"The wonderful instrument * * * is proving a source of interest to the whole city and has materially added to the fame of 'The Paris' as the leading picture theatre of Denver. No thirty-piece orchestra could accompany the pictures so well as the Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra does. Neither would it so completely carry away with enthusiasm the crowd that flock to hear it."
The Author Playing a Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra.
Only the keyboards are visible from the auditorium; the instrument is placed on each side of the proscenium, occupying the place of the usual stage boxes, the tone being reflected into the theatre through ornamental case work. The 32-foot open diaphone is located behind the picture screen. The specification:
PEDAL ORGAN (32 NOTES).
FEET. FEET.
Diaphone 32 Octave 8
Ophicleide 16 Clarinet 8
Diaphone 16 Cello 8
Bass 16 Flute 8
Tuba Horn 8 Flute 4
Bass Drum, Kettle Drum, Crash Cymbals--Second Touches.
Great to Pedal; Solo Octave to Pedal.
Diaphone 32 ft. Second Touch; Ophicleide 16 ft. Pizzicato Touch.
Six Adjustable Toe Pistons.
ACCOMPANIMENT ORGAN (61 NOTES).
FEET. FEET.
Vox Humana (Ten C) 16 Octave Celeste 4
Tuba Horn 8 Flute 4
Diaphonic Diapason 8 Twelfth 2 2/3
Clarinet 8 Piccolo 2
Viole d'Orchestre 8 Chrysoglott 4
Viole Celeste 8 Snare Drum
Flute 8 Tambourine
Vox Humana 8 Castanets
Viol 4
Triangle, Cathedral Chimes, Sleigh Bells, Xylophone, Tuba Horn, Solo to
Accompaniment--Second Touches.
Flute, Solo to Accompaniment--Pizzicato Touch.
Ten Adjustable Combination Pistons.
One Double Touch Tablet to cause the Pedal Stops and Couplers to move
so as at all times to furnish automatically a Suitable Bass.
GREAT ORGAN (61 NOTES).
FEET. FEET.
Ophicleide 16 Clarinet (Ten C) 16
Diaphone 16 Contre Viole (Ten C) 16
Bass 16 Tuba Horn 8
Diaphonic Diapason 8 Flute 4
Clarinet 8 Twelfth 2 2/3
Viole d'Orchestre 8 Viol 2
Viole Celeste 8 Piccolo 2
Flute 8 Tierce 1 3/5
Vox Humana 8 Chrysoglott 4
Clarion 4 Bells 4
Viol 4 Sleigh Bells 4
Octave Celeste 4 Xylophone 2
Octave, Solo to Great.
Ophicleide, Solo to Great--Second Touches.
Solo to Great Pizzicato Touch.
Ten Adjustable Combination Pistons.
One Double Touch Tablet to cause the Pedal Stops and Couplers to move
so as at all times to furnish automatically a Suitable Bass.
SOLO ORGAN (37 NOTES).
FEET. FEET.
Tibia Clausa 8 Quintadena 8
Trumpet 8 Cathedral Chimes 8
Orchestral Oboe 8 Bells 4
Kinura 8 Sleigh Bells 4
Oboe Horn 8 Xylophone 2
Six Adjustable Combination Pistons.
GENERAL.
Two Expression Levers, two Indicating and Controlling Keys, Thunder
Pedal (Diaphone), Thunder Pedal (Reed), Two Tremulants, Re-Iterator for
Strings, Re-Iterator for Solo.
One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal, First Touch, Full Stops, Second
Touch, Percussion.
One Double Touch Sforzando Pedal, First Touch Snare Drum, Second Touch
Bass Drum, and Crash Cymbals.
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, NEW YORK CITY.
This organ was built by the Ernest M. Skinner Company, Boston, Mass., in 1911. It is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Morton, and is said to have cost $50,000. It is contained in two cases on each side of the triforium of the chancel and blown by an electric installation of 85 h.p.
GREAT ORGAN (21 STOPS).
FEET. FEET.
Diapason 16 Harmonic Flute 8
Bourdon 16 Octave 4
1st Diapason 8 Gambette 4
2d Diapason 8 Flute 4
3d Diapason 8 Fifteenth 2
Philomela 8 Mixture
Grosse Floete 8 Trombone 8
Hohl Flute 8 Ophicleide 16
Gedackt 8 Harmonic Tuba 8
Gamba 8 Harmonic Clarion 4
Erzähler
SWELL ORGAN (26 STOPS).
FEET. FEET.
Dulciana 16 1st Flute 4
Bourdon 16 2d Flute 4
1st Diapason 8 Violin 4
2d Diapason 8 Flautino 2
3d Diapason 8 Mixture
Spitz Floete 8 Trumpet 16
Salicional 8 English Horn 16
Viola 8 Cornopean 8
Claribel Flute 8 French Trumpet 8
Aeoline 8 Oboe 8
Voix Celestes 8 Vox Humana 8
Unda Maris 8 Clarion 4
Gedackt 8 Tremolo
Octave 4
CHOIR ORGAN (IN BOX) (18 STOPS).
FEET. FEET.
Gedackt 16 Piccolo 2
Gamba 16 Fagotto 16
Diapason 8 Saxaphone 8
Geigen Principal 8 Clarinet 8
Dulciana 8 English Horn 8
Dulcet 8 Orchestral Oboe 8
Concert Flute 8 Vox Humana 8
Quintadena 8 Carillons
Flute 4 Tremolo
Fugara 4
SOLO ORGAN (17 STOPS).
FEET. FEET.
Stentorphone 8 Gamba 8
Philomela 8 Hohl Pfeife 4
Claribel Flute 8 Flute 4
Harmonic Flute 8 Octave 4
Voix Celestes 8 Cymbal
Ophicleide 16 Choir Clarinet 8
Tuba 8 Choir Orchestral Oboe 8
Tuba Mirabilis 8 Clarion 4
Flugel Horn 8 Tremolo
PEDAL ORGAN (24 STOPS).
FEET. FEET.
Diapason 32 1st Octave 8
Contra Violone 32 2d Octave 8
Violone 16 Super Octave 4
1st Diapason 16 Bombarde 32
2d Diapason 16 Euphonium 16
Gamba 16 Ophicleide 16
1st Bourdon 16 English Horn 16
2d Bourdon 16 Tuba Mirabilis 8
Dulciana 16 Tuba 8
Gedackt 8 1st Clarion 4
Quinte 10 2/3 2d Clarion 4
'Cello 8 Pizzicato 8
There are 32 Couplers. Stop Knobs are used, with Stop Keys for the
Couplers. (See illustration of the College of City of New York, page
45.)
Suitable combination action adjustable at Console, and visibly
affecting the registers.
The organ is provided with the following Expression Pedals and
appliances:
Sforzando Pedal, Great to Pedal Reversible, Swell to Pedal Reversible,
Balanced Swell Pedal, Balanced Choir Pedal, Balanced Solo Pedal,
Crescendo Pedal.