Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-27
WILL CLOSE CONTRACT FOR
CONVENTION HALL
INSTRUMENT.
WILL COST BIG SUM
Hyeckha Club Started Movement
aud Subscribes $1,000;
Concert Plans,

A contract viii be signed IN Tulsa
tomorrow for the purchase OF a huge
pipe organ at a cost Of Sll. 900 TO be
Installed IN the municipal convention
hall
Mrs r. f. Macarthur. representing
the Hyechka club OF Tulsa, the pre-
mier musical organization Of the
state, Will Monday enter into con-
tract with representatives. Of the Aus
TN Organ company OF Hartford.
Conn, under the terms Of which work
on the organ Will be started al once
Mrs. Macarthur announced yester-
day that the organ would be dedi-
Gated on April 29. Prof Edward
kreiser OF Kansas city Will bee the
oTganlst upon this occasion.
FIRST Subscription.
The organ will be purchased en-
tirely by public subscription and Will
DE the largest instrument Of the kind
IN any municipal building in the
southwest. 1t will forever insure
Tulsa's standing as the musical cen
ter of the state OF Oklahoma. The
Hyechka club, which all honor must
20 for conceiving the idea and having
the courage to take the step, has
headed the subscription list with "a
pledge Of $1,000.
Many prominent Tulsans viii be
interviewed by Mrs. Macarthur after
January / and Will be given an op-
portunity TO contribute to the fund
for the purchase Of the organ.
Tho organ VIII be Of a special de-
sign and Will not detract from the
architectural beauty of convention
hall nor viii It interfere with the
scenic ana electrical effects on the
stage. The console, at which the or
ganist sits will be movable with rs
feet of flexible cable attached and
can be placed anywhere upon the
stage or upon the floor Of the audi
torlum
For All the People.
After the organ is installed plans
Will be made TO make its influence
for good far reaching and Mrs Mac
Arthur has in mind scheme to give
weekly concerts which viii be avail
able TO the masses in addition to
this feature the organ Will be used
in the many festivals to be given by
the HyeChka club and will otherwise
assist materially in maintaining Tul-
sa' S position as the states musical
center
An auditing committee will be ap-
pointed to handle the funds for the
purpose Of the organ. Two Of the
members thus far appointed are j. II.
McBirney and Il. w. Sinclair.
The Austin Organ company which
is to install the Tulsa organ, is the
foremost concern Of It's kind in this
country. II built, among other noted
Instruments the 100000 organ in the
auditorium at Portland, Maine, which
was donated 10 the city by the ia
nous publisher, Cyrus *. Curtis.
They built the $4,000 organ in the
Christian church at Kansas CITY,
which was the gift Of r. A. Long
and have just finished the installa-
ton Of an immense organ for the
Panama-Paciflc international eXpos-
ton at San Francisco
Here by March.
Much preliminary work viii have
to be done In convention halI here,
but it is thought that the organ will
arrive by March Is, and the contract
calls for its complete installation by
April Is.
The dedication Of the organ on
Thursday, April 29 and Friday, April
memorable musical events. Prof
Kreiser will play afternoon and night
on April 29 and at night only on the
following udy.
The New York Sympony orchestra
will be the feature attraction Of tho
Hyechka clubs spring festival in con-
vention hall Monday, May 3. A spe-
cial childrens program will be played
Monday afternoon, and Walter DAM
rosch, the conductor, will give a lee
ture to the children. Children will
be admitted TO this concert for 20
cents. At night Prof Kreser viii
play the pipe organ with the orchestra
that night and this should be an un-
usual event.
The Next Event.
The winter festival Of the Hyechka
club will be held in convention han
February II. The famous Zoellnar
string quartettc will be the attrac-
ton with n special added feature in
the person of Lucille Stevenson, the
noted Chicago soprano, who will come
to Tulsa especially for this concert
and who Will appear with the Zoell-
mars at no other point.