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— —<br />

" Artis est Celare Artem"<br />

A FEW OPINIONS CONCERNING THE WORK OF<br />

JOHN H. COMPTON,<br />

<strong>Organ</strong> BuildLex*,<br />

NOTTINGHAM.<br />

A Cathedral <strong>Organ</strong>ist, after giving recitals on a small two<br />

manual <strong>organ</strong>, said :<br />

"I have played Cathedral <strong>organ</strong>s with 40 or 50 <strong>stops</strong> which were<br />

not a jot more effective ... I wish we had such diapasons<br />

on our <strong>organ</strong>."<br />

Another Cathedral <strong>Organ</strong>ist :— •<br />

"Absolutely the finest <strong>organ</strong> I ever played ... the action<br />

is perfect and the tone is truly wonderful . . . quite a<br />

revelation to me."<br />

Mr. R. P. Elliot, the Secretary <strong>of</strong> the largest <strong>organ</strong> building<br />

establishment in the world, in an article on "An<br />

<strong>organ</strong> builder's visit to 27 Cathedral <strong>Organ</strong>s in<br />

Great Britain," (Church Economist, New York,<br />

Feb. 1904), wrote :<br />

—<br />

"Compton, <strong>of</strong> Nottingham, is in my opinion the best builder in<br />

England to-day, whether the point <strong>of</strong> view be tonal or mechanical."<br />

Mr. W. Wolstenholme, Mus. Bac, Oxon., the eminent <strong>Organ</strong>ist<br />

and Composer :<br />

"The Tibia is a wonderful stop, possessing massive tone without<br />

being 'hooty,' as so many powerful flutes are . . the imitative<br />

<strong>stops</strong> approach more nearly to the tone <strong>of</strong> their orchestral name-<br />

sakes than any I have ever heard, Mr. Compton's fine ear and<br />

knowledge <strong>of</strong> orchestral colouring enabling him to achieve the<br />

happiest results throughout the voicing. . . . The <strong>organ</strong> at<br />

Radford is by far the most effective instrument that I know."

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