Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — A Color Organ. [ARTICLE]

A Color Organ.

A "new art,” whose value may be aaore evident as the eye becomes trained to it, has been brought out by ■ London artist, Wallace Rimington. It consists in the application to color of rhythm and the capability •f rapid combinations qualities hitherto associated with music only. For this a ’’ color organ” has been devised. The keys of the'instrument bring colored discs in front of a powerful arc or lime light, and cause any particular color or combination of colors to be projected on a screen. Each note on the keyboard has its own color. An octave represents the ordinary spectrum, which has been divided up into diatonic Intervals or ■otes, the intervals being calculated according to the rate of vibration at different parts of the spectrum. As successive notes are struck, a rapid Sitting of soft transparent tints is produced on the screen. At a recent exhibition, various musical extracts were rendered simultaneously on the color organ and on the piano, or by an orchestra, tne etTect being novel and quite pleasing. Certain defects in th* color combinations appeared, but it is possible that these may be remedied in compositions strictly designed for a color instrument