The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-16

1T GO.i1kIaS 1000 PIPES

Being Cne of the Three Largest In tn
World, II Win Be Erected Perm@
nently In the San Francisco AUG.
torum After the Exposition Closes
Two Weeks Required to Tune It.
Under construction at Hartford
Conn. is an organ which will be one of
the largest in this country. 1t is being
built for the Panama exposition at San
Francisco. The organ also will be
it's value being 100000.
Ten large furniture freight cars will
be required in transporting the ma
terial from Hartford. The organ will
be erected in Festival hall. When the
exposition is closed ii will be removed
to an auditorium in the same city for
permanent use.
In the organ are 113 speaking stops
and about 1000 pipes. The mechanical
accessories are unusually complete.
The console is being erected after de-
signs submitted by Edwin ii. Lemare,
the English organist, who will give 100
recitals at the exposition. Instead OF
using the usual system of fitting tab
lets the stops will be manipulated by
means of knobs on each side OF the
keys.
The console will contain four manu-
ais. the swell, solo. choir and great or
gans. In the tower of the hall, 200
feet away FROM the key desk. will be
an echo organ of nine 500 STOPS. which
may be played from either toe solo or
choir organ.
Probably one of the most massive
stops ever constructed by any organ
builder will be the thirtytwO foot open
diapason ON this instrument. The
pipes, which are of wood, were mad"
from extra heavy boards sawed from
selected pine logs. The heaviest pipe
known as CCCC, weighs in excess OF
1.200 pounds. 1t is thirty i've feet
long. and its other dimensions are -
by 35 inches.
Largest Pipe Thirty eight Feet Long.
Also. the thirty two foot metal diapa-
son stop is an unusual feature In any
organ. The largest pipe is thirty eight
feet in length and twenty inches IN
diameter. The instrument will also
contain thirty-two foot reed stop.
Case dimensions of the largest organ
ever made by the organ company are
forty-six feet wide. twenty-One feet
deep and forty-seven feet high. The
wind pressure on the main organ va
ries from ten inches to twenty-five
inches for the heaviest reeds. The
echo organ is on five inch wind. For
each pedal thirty-two foot stop will be
three valves, instead of only one, as In
nearly all other organs. The power
will be furnished by two large orgo-
blows. Instead of the bellows, which
were formerly in all organs, the wind
pressure will be regulated by paten'
system.
To construct such an organ as tho
one intended for the San Francisco ex-
position requires many weeks Of work.
After each part has been turned out
the organ is assembled in the large
erecting room, where the parts are fit
ted together to the satisfaction Of the
experts. ThiS u'ork Is laborious- hgt
Laughed and Won.
When the British were storming
Badajoz the Duke of Wellington rode
up and, observing an artilleryman par
ticularly active, inquired the mans
name. He was answered Taylor"
ga very good name too," said the
duke. "Cheer up, my men. Our Tay-
lor will soon make a pair of breaches
in the walls!''
At this sally the men forgot their
danger, burst of laughter broke from
them and the next charge carried the
fortress.-London Answers.
His Definition.
'Pa, what is an interior decorator"
"I'm not quite sure, Wilfred, but
think it's d cook."-New York Times.