New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-06
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1868

.nt,r. or~an Ths do not mention asa nsp featufe,
however as has been successfully nirodnced into the
organ of the College Chapel at Cambridge BY Sim
mons of Boston, and pefhaps bas been made by other
1t would be ido task to undertake 20 speak critl
caIy Of the details of great instment,on sin;
gc hcaring. under the hands VI such skiiu plny
ers Suffice it say that heard no dissenting opin'
IONS atarecing its volume Of tone 20 evenly
bolauced trpufh It's entire pass, f and rich IN
every part and SUPPORTED and sustained by tho peddIe
of twenty stops agreeing the beauty Of tone OF
such individual stops could be displayed an occa:
sion like this and as to the perfection Of the mechanism
which permitted first performance marked by no acci
dent aud no failure. n'''
In writing nbout this the recollection Of your cor
respondent cannot help going back seven years or more
and recalling The unwcaricd Efforts II Dr. lrHAN dhc
President Of the Music Hal Associatbn). ara the per
sisfent industry With which lac canvnsscd the city and
ncighborhood for contributions Of every amount, ron
every sonfcc 10 which be hnd access TO start fund
which he confidently assured everybody would give to
Boston an organ unequncd upon this continent nnd In
some respects unsurpassed in Europe.
Such nrtiring energy and enthusiasm could hardly
fail OF ultimate success lie met everywhere kindly
welcome and those who could not Themselves subscribe
were glnd send the doctor to some friend moro nap
PLY situated who could contribute. So. In due tine the
s,hscI ton book filed and the necessary arrange
meats were completed between the subscribers and the
Music Hall Association and the preliminary Inquiries
were set on foot IN order 20 contracting for 'he work
a The ls.crs of Dr. UrHAa did not end with The sue
cessf effort raising tic money. He then set himself
10 work TO study the history and conbtrucfon oil the
orgon examined all the principal Instruments IN ths
country and visited chief organ factories In orr
principal cities A tour through Harorc was nothing
10 him in his ges 10 d. Thoroughly what ne he'd 'akcn IN
hed; 40 be went upon an organ pilgrimage through
Englnnd. France ard Germany. 10 hear an the greAt
orrans Of the Old World aud visit the famous workshops
where ,hey are made Tho readers OF ''Dwights
Journal Of Music will recall with pleasure the ac-
count Of this Summer Tour nronS the orgasa,' VIII
Which they were favored from time 10 time during Dr.
UrH,as absence
T,, result oi these careful and laborions nqnlr!e.
wa contract made with the Mcssrs T.. 1. WALcEEi.
To- Of LudvgsbprS. whose greatest work. the organ
10 the Cathedral 0t Tin, stands uuarrroacAed among
tie pr.iuo tons Of modern o.anbniidcT.. and ranks
with tie grvs,est works o, tie master bniicrs OF for
mer days
Seldom indeed Is any enterprise so much Indebted 20
nny ind, dh for ts original conception. for the rais
ing tho necessary for carrying II into execution
and fyr Intelligent enthusiastic direction and overssh'
II the work In general and IN detail from iis beSnnns
10 i,s succcSsfll completion.
IN, beautiful case was constructed By TIE Ero:hers
HEsTrI Of Now York the germ 81 tho plan being de
sign by HAnarr BrIiso- Of Bos'on. no wa inc hrs'
a. rccesale tie In pto, suggested by the srtis'
buiders nad to urge the adoption of ihsE modhHHioA'
II lis plan.
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