of the latest type. The great organ
is situated in the left tower. above the stage,
and has an unusual number of eight foot
foundation stops that give it marked "sCl1dfty
of tone The swell organ will be as powerful
as the great organ, and Will have an unusual
variety of tone color. 1t will be in the right
tower. with it's volume controlled by swell
shades Instead of the usual wooden swell box
it has a swell chamber, three sides of which are
built of brick and stone. leaving the front only,
opening on the stage. closed by shutters. The
choir organ will also be inclosed in a swell box
to control its volume, and will be voiced on a
lighter average wind pressure This organ con-
tains Il number of beautifully voiced solo stops,
the most remarkable of which the 'viol
d'orchestre" the ''vioI celeste and the 'violon-
cello" which are given a string quality by the
use of slim scale In the solo organ thsre are
three high pressure stops, which can be blo.n
at pressures entirely unapproached by organ
builders in America before. running as high
% inches. Seven different wind pressures
used in this organ. The pedal organ has great
dignity of tone quality. The 'gravissima7 stop
III this organ is the only one of its kind in this
country, and sounds two Octaves below the
deepest note of the present Batten Chapel organ
at Yale.
The consol. or key desk of the Newberry or
gan is of ingenious and unique arrangement. 1t
has concaye. radiating pedal keyboard. which
is used only rarely in this country. The cOnsoI
is built of figured Circassian walnut
On next Saturday evening" when Woolsey Hall
is formally opened. there will be a public dedi
cation recital the great Newberry organ in
which Wallace Goodrich. of Boston; CASTOR
Dethier, organist at st. Francis Xavier's. New
York, and Professor Harry B. Jepson, the Yale