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Show A Wniiili-rfiil Orgun. The electric orgnn hns been developed Into n marvelous Instrument. Its distinguishing dis-tinguishing feature Is that by using the "console," a keyboard on a movable stand, the organ can bo played from any point, or several organs enn be played at the same moment, nnd by tho same touch of the keys. So that. It tho service of half adqzen or more churches could be so timed as to exactly correspond corres-pond In the length of the respective parts of their ritual, one organist would sulllce for them all. He would sit at the keyboard and perform his offertoryt anthem, or hymn, hb the case might be, and the pressure on the keys would make the electrlo contact, which Avould open tho pneumatic valves In the pipes of nil the Instruments cormpcted up by wires. The largest organ is controlled olectrlcnlly with a simplicity, ease nnd nnd nbsolute command of nil Its resources re-sources that Is simply astounding. The organist touches 11 button, and tho elpc-trio elpc-trio motors start the blowei's, which nro operated automatically and which will continue to siipplynll the wind needed untjl they am stopped.. At, one time, orgnn playing was upt to bo an .exhausting .ex-hausting gymnastic exercise, now the player actuates any or nil of the stops by "stop keys," little Ivory lovers Just over thu keyboard, which aro moved by a light touch of tho flngor, oven without raising the hnnd from tho keys. Heretofore, the organ had had Its limitations lim-itations of louah effects? the latest electric organ has whnt Is termed a "double touch," nn nctlon of tho keys which Is so quick and elastic that pianoforte music can be'played by It effectively ef-fectively nnd fi delicate that It Is en liable li-able of the llncst "expression." The wires connecting the kej board with the organ nre run in n cable, and 2,000 are held In a conductor of Hi Inches diameter. |