INSTALLATION OF ORGAN

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25935, 15 October 1949, Page 2

INSTALLATION OF ORGAN

CASHMERE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

As a tribute to about 30 men of the congregation of the Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church who served in the recent war. an electric organ and a bronze tablet, on which the names of the men are inscribed, will be dedicated to-morrow morning. The service will be conducted by the minister of the church (the Rev. James Laird) and the sermon will be preached by the Rev. James Robertson. who was minister of the church during the early years of the war. The money for the organ has been raised by the congregation in a very short time.

The organ, which is of a type especially designed for use in churches, was made by the London firm of John Compton and Company. As far as is known it is only the third of its kind in New Zealand The sound, instead of being produced by wind through pipes, is generated by electric impulses.- There are three sections, the console, the tone generator box. and the speaker box, in which are two speakers similar to radio loudspeakers, one for the lower, and one for the upper notes. The volume of sound can be controlled. The organ has two manuals and a foot pedal board. It is believed that this electronic type of organ will eventually take the place of the pipe organ in all but .the very biggest churches and cathedrals. Its cost is about a third of that of a pipe organ of a size from which similar results could be obtained. Installation costs are also much less, and there is a considerable saving in space.