less than 45
ranks of mixtures which were characterized by Sir J. F. Bridge as being
"like streaks of silver." The writer saw this organ in the builder's
factory in London before it was shipped to Sydney. A unique novelty
was the Contra Trombone on the Pedal of 64 feet actual length. The
bottom pipes were doubled up into three sections and the tongue of the
reed of the CCCCC pipe was two feet long. Although almost inaudible
when played alone this stop generated harmonics which powerfully
reinforced the tone of the full organ. The organ is inclosed in a case
designed by Mr. Arthur Hill after old renaissance examples.

ORGAN IN THE MANSION OF J. MARTIN WHITE, ESQ., BALRUDDERY, SCOTLAND

The organs heretofore described have been somewhat on the old lines,
but we come now, in 1894, to "the dawn of a new era," and the star of
Hope-Jones appears on the horizon. With the exception of an instrument
rebuilt by Hope-Jones in Dundee Parish Church, this is the first organ
with electric action in Scotland.

[Illustration: Organ in Hall of Balruddery Mansion, Dundee, Scotland]

Balruddery mansion, the rural residence of Mr. J. Martin White, stands
in a fair country seven miles to the west of Dundee. The grounds of
the mansion are a dream of sylvan beauty, with the broad bosom of the
River Tay within the vision and beyond that the blue line of the Fife
shore.

The organ is the work of three hands. It was originally built by
Casson; the most notable characters in the voicing are due to Thynne;
and it remained for Mr. Hope-Jones to entirely reconstruct it with his
electric action, stop-keys, double touch, pizzicato touch and some of
his new stops. The console is movable, connected with the organ by a
cable about one inch thick, containing about 1,000 wires, enabling the
player to hear the organ as the audience hears it.

Referring to the view of the hall on page 167, the Great organ is in
the chamber behind the pipes seen in the upper gallery. The Swell and
Solo organs are in the attic above, and the sound of these can be made
distant by shutting the Swell shutters, or brought near by opening
them. The pedal pipes are put upside down so that their open ends may
be toward the music room.

SPECIFICATION.

Three manuals, CC to a|3|, 58 notes. Pedal CCC to F, 30 notes.

PEDAL ORGAN (G STOPS).

FEET. FEET.
Open Diapason 16 Principal