Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-02-01
IMMENSE NEW ORGAN
Ocean Grove TO Have Most Powerful
oraan in the World.

most powerful organ in the world win
greet tlie worshlrers III ths 4 audi
torum and accompany Tire congrega-
lions III TIE hSmns, sas the New
yerk Times The Ocean Grove asso-
citation al 4 recent meeting closed a
contract For so instruments 10 cost s2e,
0eo and weigh about in MY tons
Robert Hon Jones. who built the a.
mons organ 10 Worcester cathedral
ia England Wi supervise the con
structlon an the instrument and has
promised 70 have il Installed BY June,
MrITop Jones now LIKES IN Eimira,
y. Y. He installed one 81 his instrat
ments II st. Patrick cathedral In
New York city TWO years ago, and
one Of his organs isto Be Installed In
the Cathedral OF ST. John the Divine,
In New York The coutractwas award
ga to him after i committee OF the
Ocean Grove association had CONSULT
al some of the forlnost oreauists Ia
the United states.
TIE Ocean Grove instrument Will
be The most powerful IN the world.
said AR. uope-Jones the other night.
10 VIZ not be the largest beca'lsc
with improvements 81 recent Years
not s. much spane Win Be n ededi y
MIL have some devices which have
never Defere been nsed. one OF the
most interesting Of these will be an
electric system which VIII preserve
the proper tone OF the instrument. no.
matter what the weather may be. This
device viii ha of tha greatest inipor
tance III The Ocean Grove auditorium
heoauae Ii IL so near The water The
various pipes and resonators will be
wuund With wires. which VII be cosi-
pled with an electric device which
automatically win keep them q the
proper tempatura.
ss1he organ itself viii b. Of remark
able construction, @rhe large organs
heretofore have been divided into de.
partments- great swell, choir nedalA
and solo hut this one " II be 4 unir
with few rows Of keys, by the use
OF d set Of STOP KEYS. which are con-
nected electrically with all the varions
sound producing devices any q these
may he drawn on any sci Of Feys in
stantlv at any pitch and any power q
aThe various tone families will PEI
grouped together. and each family win
be enclosed III il separate box eonS
structed Of brichwork. Each Of these
boxes viii be sealed With heavy lam
mated lead shutters, and the orgaufsss
! Will have the power Of opening r clos
inc these shutters, AZ dessrd by this
means he WIN be able 10 graduate the
strength az his disapasons flutes ana
trumycta exactly as desired
sFar instance, the grat ruBa n1sra
lbills will be voiced on fifty nehea ofs
wind and wilt Ii ITSELF exceed III alpsv
er the whole Of any ORGAN hitherto
built Because Il VIII be 'ncloaed in
brick work and 80 arranged otherwise
It's tone mas be allowed free scope Or
may be reduced to mere VIII II
that VIII not overpowar i siat 40
voice
"The acsicn q the o.g N VII be Goa
helled entirely BY electricity All Of
the electric contacts VIII be made DO.
tween pure gold and rure pletlnum
These metals which will cost hum
dreds Of dollars, have BEEN founa 10
d more reliable than any Others.
0'Fhe pressures 81 wind used VIII
vary from len inches Up to figty inches
o. water n spite OF this. the Instru-
ment viii be much mere refined and
musical I'll effect than tie large or
gans usually met with because Of va
rious new devices. One Of these will
be the diaphone which was tried on
St Patrick's cathedra. In 1t the VI
bration which produces the tone is
accomplished with an aluminium
piston vibrated III 4 CYLINDER It's
vibrations in the higher tones reach
up 70 400 d second II will be en-
ployed for the first time in America
II IS in use in some OF the organs
have built on the ntha~ side.v
Tall Essen Morgan. director Of the
Ocean Grove auditorium. is arranging
series Of daily organ recltals to be
given during the SUNNI r The lead
Ing organists Of America and Of En-
rope will be invited 70 plag on the new
Instrument