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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1The console is of the latest design, giving the organist complete mastery of registration. The crescendo of the registers is of the selective type. By the use of pistons the organist can control the seven stations at will. The Solo, Echo and Percussion organs are "floating" and can be played from any of the four manuals.
3The latest type of swell boxes with their patented sound insulators, together with the working of the opening and closing of all folds in the different sections from one master shoe, make possible fine tonal expression through the flexibility in tempo, power and color of tone.
5The company's endeavors for quality of workmanship have been aided by the long periods of service of many of their highly-skilled workmen. Many past and present employees have been with them for twenty-five, thirty-five, forty or even more years. In some instances the second generation is numbered among their employees.
7Hook & Hastings Co. make all parts of their organs except sometimes the keys. The scales and gauges used in the gradation of their pipes represent the cumulative experience of over one hundred years. They have special formulae for the composition of the different kinds of metal pipes. For their wooden pipes they use California sugar pine as the best material obtainable.
9This company installed their first electric action in an organ in 1895. They were thus among the first firms to do this successfully.
11Two features of their electric organs they consider of prime importance. One is their magnets with poles made of softest Norway iron and armatures of the floating type with a special device for regulating. The method of making the magnets has not been changed since they were developed, for their chief repairman never found it necessary to replace one in twenty years' time.
13The other is the use of platinum for the main contacts of their key and coupler actions. This metal is a perfect medium for electricity, is wear-resisting and not affected by heat or atmospheric changes. Its noncorroding quality was well proved when the platinum contacts of an organ damaged by the Dayton, Ohio, flood were found by test to be in perfect condition.
15Other special features of their organs are:
16The multi-wind chests of the individual vertical valve type with a specially designed dust pocket for each port.
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