The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-02-12
MUSICAL NOTES


Mr.. Fred Bohley sang at the Union
meeting held in the Methodist church
at Mallet Creek Sunday morning and
in the Congregational church in the
evening. John Beck also played at
both services. Mr.. Beck was organist
Of the Congregational church at Nal
let Creek for over seven years.
Mr.. Fred Kelser, who Is studying
piano and voice at Otterbein College,
has been engaged to sing in the Easter
services in church at Westerville.
Mr.. Harry Stout became a member
of the Baldwin Wallace orchestra last
Tuesday evening Mr.. Stout takes the
leading trombone parts.
The concert to have been given at
Sharon last Saturday evening by Har-
rington's orchestra and soloists, was
postponed to some later date on account
of the "scare."
It may be Of interest to readers of
this paper to know some of the inter
esting facts about the Panama Expo
sition organ which is placed in Festi-
val Hall at the Exposition grounds.
Winners of the Sentinel's campaign
trips will have an opportunity to see
and hear this wonderful organ, for in
the Exposition celebrating the wonder
full achievement in cutting the Isthmus
of Panama and linking the two great
oceans of the earth with navigable
canal, it is most fitting that music
should be prominent feature.
In the musical plans for this great
celebration, superb organ of rare
excellence and magnitude is provided
The instrument is located in speci
ally constructed chamber, "A feet 6K
inches wide, 20 feet deep, and 50 fee
high, above the stage In the Festiva
Hall, the Echo organ being in another
chamber above the ceiling Of the
Dome.
It has six distinct parts, viz: Great
organ, Swell organ, Choir organ, Solc
organ, Echo organ and Pedal organ
all these separate organs, so to speak
being operated separately or collect
lively from a movable four-manual con
sole.
Thebuilders have shown great skill
and ingenuity in the mechanism Of
the console, inasmuch as no air pres.
sure or pneumatic work is required ir
it, its whole mechanism being electric
and it's sole connection to the organ
some parts of which are at least 20C
feet away, is cable composed Of hun
dreds of insulated wires. A most COM
plete system Of control has been pro-
vided in the adjustable combination
pistons and pedals which, at the slight
est touch, Immediately provide the or
ganist with any combination Of stops
or tone qualities desired. The build
ers also have provided their latest i'm
provement in general combination
pistons," eight in number, which car
be set to give immediate changes on
all manuals and pedals simultaneous
ly; thus at one tuch, multitudes OF
stops instantly move, giving complete
changes of tone color and power in all
the organs. This is the greatest pos
sible aid to the organist, as his combi-
nations can be all previously arranged
and one motion will give any change
desired.
The exterior arrangement of the
stops, couplers and accessories, with
their measurements and positions, is
in accordance with diagrams planned
by Mr.. Edwin H. Lemare, the celebra-
ted organist, and the specifications Of
the organ or its scheme of stops, was
designed by the Exposition authorities
The public will be interested tt
know that after the Exposition Ii
over, this great organ will be moved
to the San Francisco Auditorium, nov
being built at the new Civic center il
this wonderful city. The largest pipC
Of this organ is the 80 CCCC Of th'
pedal Double Open Diapason' Thii
pipe weighs over 1900 lbs., and is 81
feet in length. Special timber had II
be sawed from selected logs to ge
planks Of sufficient length and widtl
for the construction Of these pipes
This, however, is only one Of the thre'
stops of 80 feet pitch in this instru
ment, for there is also a 32-foot meta
stop and a 80 foot reed. The lowe
part of the S2-foot metal stop is o.
the front Of the organ, visible to all
the center pipe being CCCC, measur
ing Al feet long, 20 inches in diameter
and weighing considerably over go
lbs. These pipes are made of speC