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BIG ORGAN FOROCEANGROVE.
Most Powerful One in the World Ordered for
Camp Meetings.
When camp meeting time comes at Ocean
Grove, N. J., next summer the most powerful
organ in the world will greet the worshippers in
the big auditorium and accompany the congrega-
tions in the hymns. The Ocean Grove Associa-
tion, at a meeting recently, closed a contract
for an instrument to cost $26,000 and weigh
about twenty tons. Robert Hope-Jones, who
built the famous organ in the Worcester Cathe-
dral in England, will supervise the construction
of the instrument, and has promised to have it
installed by June.
Mr. Hope-Jones now lives in Elmira, N. Y.
He installed one of his instruments in St. Pat-
rick's Cathedral two years ago, and has im-
portant contracts from churches all over the
country. The contract was awarded to him after
a committee of the Ocean Grove Association had
consulted some of the foremost organists in the
country.
"The Ocean Grove instrument will be the most
powerful in the world/' said Mr. Hope-Jones this
week. "It will not be the largest, because witn
improvements of recent years not so much space
will be needed. It will have some devices which
have never before been used. One of the most
interesting of these will be an electric system
which will preserve the proper tone of the in-
THE GENUINE
NELSON PIANO
is manufactured
by the
H. P. NELSON Company
CHICAGO
MUSIC
TRADE:
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s-tmment no matter what the weather may be.
This device will be of the greatest importance
in the Ocean Grove Auditorium, because it is so
near the water. The various pipes and resona-
tors will be wound with wires, which will be
coupled with an electrical device which auto
matically will keep them at the proper tempera-
ture.
"The organ itself will be of remarkable con-
struction. The large organs heretofore have
been divided into departments—great, swell,
choir, pedal and solo—but this one will be a unit
with a few rows of keys. By the use of a set of
stop-keys, which are connected electrically with
all the various sound-producing devices, any of
these may be drawn on any set of keys instantly
at any pitch and any power.
"The various tone families will be grouped to-
gether, and each family will be enclosed in a
separate box constructed of 'brickwork. Each of
these boxes will be sealed with heavy laminated
lead shutters, and the organist will have the
power of opening or closing these shutters as
desired. By this means he will be able to
graduate the strength of his diapasons, flutes
and trumpets, exactly as desired.
"For instance, the great Tuba Mirabilis will
be voiced on fifty inches of wind, and will in
itself exceed in power the whole of any organ
hitherto built. Because it will be enclosed in
brickwork and so arranged otherwise, its tone
may be allowed free scope or may ba reduced
to a mere whisper that will not overpower a
single solo voice.
"The action of the organ will be controlled
entirely by electricity. All of the electric con-
tacts will be made between pure gold and pure
platinum. These metals, which will cost hun-
dreds of dollars, have been found to be more
reliable than any others.
"The pressures of wind used will vary from
ten inches up to fifty inches of water. In spite
of this the instrument will be much more re-
fined and musical in effect than the large organs
usually met with because of various new devices.
One of these will be the diaphone, which was
tried at St. Patrick's Cathedral. In it the vibra-
tion which produces the tone is accomplished
with an aluminum piston vibrated in a cylinder.
Its vibration in the higher tones reach up to
4,000 a second. It will be employed for the first
time in America. It is in use in some of the
organs I have built on the other side."
Tali Esen Morgan, director of the Ocean Grove
Auditorium, is arranging a series of daily organ
recitals to be given during the summer. The
leading organists of America and of Europe will
be invited to play on the new instrument.
Karachi—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $196.
Leeds—75 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$472.
Leipsig—1 case musical instruments, $455.
Liverpool—40 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $283; 23 case organs, $2,050.
London—64 cases pianos and material, $3,750;
41 cases piano players and material, $11,544; 13
cases pianos and material, $1,917; 1,428 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $14,077; 12 cases
music, $1,100; 7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $569; 25 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $708.
Manchester—60 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $387.
Milan—8 cases piano players and material,
$1,622.
St. Petersburg—1 pkge. talking machines and
material, $150.
Sheffield—40 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $264.
Stuttgart—1 case musical instruments, $183.
Tampico—8 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $131.
Trinidad—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $173.
Vera Cruz—65 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $o,278.
Wellington—14 cases organs, $2,375; 7 cases
pianos, $269.
MAKE FIRSJ SHIPMENTS.
Beck & Miller Who Recently Embarked in the
Manufacture of Pianos Have Received Much
Praise for Their First Instruments.
Beck & Miller, who recently embarked in the
manufacturing of pianos at Tenth avenue and
44th street, made their first shipments of pianos
the end of last week, but what was most im-
portant, tney received a flattering testimonial
from both dealer and customer as to merit of
their product. The concern expect to issue their
first catalog in about two weeks. Since making
their initial bow the firm has made an excellent
showing and hope to close a satisfactory season.
George Harmon has recently opened a music
store at Southwest Harbor, Me.
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
The above device on the fall-
board is the evidence of genuine,
ness and the guarantee of quality*
The H» P* Nelson line is prov-
ing itself a big factor in the business
of some of the most progressive
dealers in the country.
There is still some desirable
territory open to first class dealers*
Write for new illustrated catalog.
H. R Nelson Ca
Makers of H. P. Nelson Pianos
Maritnnt and Herndon Sts. Factory Phone, North, 10(9
CHICAGO
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 6, 1908.
The following were the exports of musical in-
p.tiuments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended:
Barbados—2 cases pianos and material, $204.
Berlin—17 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,092.
Buenos Ayres—155 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $6,476; 8 cases pianos and material,
$1,224.
Cardiff—53 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $352.
Copenhagen—7 cases organs and material, $455.
Genoa—1 case musical instruments, $550.
Glasgow—2 cases organs, $100.
Hamburg—2 cases music, $150; 53 cases piano
players and materials, $14,730; 5 cases pianos and
material, $564; 16 cases organs and material,
$1,185.
Havre—2 cases pianos, $490.
Havana—2 cases pianos and material, $315;
16 pkgs. talking machines and material, $367;
fj cases musical instruments, $192; 7 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $150.
In an industry where high-grade
instruments form but a small group
as compared with the total, and
where admission to that charmed
circle of leaders is guarded with
jealous care and is only obtained
by the consent of trade experts,
recognition as an artistic instru-
ment is naturally accorded to but
few.
In this small class of selected
and approved leaders the Haines
Bros. Piano has a high place.
Why not write for catalogue ?
HAINES BROS.
Bacon BlocK, OAKLAND, CAL.
9 2 Fifth Ave.
NEW YORK
Republic Bldd.
CHICAGO