11' 



Traversing flie A(iu;irinni a sluuly nook eaii he funiid in 



THE FEBNKRY. 



THE FERNERY, 



and a welcome re^t enjoyed ■should the weather l)e propitious. • A further peregriuation will take 

 the sight-seer to the 



MAIN HALL, 

 which is 500 feet long and 160 feet wide, M'itli galleries and large cellars. 



The western end has been partitioned off to form a concert hall, and here is found — 



mannftictured by Mr. G. 



£.0,560 9s., and sloping down from it to 

 from 700 to 800 adnlt choristers, but npon 

 which 1,000 children have frequently been 

 seated. Viewed from the nave the organ 

 jiresents a most imposing appearance, and 

 the decoration of the front is extremely rich 

 and graceful. It fills uj) a frontage of 63 

 feet by a height of 45 feet from the floor on 

 which it stands. In the basement of the 

 building is fixed the gas-engine whicli works B;^ 

 tlie feeders or beUows from a nnnimnm of '**' 

 4-inch pressure to a maximum of K) inidies. 

 These feeders supply great reservoirs, from 

 which great wind trunks convey the neces- 

 sary supplies to other reservoirs within tiie 

 body of the instrument, and from these 

 different channels the sound-boards are fed 

 with air of the required jjressure and 

 eqnable cnrrent, free from pulsation or 

 other fluctuation. 



THE EXHIBITION ORGAN, 

 Fincluim, of Riclimond, for the 1880-81 



Exhi 



the ground tliere is a gallery, 



liition, at 

 containinsr 



a cost of 

 seats for 



THE MAIN HALL. 



