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Geo. Jardine & Son
| Name | Geo. Jardine & Son |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | East 39th Street 318+320 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Orgelbau |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse (um 1884): Nos. 318 und 320 East 39th Street, zwischen First und Second Avenues. Bezeichnet als Organ Builders. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 386] |
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| 1836 |
E. G. Jardine kommt als Sechsjähriger aus England in die USA |
| 1882 |
Tod von George Jardine. Das Geschäft wird von seinem Sohn, Edward G. Jardine, übernommen. |
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[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The name of George Jardine is well known and highly esteemed wherever organ music is performed, but to the general reader it may be of interest to become acquainted with the salient events of his life. He was for over fifty years the leading organ builder in New York, and such was his passion for making improvements in his instruments that he was among the first to import all the most recent European inventions as well as to make several improvements of his own. He learned the art of organ building when quite a youth in the establishment of Messrs. Flight & Robson. at that time the most celebrated manufacturers of Europe, and in coming to this country was the first to introduce the combination movements, reversible pedals and couplers, and his own patented pneumatic and vacuum pallets, which are now used the world over by all the best organ manufacturers. It was he who first made use of the overhanging keys now in universal use, as well as the diagonal draw stops, radiating and curved pedals, improved reversed bellows ribs (to prevent variableness in the pressure of air), and he introduced from abroad the well known Vox Celeste, the Clariana, Flute, Harmonique, Viol de Oamba and the improved Vox Humana, as well as the Dolean, the French Tremolo, etc. Mr. Jardine was the first to introduce into this country the equal temperament system of tuning, and in many other ways caused the American organ to be ranked as superior to those manufactured anywhere else in the world. Among bin greatest achievements was the building of the Pittsburg, Mobile and New York Cathedral organs, which are magnificent monuments to his genius and skill. The St. Patrick's Cathedral organ is justly regarded by judges as being one of the very finest in the world, and well it might be since Mr. Jardine spent many years of patient industry in completing its construction. The cut accompanying this article is a representation of this great organ. It would be impossible in the short space to which we are confined to do justice to its wonderful powers. It must be said, however, that its height is forty-five feet, width twenty-six feet and depth fourteen feet, and that four enormous bellows are required to fill it. It has a compass of five octaves, a chime of thirty-four bells which are struck by piano action, and human ingenuity seems to have been exhausted in the construction of the many stops, pipes and appliances connected with this masterpiece of scientific skill. Other works of Mr. Jardine abound all over the country, and the reputation of his stops are well known throughout the length and breadth of the musical world. The works are located on East 39th Street, between First and Second Avenues, and it is needless to remark that they are replete with the very best machinery that can be devised for the business, and that the workmen of the establishment have been selected on account of their consummate skill in their respective departments. Mr. George Jardine died in 1882 at the ripe old age of eighty-two, and his large business is now being conducted by his able son, Mr. Edward G. Jardine, who had been thoroughly trained by his father. The business in all parts of the country was never in a more flourishing condition than at present, and the celebrity of the house still remains as great as when the founder was at the helm. Mr. Edward Jardine is a native of London, but came to this country when but six years of age, in 1836. He is destined to continue tile business as it was originally founded, and is entitled to the greatest praise for the manner in which every department of his large establishment is conducted. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 386] |
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