Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-22
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| The rear organ has eleven stops, those
In the Great and Swell of 81 notes, and
in the Pedal of so notes. The Great has
six stops. five boxed. Soft Trumpet,
Gambia, Gross Flute, Concert Flute, all
OF feet. and foot Flute D'Amour,
and one unlocked foot Open Diapason.
The Swell has four stops. Viol D'Orches-
ira, Vox Celeste, Violin Diapason and
] Vox Humane, all of eight feet. The
Pedal has one. the 16 TT. Bourbon, which
was in the front organ and was replaced
by the 16 #. Open Diapason.
| Tremolo stops for both organs have
been put in. In the front organ the
Swell only was boxed and subject to ex-
preston but today when possible both
Great and Swell are boxed SO as to be
subject to expression. This is an i'm
tportant detail and has been carried out
in the rear organ.
| But what is especially pleasing are
the Tubular Chimes Of twenty notes. At
the suggestion of Mr.. Macfarlane these
were placed in the Great box SO that the
swelling cadence of bells, as carried
! through the air. can be produced indie
pendent of the Swell organ and of it's
expression when the Swell organ is be-
ing played.
The stops are controlled by KEYS
placed in a row above their respective
manuals. The Municipal organ at Port
lind has such. The organist is no long
or Obliged to reach to the right and left
for the pulls but touch of the finger.
as the hands pass over the manuals, can
without effort lift or depress the stop
keys and so bring on and off the stops.
| The variety and tone possibilities of
an instrument depend of course in great
measure on the variety of the stops. If
we have a sufficient number we can OBJ
tain all the possibilities of an orchestra.
But the ease with which these can be
manipulated and the power of an in
strument is wonderfully increased today
by electric action.
| Combinations of stops can be made on
an adjustable switchboard and these
combinations brought on and off any
moment by pressing buttons. With one
quick movement a combination of stops
can be made where in the old way it was
necessary to draw the stops in success
sion. On the Swell of the present organ
four different combinations can be made
and on the Great three. The push but
tons are placed just beneath the man.
uals within reach of the thumb. Varied
and fine effects can be produced almost
linstantaneously.
Then as to coupling. The old method
provided for connecting when desired.
Pedal, Great and Swell organs. This of
course can still be done. the present key
stops, however. permitting quicker &C
ton. But electric action also permits
keys on the same manual to be connect
ed together and sounded by pressing one
only of the keys.
! Suppose the keys of a piano were con-
nected so that by pressing down one you
pressed down two. the one touched by
you and the key an octave above; or
| that two others went down. those an oc-
tave above and an octave below. That
! is what can be done by electricity. BY
touching one key the notes of one or
two others, as desired. are sounded al
though the keys other than the one
touched do not move. When the note an
octave above is sounded it is technically
called 4, when the octave below it is
called 16. Now suppose further two pi-
amos were connected so that when you
pressed down a key on one keyboard you
pressed down the corresponding key on
the other keyboard and SO obtained two
notes. the same notes. in unison. as it is
called. This is technically called ..
Suppose further still that you could also
sound the note an octave above the uni
son note of the other piano. that is a.
and the octave below the unison note.
that is 16. All this can be accomplished
lby electricity. When you press down
pedal or a key on one Of the manuals
you can also sound the notes on that
manual or the other manual or either OF
them. 1t is thus readily seen how the
lpower Of an instrument mounts upward