1.21.2010

ORGAN!!

Here is the beast---installed in 1905 by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford Conn.
featuring their patented Universal Air Chest System.
Their site:
http://austinorgans.com/history-Yesterday&Today.htm
& a geeked out explanation of how their walk in air chest system works:
http://www.concertartist.info/organhistory/works/works16.htm


 Behind the fake pipes up top:






Through a small door and inside ...






FYI: the motto in the coat of arms reads: 
"SCIENTIA ARTEM ADJUVAT"  
Science Aids Art
“The Austin motto has always had the priorities right; science cannot determine, dominate, eclipse or degrade art. It bows to the requirements of art; science is a servant of art."
-Orpha Ochse 


 





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