. The box of whistles : an illustrated book on organ cases: with notes on organs at home and abroad . ANTWERP CATHEDRAL ir^i SEPiP ST PAULS ANTWERF12 TH SEPTS- 187 2 NOTES ON BELGIAN ORGANS. 19 tkree towers, tlie smallest in the centre. Although the pipes of the outer towers are arranged in asemi-circle, the top is square, the gilded work at the top of the pipes making a sort of capital, whichlooks very well. 1872. ST. GEORGE.—A new church, highly decorated, has at its west end a divided Gothic organ,not otherwise remarkable. 1872. ST. JACQUES.—A semi-divided organ stands on a Choir Scr


. The box of whistles : an illustrated book on organ cases: with notes on organs at home and abroad . ANTWERP CATHEDRAL ir^i SEPiP ST PAULS ANTWERF12 TH SEPTS- 187 2 NOTES ON BELGIAN ORGANS. 19 tkree towers, tlie smallest in the centre. Although the pipes of the outer towers are arranged in asemi-circle, the top is square, the gilded work at the top of the pipes making a sort of capital, whichlooks very well. 1872. ST. GEORGE.—A new church, highly decorated, has at its west end a divided Gothic organ,not otherwise remarkable. 1872. ST. JACQUES.—A semi-divided organ stands on a Choir Screen of black and white marble,the front towards the west, has on each side next the pillars of the church, a tower of seven pipes,then a small flat, beyond which is a still smaller flat. A low straight piece of oak carving joins thisto similar work on the opposite side. The Choir front consists of a low centre, which has a bas-reliefof St. Cecilia, below which is a small oval opening, which I fancy is useful to the organist. On eachside of this is a flat of six pipes, a tower of five pipes, a flat of four pipes, and lastly, a t


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