Show l New Y York rk Has or as a Pipe Organ w wui II t Built ui t Entirely of o Cement OTH n t uso us s has been xen discovered h p A erect ered for fOl cement this time from flOm froma flOma a most unexpected quarter Ank An k ennui ergan bulkier builder of oC Elmira X N Y Ylia Yhu lia hu has sH sit s t he the musical age n In a flutter ot or excitement over ocr the wonderful musical ll effect produced by his hl orchestral unit g orran largely constructed of oC reinforced concrete r A specimen sp of his Ills work at the great I Auditorium n Ocean Grove X K J has hasKen hn b Ken en attracting much attention Madam l Ur b describes s It as ns the thc most wonderful organ In the tho world i and other great singers fingers are aio nr 1 dG equally loud In their praise Compos Composers ers ern such as and let declare that It It marks manes the lh dawn ofay of ofa ay a n nea ICI Ira era In music At t the h convention of the lie National Association A st of or Organists at a Ocean ln Grove Grote a I k lion was W I unanimously passed acknowledging t h edging the th advance si achieved and saying that if the ho Inen Inventors h 1 tors genius has hns freo free scope a marked uplift to the musical life of oC the world worlds s will result The new nem form of organ orsan has lias therefore evidently come to stay itay sta star GrI t t r Cement Clment Ago AC presents a few ot or tho the de details details details tails of construction The Instrument at n Ocean Grove Groe Is nut not a perfect and complete example of ot the builders bull Invention yet rel It has at attracted attracted attracted such general that over oer people kayo have paid itald for fOl tho the loge lese of oC hearing h It during the summer and moro more than half of oC tho the cost of oC tho the thoIn Instrument In has thus been recovered inless In Inless less than three months Tho ho organ Ol nn Is I like tho church and con conceit concert cert organ ol an In but one particular name namely namely namely ly that In each l the tone Is produced by byn wind n kid blown through pipes on here I tho the resemblance Is II not lIot great for Cor inthe in inthe the church organ ol n a great eat quantity oC or orall air all at a low pressure Is used med to blow I many thousands of pipes whereas In Inthe inthe the th orchestral unit organ there are arc but few fW pipes and the thc wind Ind used is of oC high rc Apart from front the tho metal meta pipes the church hurch or concert organ ore n Is a delicate machine constructed 11 mostly of wood mood leather and an glue glues affected by b every change of or temperature and readily damaged by hy moisture On tho thin other othor hand liand the orchestral unit organ Is con constructed largely of oC reinforced concrete has hn practically neither leather nor glue slue and Is absolutely Impervious to weather r L iN changes It Is 15 smaller and less les complex than Its old rival It Is also less cost costly costI costly ly I though It produces produce much louder and more expressive hl musical tones Hitherto It has been considered tot for reasons masons hiving having to do with acoustics that wood should hOl d be bo employed ed In the construction or lining of organ oran chambers cham chambers bers But Bul the Inventor of the new typo of organ orul Judges wood to bo be o about bout tho worst possible material for employment I in this capacity and considers concrete or 01 stone to be best In all organs orans tho the tone tuno originates In ht the air wr and contact with anything an calculated to absorb this tone Is I to be bl avoided That Is lit why ho prefers pl r Ig concrete to wood It Is lit stated that the effects he obtains border on the marvelous The rho Ocean Grovo Groo organ has hM but hul 14 ranks of pipes as compared with ovine or 01 oven oen In othur other organs orRan yet the thc organ at Ocean Grove Groe is easily lu lIy the most powerful one In the world All 11 Its It tones lones are arc reinforced and reflected by hl cement In the organ or ln monolithic construct n nis nis is where possible employed etl There ate all and passages for air all including four or OJ live five chambers fur for forthe the pipes The larger of these e pipes ate are themselves of or concrete being formed foamed In ht the walla walls of said chambers crl Other o tilt I features urN an mI parabolic bolie tone lone reflectors reflector resonance chambers supporting corbels anti and cylinders for COI shutter motors etc ell There arc aro no bellows regulatory regulators or moving wind reservoirs mn mo lors tors compress the air all at definite pies sute into the thc concrete chambers and the li e wind chests chest and pipes are arc In direct and ample amplo communication com with these w lm J I chambers By this means a n perfectly steady supply of ol wind Is at all nil times r available This plan pIon of oC relying upon the compressibility of air nil Itself Instead of or upon tho the varying capacity of a col collapsible collapsible collapsible reservoir Is absolutely revolutionary revolutionary In organ work though It was urns tentatively tried tiled in an nn organ onon built for foi Worcester cathedral England In lu 1835 1895 Each of tho tutu four COlli or Iivo chambers containing pl pipes will measure perhaps 8 S or of II 10 feet fet in each e h dimension lon dependent dent h nl of or course on en the size of ot tho the In sti The Tho top lop of or each chamber chamberIs Is closed by a n set et of Venetian shutters with patent sound Hound trap joints These shutters can be opened or 01 closed at III the will of or the organist thus enabling ena him hint to govern the amount of or tone lone one emitting from Crom each chamber One chamber con contains contains the foundation lion tones tonell of tho or 01 organ organ gan an tibias U lm and diapasons one the wood wind another the string hiring tones another the brass bras and a fifth the th percussion Uy fly this till means each cacti department ot of the orchestra chestr Is properly represented and an each caCh is il under separate control The rite performer can cnn control any of the pipes I nt at any an pitch and power powel from front any an key keyboard board he ho may any he bo playing upon The rho reeds used In the organ oran have hae no tuning liming wire wires They stand In tune tunc of or themselves and do du not require the con constant constant stant slant tuning and an attention demanded d In the case cose of or church concert and house h u e organs or ns as hitherto constructed Tim Tho organ being belli Independent ot or climatic conditions Is suited for fol door use us In iii public parks recreation grounds etc ete At Al prevent present one la Is being arranged to go below high water level yf if under a n pavilion tho tono be being beIng being ing reelected redacted la In parallel lines over oyer the entire floor of or the tho pavilion and from thence to the end cud of ot the pier Tho para pant parabolic belie bolic concrete reflectors direct tho the tone wherever desired and prevent Its dis 1115 dissipation dissipation Into tho the surrounding ah Just Justas as Is done with light lIht waves in the case of or a search light |