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“The Organ—grandest instrument the hand 
Of man has placed in Music’s galaxy; 
In which all Nature’s wondrous sounds are linked 
In golden chains of countless harmonies. 
Responsive to the touch of man’s weak hands 
As if a giant’s fingers swept its keys 
And called concordant voices from the depths, 
The diapason of the storm-struck sea, 
The thunder’s peal, the wind’s wild whistling wail, 
The songs of swift-winged warblers in the air, 
And the soft sighing of the ambient breeze. 
Temple of Tone art thou! The shrine supreme 
Of Sound’s mysterious powers and richest gifts, 
God-given thought alone could have inspired 
The human mind to frame so grand a work; 
Great Organ—Monarch of all Instruments! 
George Ashdown Audsley. 
THE ESTEY PIPE ORGAN 
