Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-10
SHENANDOAH NAN IN
SOUTH AMERICA

i SOUTH AMERICA
Mr.. j. OFT Funkhouser is a former
Mt. jackson boy, son of the late
Casper Funkhouser and nephew oil
Capt. Monroe Funkhouser, Of Wood.
stock, Va, and friends in this county
who have followed his successful
career in Hagerstown, will read with
interest the following article clipped
, from the Buenos Aires Herald, pub
lished in Buenos Aires, South America
The first modern pipe organ in an
Argentine home is being installed in
the residence of Senior Rafael Bosch,
Charcas 634, formerly occupied by the
American Embassy. This organ is the
last word in pipe organ des igning and
building and is built by the Moller
Organ Company of Ha gerstown, Mary
land, recognized as ne of the great
organ companies of the world. Mr.. j..
O. Funkhouser, general manager of
the company, is in Buenos Aires giving
his personal attention to its installation,
which it is expected will be completed
within the next two weeks.
Senior Bosch, who is we'll known in
Buenos Aires musical circles, is par
iron of the arts and is recognized as a
talented amateur pianist. His decision
to install pipe organ in his home
comes from his love of music and his
desire to master the instrument.
The organ represents the very latest
design in pipe organs for homes, has
two manuals and the new reproducing
attachment, reproducing automatically
so som ewhat in the manner of the
player piano, the work of the bestI
artists. 1t is claimed that this is thei
first reproducing pipe organ to be in
stalled in Argentin a. An electric motoi
will drive the blower fan and the
lectric control will be so arranged thatl
the reproducing attachment can be
used by simply pressing switch in theI
dining room or any other room of the
comfortable Rosch home. Some ideal
he size of the organ and the thous-I
ands of delicate parts that enter intoI
IS construction, can be gained when it'll
$ known it weighs four and one half
pms. Its cost WAS $1,000 Americana
The Moller Organ Company is one of
he best known in the United States,l
ne great plant representing the lifeI
sark of Matthias Moller.
,aars 81 cons,sssss has come after fiftyI =
lis business, ever seeklat the head of
pest possible organs. He and hfsf8el
yanization are celebrating their golden
of building organs.
The rise of Matthias Moller from an I
Is year old Danish emigrant boy, al
most penniless but with unbounded
grit and determination, back ground
of hard working and word carving, 10
the head of this great organ company
and director of several other great
is only one OF many
similar adventures in the Industrial
world in the United States.
A half century ago, after spendingi
two years in an organ factory, ne de-
cided to be an organ builder on his
own and opened factory" in the
parlour of his step-sister's house mi
Warren, Penn. There he built his first
organ and sold it to to one of the local |
churches for $500 which was lot OF
money in those days.
From that time Moller's history has
been one of constant labour and plan
ming, never looking backward, and
embarking on new enterprises only
when able to finance them himself.
To-day he has the satisfaction of know
ing that he makes good organs and he
is able TO continue making them, be.
cause although 20 years of age, he still
spends his time in his great plant
~ The Moller Company is celebrating
its fiftieth anniversary by installing a
$50. 600 pipe organ in the great Wash
ington Auditorium inaugurating a new
epoch of music in the American capital
MIR. Funkhouser came to Buenos
Aires on pleasure trip two years ago
and while returning by way of the
West Coast met Senior Bosch, who was
starting on two years trip abroad,
from which he returned two months
lago. Senior Bosch, on learning MIR.
Funkhouser's business told him he
contemplated installing pipe organ in
his home in Buenos Aires and intended
to visit pipe organ plants In the United
i States during his visit there. On the
strength of the ship-acquaintance that
sprung up, the order for the present
organ was placed.