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The Leeds Okganv
they look upon an organ as an exclusive ^ to be used in a solemn , dignified mass of tone , and totally unsuited to a diversity of combinations , and inapplicable to music of a lig ^ racter . . - ^ A ¦¦'
Such have been , and in many instances still are , the popular feelings respecting theorgan ; but within the last quarter o ^ ^ ^ have been much changed , and are daily growing more arid more obsolete----for the efforts that have been made to humanize the people through the power of music , a power that reaches the he ^ have done much towards reviving that art ainong our countrymen ^;^ must be owned that this is a beneficial change in many respects , for we know the mass of the English people to be ardent lovers , and no mean executants of music . ; a character they eminently possessed in the time of
our Tudor ancestors and which they have in no aviso lost sight oi at the present day , although it is ^ fashi on able to say we are not a music al nation . These observations naturally lead us to pur subject—the organ , in connection Avith the masses of the people- ^ and . let those Avho doub t their appreciation of this noble instrument visit the Birmingham Town Hall on a Monday night--4 et them see the workman in his working lously clean , pay his two-pence at the door of that bliilding , ^^ follpAV him and see him seat himself to hear , and be delighted , Avith one of the finest organs ever designed in this or ^ y other country : and then let the
doubters say the people are not niusical I Thanks to the good example of Birmingham , Glasgow followed with a noble instrument in her town-hall—then Liverpool } but alas ! that such a building should have an organ so notorious . Noav Leeds has determined not to be behindhand in the race , and on Friday last we had the ' satisfaction to hear a portion of the organ for Abe new town hall at the manufactory of Messrs . Gray and Davison , in the Euston-road . This instrument has been designed jointly by Bro . Henry Smart , the organist of St . Luke ' s , Old-street , London , and Bro . William Spark , of
Leeds , Provincial Grand Organist ; and has been entrusted to the oldestablished firm of Gray and Davison to build . It consists of the following parts : —
Four manual claviers—compass of each from CC to C in a ) tissimo- —sixty-one notes ; and a pedal clavier extending from CCC to F—thirty notes . The Orchestral Solo Organ ( uppermost clavier ) contains the following stops : —
By Pipes on Sound Boards . L Bourdon ( wood ) . . 8 feet 2 . Concert Flute Harmonic ( to fiddle G ) . . 8 ib . $ . Piccolo Harmonic ( to tenor C ) , . . . 4 ib , A . Ottavina Harmonic , . 2 ib . 5 . Clarionet . . , . 8 ib . () . Oboe ( to tenor C ) . . 8 ib . 7 . Gov Anglais and Bassoon ( free reed ) . . . 8 ib . 8 . Tromba . ' . . . 8 ib . 9 . Ophicleide . . 8 ib .
By Mechanical Combination . 10 . Clarionet and Flute . in octaves 11 . Oboe and Flute . . ib . 12 . Clarionet and Bassoon . ib . 13 . Clarionet and Oboe \ . ib . 1 L Oboe and Bassoon . ib . 15 . Flute , Clarionet , and Bassoon in double octaves . 1 G . Flute , Oboe , and Bassoon in double octaves .
The Swell Organ ( second clavier ) contains the following stops : —
1 . Bourdon ( wood ) . . 10 feet % Open Diapason . . 8 ib .
3 . Stopped Diapason treble ( to tenor C ) . . 8 feet
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The Leeds Okganv
they look upon an organ as an exclusive ^ to be used in a solemn , dignified mass of tone , and totally unsuited to a diversity of combinations , and inapplicable to music of a lig ^ racter . . - ^ A ¦¦'
Such have been , and in many instances still are , the popular feelings respecting theorgan ; but within the last quarter o ^ ^ ^ have been much changed , and are daily growing more arid more obsolete----for the efforts that have been made to humanize the people through the power of music , a power that reaches the he ^ have done much towards reviving that art ainong our countrymen ^;^ must be owned that this is a beneficial change in many respects , for we know the mass of the English people to be ardent lovers , and no mean executants of music . ; a character they eminently possessed in the time of
our Tudor ancestors and which they have in no aviso lost sight oi at the present day , although it is ^ fashi on able to say we are not a music al nation . These observations naturally lead us to pur subject—the organ , in connection Avith the masses of the people- ^ and . let those Avho doub t their appreciation of this noble instrument visit the Birmingham Town Hall on a Monday night--4 et them see the workman in his working lously clean , pay his two-pence at the door of that bliilding , ^^ follpAV him and see him seat himself to hear , and be delighted , Avith one of the finest organs ever designed in this or ^ y other country : and then let the
doubters say the people are not niusical I Thanks to the good example of Birmingham , Glasgow followed with a noble instrument in her town-hall—then Liverpool } but alas ! that such a building should have an organ so notorious . Noav Leeds has determined not to be behindhand in the race , and on Friday last we had the ' satisfaction to hear a portion of the organ for Abe new town hall at the manufactory of Messrs . Gray and Davison , in the Euston-road . This instrument has been designed jointly by Bro . Henry Smart , the organist of St . Luke ' s , Old-street , London , and Bro . William Spark , of
Leeds , Provincial Grand Organist ; and has been entrusted to the oldestablished firm of Gray and Davison to build . It consists of the following parts : —
Four manual claviers—compass of each from CC to C in a ) tissimo- —sixty-one notes ; and a pedal clavier extending from CCC to F—thirty notes . The Orchestral Solo Organ ( uppermost clavier ) contains the following stops : —
By Pipes on Sound Boards . L Bourdon ( wood ) . . 8 feet 2 . Concert Flute Harmonic ( to fiddle G ) . . 8 ib . $ . Piccolo Harmonic ( to tenor C ) , . . . 4 ib , A . Ottavina Harmonic , . 2 ib . 5 . Clarionet . . , . 8 ib . () . Oboe ( to tenor C ) . . 8 ib . 7 . Gov Anglais and Bassoon ( free reed ) . . . 8 ib . 8 . Tromba . ' . . . 8 ib . 9 . Ophicleide . . 8 ib .
By Mechanical Combination . 10 . Clarionet and Flute . in octaves 11 . Oboe and Flute . . ib . 12 . Clarionet and Bassoon . ib . 13 . Clarionet and Oboe \ . ib . 1 L Oboe and Bassoon . ib . 15 . Flute , Clarionet , and Bassoon in double octaves . 1 G . Flute , Oboe , and Bassoon in double octaves .
The Swell Organ ( second clavier ) contains the following stops : —
1 . Bourdon ( wood ) . . 10 feet % Open Diapason . . 8 ib .
3 . Stopped Diapason treble ( to tenor C ) . . 8 feet