eatures at that time practically unknown here. Several
of the organs constructed by his firm are in use to-day and are in a
good state of repair. They contain Flutes that it would be hard to
surpass, Diapasons that are bold and firm, and far above the average,
though thought by some to lack weight and dignity of effect. The
action is excellent and the materials employed and the care and
workmanship shown throughout cannot be too highly praised.

Roosevelt must be set down as the leader of the revolution which, by
the introduction of foreign methods, has in the last twenty years so
completely transformed organ-building in the United States.

Roosevelt was also the pioneer in using electro-pneumatic action here.
Accounts had reached England of his wonderful organ in Garden City
Cathedral, part of which was in the gallery, part in the chancel, part
in the roof, and part in the choir vestry in the basement. The author,
on arriving in Philadelphia in 1893, as organist of St. Clement's
Church there, was anxious to see a Roosevelt electric organ and was
invited to see one in the concert hall of Stetson's hat factory. He
was shown one of the magnets, which was about six inches long! Here is
an account of the organ in Grace Church, New York City, which appeared
in the American Correspondence of the London _Musical News_, February
15, 1896:

There are three organs in this church by Roosevelt--in the chancel, in
the west gallery, and an echo in the roof, electrically connected and
playable from either of the keyboards, one in the chancel and one in
the gallery. The electric action is of an old and clumsy pattern,
operated from storage batteries filled from the electric-light main,
and requiring constant attention. The "full organs" and "full swells"
go off slowly, with a disagreeable effect, familiar to players on
faulty pneumatic instruments.

This organ has lately been entirely rebuilt with new action and vastly
improved by Mr. E. M. Skinner.

In 1894 the writer made the acquaintance of the late Mr. Edmund
Jardine, who was then building a new organ for Scotch Presbyterian
Church in Central Park West, with an entirely new electric action that
had been invented by his nephew. Of course by this time Mr.
Hope-Jones' inventions were well known over here, and Mr. Jardine told
the writer that some of the other organ-builders had been using actions
which were as close imitations of the Hope-Jones as it was possible to
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