Evening journal., 1921-04-08
TOOPEN ORGAN
With RECITAL
Professor Day Will Play
New Instrument at St.
Jom's Tomorrow
1000 PIPES AND
OMILES OF WIRE

Since the first OF the year. the work
OF installing the new four-manual
pipe organ in St Johns Church.
Twenty-first and Market streets. has
been going forward and this week
the organ was finished. Tomorrow
afternoon. the organ will be formally
opened by a recital by George Henry
Day. Fellow OF the American Guild
Of Organists, and organist and choir
master at st. Johns. at o'clock. In
! cidentally 1t will be the first time
that Mr.. Day has been heard in re-
cital in Wilmington, though he has
/ opened many new organs in nearby
towns and cities since taking up the
/ directorship Of the music at St.
I Johns.
The new organ. which occupies
both sides OF the chancel. is housed
/ In specially built chambers Of Bran
dywine granite and concrete, the
main organ on one side. and the anti
I phonal organ sunk in the tower wall
opposite.
With more than 1000 pipes. 65
speaking stops. 40 couplers and as
/ combination pistOns 10 control the
foregoing. St. Johns new organ takes
rank as the largest organ In the
State Of Delaware. and one OF the
finest and most complete instru-
ments in the country. Ten miles Of
copper wire have been used in the
construction. The action is electric
Throughout
Tonally the instrument Is beau
tifully balanced. Every stop is un-
der expression at the command OF
the player. The stop appointment
contains all the color Of the mod
crn symphony orchestra. and in ad-
dltion all the rare and beautiful
tones found in the best organs. There
are mellow diapasons in the great
organ. concert harp and celesta
in the orchestral organ. cathedral
chimes and cor anglais in the solo
organ. tuba profunda in the pedal
and an ethereal vox humana (hu.
man voice. IN the echo organ. The
fwind for the organ is furnished by
two motors. one y horsepower
the other 2-horse- power. A genera
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generates the electric current for tn,
key action.
A feature Of the organ is the con
sole in st. Marys chapel. adjoining
the chancel. from which a portion
Of the main organ can be played al
a separate instrument for service
in the chapel The entire instrumen
can be played from the large con
sole in the chanceL
The builder. NJ. p. Moller. operate
the largest organ factory in tn
United States at Hagerstown. Nd
. having constructed more than 800
Instruments, among which are IN
notable ones at West Point Militar
Academy Walnut Street Presbyter
ian Church. Philadelphia; City Au
ditorium. Evansville. Ind; ST. Luke
! Church. Brooklyn. y. y; Euclid Ave
nue. Presbyterian. Cleveland. Ohio
Church OF the Ascension, Atlanti
city. and St. Bartholomew Church
New York city.
Mr. Day will play the followin
/, program at his recital tomorrow al
ternoon-Part /: Grand Choeur !
. d. Gunmant: Spring Song Mendels
: sohn; Meditation. Sturges; Scherz'
q Dethier; Minuet in G., Beethoven
q / Thanksgiving. Demarest; address b
the rector Part 2: Prelude TO 40
2 and Bridal Chorus from "Lohen
+, grim" Wagner; Evensong. johnson
: Military March. Shubert; Humoi
! esque. Dvorak; Vesper Chime
q (new). Day; Ride Of the Valkyrie
Wagner.