Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-15
CITY AND COUNTY.


A GRAND ORGAN.-The general committee,
to which was entrusted the work of getting
the money to pay for, and to obtain an organ
to be placed in Mechanics Hall in this city,
held a meeting, last evening, to hear the re-
port of its sub committee to which the special
service of examining the best instruments in
New York and New England had been COM
mtted. That bcommttee were men who
are widely and favorably knewn as musicians,
and are all men who have had unusual oppor-
tunities to know about organs. Among them
were Messrs. Leland, Hamilton, Allen, Sum-
ner, and Thayer. In the discharge of their
important trust they heard the selected nstru-
ments of the best makers Of Boston, New
York, and elsewhere. They also held cor
respondence with ALL and received specitca-
tions from nearly all. From the beginning
these builders saw this was no ordinary OPP
portunity. Not only was an instrument of the
very largest class wanted, but the place for it
was everyday adapted and worthy to receive it.
Ofcourse much labor and great fidelity were re-
CURED. Both have been given, anddhe COM
mittee were unit in all their conclusions
They advised dhat the contract be given to
MeSsrs. L. & G.. G. Hook of Boston, and that
the organ be built according to the specfca-
tons accompanying their report. BY that
plan the organ will have sevcnty-four stops
and four key boards. The committee think it
will be the largest and best ever made in this
country. In size it will be second only to the
new one in Music Hall, Boston, and it will
take rank among the great organs of the
world In a subsequent paper we may speak
more in detail. We will add now on this point
only that the organ of York Minister has fifty
six stops, that at Birmingham forty, the great
Haraem organ sixty, and that in the Baltimore
cathedral thirty-six
The general committee UNANIMOUSLY ac-
quiesced in the report, and chose ten of
their number to contract for and supervise
the building of the instrument. On that COM
mittee are DR.. Bemis, Judge Chaplin, S. Il.
Leland, f. Hamilton, Deacon Ball, A. Stock
ing, B. ID. Allen, w. Sumner, p. w. Taft
and w. L. Thaycr. The time of its compile
ton is now expected to be about the LIST of
September, 1864.
Nobody can suppose that such an acquisi-
ton as this is coming without making neces-
sary large subscriptions, Some such have
been made already Three or four have been
truly splendid. The men who made them
will be honOred as long as public spirit Or the
love of music shall exist among us. There is
room yet for more of the same character, as
well as for the smaller sums, which, in many
instances, have been equally generous, al
though necessarily less conspicuous. The
amount already subscribed is the generous
sum of seven thousand dollars. This is
more than at the beginning expected. a
prize magnificent was not thought to be
within our reach. Now it is sure to come;
and the committee are warranted in their clear
belief that the two thousand dollars yet ne
cessary to coverevery outlay will be cheerfully
provided.
Lett remembered that this grand organ
will hereafter be one Of the principal attrac-
tons Of our city. Not only to draw strangers
out of curiosity, but also to that increasing null
tude, whose desire will be to hear and be up
lifted by its majestic strains. Like that at
Birmingham, this will remain perpetual
monument of the noble spirit OF the inhabit-
ants of this city.
REV. EDWARD E. HALL will preach at DR..