Venue(s):
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Mott Street)
Price: Free, but tickets required
Event Type:
Chamber (includes Solo)
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
24 September 2019
Brief. “A large organ, just completed by Henry Erben, will be exhibited at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Mott st., [sic], this afternoon and to-morrow evening.”
“An exhibition of the large new organ, just erected at St. Patrick’s Cathedral by Henry Erben, was given last evening. This really splendid instrument is provided with fifty-two stops, three sets of keys, three octaves of pedals, and nearly 3,000 pipes, and is forty-five feet high, twenty-eight feet wide and fourteen feet deep. It has been erected at a cost of $15,000. The Cathedral was last night crowded in every part by an appreciative audience, anxious to ehar what could be done with the mammoth instrument. A number of professional gentlemen of this city and Brooklyn took part in the performance, among whom were Messrs. Gustavus Schmitz, A. H. Messiter, George W. Morgan, Henry Eyre Brown, Samuel P. Warren, A. S. Caswell, Charles [sic] W. Beames and J. M. Loretz, Jr. The performances of these gentlemen fully tested the capabilities of the instrument, and proved that it was excellent in every respect—full in tone, easy in touch and superior to many instruments of similar range. The audience seemed spellbound by the excellent music provided and kept their seats until the somewhat long programme was concluded.”