New-York tribune., 1910-01-16
NOTED PIPE ORGANS
,yDs LARGEST rs
IN KANSAS CITY.
Facts About Oldest and Most
Famous American "B0res
of WhistIes.'

uurous American boiCSS
of WMstIes.
"a, 15-"DeviTs bagpipcs,' Furi-
Bostsi- ,,sea 10 call the pipe organ
tsn col's ~ ,--etsna. ancient seat OF AIneri-
fet r',..-ss.-,- has from early Gays oeen
oan .sntre OF American interest IN
~ cd nlsying on the great ecnlpiex
nAA1-- from which Abt Fogier drew
ihsN- -, ~.-asns More famous organs, IN
Go. ce.-.,..tsf,tv. have been set Up IN yam
81 .tun anywhere else; more organ
So. 1s,,,a5. more organ music written AZ
ISIS 80, England. in keen interest IN tne
W .rsoxa< Of whistles" as q Scotchnan
.harn come sections Of the middle
c-'e- .-.,..-e rbt,rchsoing Yankees have set
NC rhs worlds largest organ Is In Kan
ne- -..>, Many OF the finest church organs
!, the Mississippi Valley.
az ..-.+inq in romantic interest are the
- 80 several famous church and con-
,-vsns Of the United States No ;n-
-. makes stronger appeal 70 popular
ss-j-s4iou. even in this day when eiectrf-
s,,,,oas have been substituted for many
ols manual operations.
Tho most celebrated Of all American or
- n many respects. is one which has
80. been resurrected from q tuneless death.
n-,y tbs other day many older New Eng
,,1s nAonle were excited TO "reminiscences
:, an announcement that at Methuen. a
Massachusetts, village outside the city or
1svrerce. Z. ?. Sea-les, the sugar mag
rate. whose residence is one Of the show
,,sces of the MerriInac Valley, had just set
=, sns was about 10 rededicate the historic
organ of Boston Music Hall. one Of the
largest erected anywhere. the first OF any
importance in this country 10 be used for
other than church purposes and for a gen
Grafton certainly the most widely discussed
instrument in North America.
Nusically inclined people still living re-
cau how. when the Boston Music Hall was
opened 10 the public on November %. 1852.
the proceeds of the first concert were set
aside. together with q gift from Jonathan
Pbul;ps 10 starr fund for buying g con-
cert organ and how. little later, J. Baxter
Upham, after. Trip abroad IN quest Of
organ lore. recommended the building OF
colossal instrument, one which would make
the whole country talk about what they
were doing down in Boston Mr..
Uphar justified his recommendation by per
sous!ly subscribing sl0.cOO Other wealthy
Bostonians were equally generous Finally.
g commission 10 produce something mag
rtfcent gas turned over 10 a celebrated
firm in Stuttgart, Germany.
The great organ arrived after various
RELAYS surmounted by three groups Of
classical figures which were carved at
tie Royal Academy Stuttgart. On No
venber ?, lSs3. it was formally dedicated.
after Charlotte Cushman. the distinguished
actress. had recited an ode Its beauties
and mechanical marvels were POLITICALLY
described by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
RATS WERE ITS MICROBES.
Through the later years Of the Civil War
and those succeeding IL no instrument was
more celebrated throughout the nation.
Most Of the leading musicians Of the SOS
and Bs played upon il. with great delight
IN Us capacities, even though certain de-
fects OF the mechanism We're freely ad-
nitted- These, as Ill luck would have il.
steadily grew worse as q result OF the
location Of the organ. Toward 1850 leak
II the roof OF the building caused the wind
chest frequently TO be filed with water.
Rats played havoc with the internal or
ganisn- Finally, despite some protests.
the organ was sold to William Grover,
G wealthy man. who presented II TO the
New England Conservatory OF Music, then
occupying its historical quarters in Frank
In Square. where Lillian Ncrdica and many
ether great musicians received their train
ing
The conservatory management found
that the - xr-N,
largest OF American pipe organs was some
what embarrassing. Although a begin
nng had been made OF the present col
lection, which in the conservatory's new
and msgnifcently equipped building has
how brought together seven times as many
pipe organs as are found under any other
Engle roof n the world, there was in yhe
conservatory OF those days no hall suit
abe 70 accommodate the metallic elephant
accordingly, Il was slowed in q tempo
rsry building. from which It was expected
that II might finally be removed and used
for the benefit Of the music students who
we're already making Boston their mecca
That Il was not exactly the kind of in
srument for an educational institution
nae, however, already become apparent
fao finally. in 1897. the various parts, which
nae cost nearly a quarter Of a million
collars. were sold for a small sum to
NJ searles. who has kept them for nearly
Thirteen years more before rebuilding.
Ths place which It had been intended the
great organ should have at the leading
american music school has since been
TAKEN oy another large and costly instru-
nent, which may fairly be called the most
asefui OF American concert organs, the one
II jordan Hall Of the conservatory's new
o1iloing IN the Fenwav district Of Boston,
ne gift Of E5en D. Jordan, OF Boston; it
4 modelled upon e world famous organ of
Hsnaassance workmanship at Siena, Italy,
sao Il is naturally one Of the valuable as
sess Of the organ school OF the New Eng
sisnc Conservatory, which has been re-
tponsihls for the training Of many Of the
ioiemoEt American organists. Only three
!" four organs in the country are larger,
sao hone is more complete in mechanical
equipment
FENERATED BY STUDENTS.
many young man or young woman who
t~-ore cnYrfT7sy Eznsfrr7