New Instrument Due in Next Few Months An organ recital given by Mr. R.C. Young at Holy Trinity Cathedral on Monday was the last occasion on which the present organ will be heard, as its dismantling to make room Yor the new organ will be commenced next week.
The new organ, which has been built by Messrs. Harrison & Har-risen, of Durham, is expected to arrive in Shanghai in April next, trid it fs hoped that it will be ready for use by about the end of August.
The new instrument forms part of the Cathedral War Memorial, for the completion of which fund a of approximately Tls. 20,000 is required. A collection will be taken behalf of this fund, to which hoped that those attending wi contribute as generously as poss The new organ will consist of three manuals and pedal board, and will contain 46° sounding stops besides the usual couplers. There are also 29 control pistons and composition pedals.
The amount of mechanism and material which fs contained in a modern organ is nothing short of Jamazing and its existence is probably never realized by the average individual, Even the smallest organ has some 700 or 800 pipes not to mention an elaborate system of trackers or control appliances. T! new Cathedral organ will cental not less than 2,633 pipes. The jection is pneumatic which means' that by the pressing of each ko; column of air is forced along a lead tube which in turn causes a ismail shutter to release air from the wind box which passes into the which is required to sound. Besides the mechanical control there is also a large 10 lip. electric motor for blowing.
The Blower's Revenge In older organs this was usually' Jdone by working a lever resembling pump handle and usually assigned to a small boy. The louder the organ was played the more work there was for him. He had his remedy, however, and most organists are entirely' at his mercy, for should he let the wind run out the triumphal cords of the organ sink {into an undignified groan.
In the new Cathedral organ the
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