Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-09-23
Invention Of the Pipe Orv,,

" ene ripe Organ.
Once upon 4 time a youth pss.;
through q thicket cut q hollo,
and earelessly blowing into ~. 'e
discovered that he was produci, na
sound, q musical note.
Cutting another reed he found
again, but OF different pitch 49,
combining number of these rea.N
ter probably many efforts, he svo,. a,
a set OF perhaps an octave Of co,sso.
tiVe tones, and thus developed u,S..
are now called Pans pipes, the &c.
| organ. "rS
Then someone discovered ,b,, u,
adding Of mouthpiece made .n
blowing easier, and that ins,e.I
many tubes, one alone could he L.
ened or shortened by the use Of enn".
holes, and so the shepherds pine r..
shepherd soon learned that BY r.ins
a pipe in each hand he could r-otn-
two tones at the same time. and 10y
we have the BEGINNING of harmony
The invention of the bellows nro,
ably In connection with the bIocL
smiths forge, furnishing a means -.
obtaining more wind, made il noss;.,'
to use larger pipes and more o, ,bon
and in this with the addition Of La'
board we have the foundation ~ -.
modern pipe organ.
The organ Of today has three !.
MISUNDERSTANDING plant, action ~,
pipes. The first usually consists -,
fan blower, the wind at pressn,s
OF from four to ten inches bv the u,o,.S
gauge, being conveyed to the or,..
chest, a box of about eight Zee, j.
length containing the valves which a.
nit the wind to the pipes, which rs.,
upon the top in double rows.
The organ key desk contains n.
keys, from two to FIVE sets OF five .,
taves each; the pedal keys, which ~.
the bass of the instrument and vbi,S
are played by the feet;the stop knob.
or tablets, one for each row of n,.,.
the couplers, for connecting the dina,
ent keyeoards or for adding octaves n
the notes played, and the combin.,;o,
pistons for bringing on certain sa,o,,
ed combinations of stops. This ts,
desk is connected to the chest by
cable OF hundreds of separate electro
wires.
Each keyboard controls a sectio, =,
the organ called according to the oua,.
ity OF its tone the great, swell, cboi,
SOLO, echo or pedal organ In n.
great organ are the full round tones Al,
the instrument, in the swell organ are
the finer, more expressive stops, Will.
the choir organ is collection Of
smooth-toned pipes of medium scale,
Firestone Plans For Saving in Cost
BY the erection of a million.dola
plant at Singapore, Straits settlemen,
which is the center OF the crude rub.
Der market of the world-,he Fire.
stone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron,
o., expects to cut costs Of handling
crude rubber hundreds of thousands OF
dollars annually.
| Inc new plant, now in the course oil
construction, will introduce into the Far
East some Of Americas most modern
machinery. This equipment will re.
place the labor OF numerous coolies
and much work on the part OF the
East's other famous burden-bearer, the
caribou. There will remain, however,
the need Of the productive efforts Of
100000 persons in meeting the com.
pany's crude rubber requirements.
In addition to Amercanizing the
Easts methods Of handling crude rub
Der, the plant will cut costs perceptitly
by cleaning the rubber at Singapore
process Of manufacture now carried on
at Akron-and by COMPRISING it for
shipment. In this way freight charges
will decrease, since they are based in
large part on space occupied aboard
ship.
According to S. G. Carkhuff, secre.
tary of the company, who returned 10
the United States recently from Sing.
apore, the plant will be the only one OF
its kind owned and operated by rub
Der tire company. II will be opef-
ated by a subsidiary company-lhs
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Limited
which was organized for the pur'
pose.