Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . ht in wagons from St. George, ahaul of 400 miles. The great 32-foot pipes required many thou-sand feet of this particular lumber. The action of the Organ is electric throughout; the power forwhich is furnished by low voltage generators. The wind pressureby which the pipes are blown is furnished by centrifugal fans whichare rotated by four motors creating thirty-two horse power. Nearlytwo thousand magnets are used in the mechanism which controlsthe vast tonal resource of the Organ. The total number of pipesis between seven and eight t
Utah : its people, resources, attractions and institutions . ht in wagons from St. George, ahaul of 400 miles. The great 32-foot pipes required many thou-sand feet of this particular lumber. The action of the Organ is electric throughout; the power forwhich is furnished by low voltage generators. The wind pressureby which the pipes are blown is furnished by centrifugal fans whichare rotated by four motors creating thirty-two horse power. Nearlytwo thousand magnets are used in the mechanism which controlsthe vast tonal resource of the Organ. The total number of pipesis between seven and eight thousand, and in order to make thesepipes speak, wind is forced through them in five, ten, and fifteen-inch pressure. The air enters the Organ through large air chestsand some of these are as large as an ordinary room. Above theseair chests are thousands of pipes varying in length from five-eighthinch to thirty-two feet long. The interior of the Organ containsone hundred and twelve sets of pipes, which are divided in sevensections, etc. 24 Tabernacle Tabernacle Choir and Organ. It is believed that this instrument has now attained a perfec-tion which can hardly be reproduced for many years to come. Theconsole or keyboard of the organ is perhaps one of the most in-teresting features. It is direct electric in all its mechanism and isexceedingly small in comparison to the mammoth instrument itcontrols, and supplies the organist with unusual facilities for con-trolling the instrument. It is wonderfully compact in design, andis movable. Key-stop action is used and in addition to thefour banks of manual-keys and the pedals, there are no less than270 different appurtenances, all of which the organist must remem-ber. These consist of stops, couplers, etc. The console is con-nected with the organ by cables; there are two junction or connec-tion boards in the floor which permit of the console being move ato any desired location on the rostrum. There is also a cancellersystem provid
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