these fine Gothic buildings.

Cavaille-Coll, during his long career, received from the Universal
Expositions the highest honors. He was appointed a Chevalier of the
Legion of Honor in 1849, and officer of the same order in 1878. He was
also Honorary President of the Chamber of Syndicates of Musical
Instruments.

Much enfeebled by age, he in 1898 relinquished the direction of his
factories to one of his best pupils, M. Charles Mutin, who has never
ceased to maintain the high integrity of the house.

Aristide Cavaille-Coll died peacefully and without suffering on October
13, 1899, in his 89th year. He was interred with military honors. A
simple service was held at Saint Sulpice and M. Charles Widor played
once more, for the last time to the illustrious constructor, the grand
organ which was the most beautiful conception of his life.

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We have in the course of our review mentioned some of Cavaille-Coll's
principal contributions to the progress of organ-building, his
development of harmonic stops and use of increased wind pressures. Mr.
W. T. Best, in 1888, in a report to the Liverpool Philharmonic Society
as to the purchase of a new organ for their Hall, recommended
Cavaille-Coll as "the best producer of pure organ tone" at that time.
Next to him he placed T. C. Lewis & Sons, then W. Hill & Son.

But the organists of the world have to thank Cavaille-Coll chiefly for
the assistance he gave Barker in developing the pneumatic lever,
without which the present tonal system with its heavy wind pressures
would have been impossible of attainment.

"Blest be the man," said Sancho Panza, "who first invented sleep! And
what a mercy he did not keep the discovery to himself!" Joseph Booth,
of Wakefield, England, put what he called a "puff bellows" to assist
the Pedal action in the organ of a church at Attercliffe, near
Sheffield, in 1827. But he kept the invention to himself, and it only
came to light 24 years after his death! Note on the other hand the
perseverance of Barker. For five weary years he kept on trying one
builder after another to take up his idea without avail, and then took
it beyond the seas. Which reminds us of the Rev. William Lee, the
inventor of the stocking-knitting frame in the time of Queen Elizabeth,
whose countrymen "despised him and discouraged his invention. * * *
Being soon after invited over to France, with promises of reward,
pri