Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — World’s Largest Organ, in Great English Cathedral, Is to Have 10,567 Pipes. [ARTICLE]

World’s Largest Organ, in Great English Cathedral, Is to Have 10,567 Pipes.

The largest organ in the world is now being built for the new cathedral ~at Liverpool. It is the gift of Mrs. James Barrow of Waterloo, near Liverpool. Started in January, 1913, it was to take four years to complete. Says London Tid-Blts: This organ will have five manuals, IG7 speaking stops, and 215 draw stop knobs, and a total of 10,567 pipes. The action Itself will be electro-pneumatic and fubular.-pneumatle on the Willis system. The keys will be laid with heavy plates of ivory without surface joints and the key frames will be of ebony. The music desk, draw stop and pedal jambs of console will be made of rosewood and the pedal board will be made of teak. The four tremulants will be rather unique, inasmuch as the player will be able to regulate the rapidity of the vibrato at will by means -of a -pedal.-- The blowing- wlB- be fione by seven Separate Installations and each separate installation will be electrically blown, and the speed will be automatically controlled by the rise and fall of the main reservoir. The starting and stopping will be easily accomplished at the console by simply pressing three sets of push buttons. Now, probably most people will think that the organ will be altogether too large, but when the size of the cathedral is taken Into consideration, 4t will be readily seen that the organ will by no means be out of proportion. The total length of the cathedral is6o feet, width across the main transepts 200 feet and the height from the floor to the apex of groining 115 feet.