Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02

lofty windows and so quiet an atmos.
sphere-almost churchIy-that one in.
voluntarily lowered his voice. Occupy.
ing most of the available space in this
large room were church organs, four OF
them, and two with their great pipes
towering to the very height of the
chamber. Save for the details of in
closing woodwork. these two instru-
ments were completed. The others
were frames, odd-shaped structures oil
most delicate finish, with long lines of
glistening tin tubing. real tin, ana
bright as silver. row after row of lev
ers, and perhaps pipe or two in place,
others leaning in nearby corners,
awaiting their turn at being placed in
the yellow framework
The organ-builder whisked the cotton
covering from the keyboard of one of
the practically completed instruments,
and turning to one OF the workmen
said:
Give us puff of wind, here,
please"
The workman pushed back his cap
and went behind the organ. Presently
gentle sigh seemed TO escape the big
organ, and the telltale wind dial above
the manuals began to revOlve. In the
dimness of rear recess, through lat
tice of pipes, tubes, bars and levers,
the workman could be seen bending
forward and backward as he turned the
huge bellows wheel
Once or twice the man at the wheel
had paused, but the builder seemed to
recall him to his work by touching one
Of the keys and thus drawing upon the
air supply. Just as he finished he
drew out stop and depressed the low.
or bass pedal. In an instant all the
air In the spacious loft was set a-quiv-
err, The vibrations were so slow as to
admit almost of counting them.
YOU don't hear that half so much
as you feel it, the builder said.
That's a 32.foot pipe; see where il
goes away up there to the ceiling.
You could fill cathedral with tina,
sound. Do you feel how 1t seems to
ears, nor in your throat, not yet in your
chest?"
Then he lifted his foot suddenly
and in great waves the noises of the
street. the trolley cars, the wagons
the human sounds, surged in through
the windows. II seemed that they haJ
been held in check there by the power
full beating of the bass, and II must be
said that In returning they brought 6
sense of relief from the deep futterinl
of the 32-foot pipe, which had appar
emily come from nowhere. and yet wa,
sounding on every side
Now listen" the builder said after
a pause. as IL he had waited for the
rumble of the open diapason to sub
side He laid the back OF his forefin
ger upon the lowest manual and Their
ran IL simply across the white keys fan
into the treble. He had let the flute
stop, and the succession of sounds was
so rapid that the resultant was not un
like the sudden accelerated rending oil
a piece of cloth.
There" said the organ maker
that's what we call an achievement II
organ construction. The response o
the pipes TO the depression OF the key,
was instantaneous. Some years ago /
would have been practically impossible,
to make the pipes speak in answer I,
such motion as that The player ha,
to press the keys well down to Obtain
the notes, and the more stops h
coupled the greater was the pressur
required. Now we make organs wit
key actions as light as that of the stan
dard grand piano. You know wit
what lightness of touch a piano may b
played; WELL II has now become pos
sible to give the big church organ a
delicate mechanism
"A five.ounCe touch is that of tn
concert piano which means that onl
that much weight is required TO pre-
duee note Here's one of the weight
we use in adjusting the levers" II
drew from his pocket a small. leathe
bound weight and placed it upon a Ike,
The key sank so slowly that the weigh
almost made a balance The man 9
the wheel gave two or three vigorou
turns and from somewhere in the toy
ering structure. as from a great di
lance came sweet, poignant contralt
note.
One of the most delicate and beaut
full stops on the organ, the vox h
mana" the builder said softly incinin
his head and swelling the note to il
fun power. 1t isn't quite in tune We
because We haven't nearly finishe
work on this instrument" Removin
the weight he ran his fingers throug
series of chords on one of the ma
uals, while from another he called II
surprisingly lifelike tones of the h
man voice in lingering solo. "Ye
it's beautiful stop. and so uencar
The sounds are produced by reed
made of metal, pure tin generally. an
the set of pipes is very expensive
well voiced.
1T is difficult TO make good vox h
mana raadS and fhay havfa m Ia Y,1ar