The Recent Revolution in Organ Building: Being an Account of Modern Developments
John Stuart Mill · en
FEET. FEET.
Ophicleide 16 Clarinet (Ten C) 16
Diaphone 16 Contre Viole (Ten C) 16
Bass 16 Tuba Horn 8
Diaphonic Diapason 8 Flute 4
Clarinet 8 Twelfth 2 2/3
Viole d'Orchestre 8 Viol 2
Viole Celeste 8 Piccolo 2
Flute 8 Tierce 1 3/5
Vox Humana 8 Chrysoglott 4
Clarion 4 Bells 4
Viol 4 Sleigh Bells 4
Octave Celeste 4 Xylophone 2
Octave, Solo to Great.
Ophicleide, Solo to Great--Second Touches.
Solo to Great Pizzicato Touch.
Ten Adjustable Combination Pistons.
One Double Touch Tablet to cause the Pedal Stops and Couplers to move
so as at all times to furnish automatically a Suitable Bass.
SOLO ORGAN (37 NOTES).
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Tibia Clausa 8 Quintadena 8
Trumpet 8 Cathedral Chimes 8
Orchestral Oboe 8 Bells 4
Kinura 8 Sleigh Bells 4
Oboe Horn 8 Xylophone 2
Six Adjustable Combination Pistons.
GENERAL.
Two Expression Levers, two Indicating and Controlling Keys, Thunder
Pedal (Diaphone), Thunder Pedal (Reed), Two Tremulants, Re-Iterator for
Strings, Re-Iterator for Solo.
One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal, First Touch, Full Stops, Second
Touch, Percussion.
One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal, First Touch Snare Drum, Second Touch
Bass Drum, and Crash Cymbals.
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, NEW YORK CITY.
This organ was built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company, Boston, Mass.,
in 1911. It is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Morton, and is said to
have cost $50,000. It is contained in two cases on each side of the
triforium of the chancel and blown by an electric installation of 85
h.p.
GREAT ORGAN (21 STOPS).