Show REBUilDING OF ORGAN IS DISCUSSED IN DIAPASON J The official journal of or the tho American Guild of or Or Organists the Diapason of or Chicago o in Its April 1 edition carries the following first page pago story hat What may safely be called the best hest known the known the mo mot most t t famous famous Or mo moor or or oran organ gait gan an in the tho United States Is about to be bo rebuilt and nearly doubled In size A contract has been awarded to Lo the Austin Organ company for tor forthe forthe the complete reconstruction of ot tho ho largo large Instrument In In the tho Mormon 1 tabernacle at l Salt Lake Lake- and the work is to be rush rushed cd to completion In III the expectation that the new now organ organ or or- gan san will ivIll bo he ready for tor use In the Iho fall taIJ The Instrument according to the specifications accepted will havo have 11 1 speaking stops net besides a n celestial or organ an which will Increase the total to 12 The consolo consolo con- con 1 solo action swell boxes and chests will 4 all be entire entirely new lh The Thiu old Oli central feature of or the tho front will ho bo retained but because o of or the Increase in lii tho the size of or the organ there will willbe be he added two new nen WIIl wings 8 Stop keys JC'S will bo ho used In tho flue console More loro travelers have seen and heard the great Salt Lake organ oran titan than perhaps any other instrument in time Iho United States StateR or in the world John T J. McClellan tho the organist h mIs tt played to lo nor audiences In Iii the a aggregate and nowhere f cl IM else o probably haM ban the organ b teen 1500 cn such sucha a great greal attraction as fiR in iii tho the metropolis OH oIls olis of or Utah one of ot the tha greatest l t centers of or tourist traffic So Well known has lias tho the Instrument become that man many laymen always have havo h cn bc-cn n of the belief that It was time Iho lar largest est or organ nn In In- Inthe the world The Halt Lake L. tab tabernacle has haq i wonderful acoustics and to this fact net is due duo much of or tho tIme success of the or organ In Mr h McClellan i the tabernacle has had one on of or the best Bt organists In tho the tr coul country and one ono whose whoso breadth of ot character and musical sympathy have havo enabled him to lo appeal with hi his playing to all the varied tastes necessarily represented In tho the transIent transient transient tran tran- audiences visiting the taber- taber muncie The old or organ was built hullt originally by hy the time Mormon people with pipes purchased from the Samuel Pierce company About fifteen years earl ago ao the or organ an was completely rebuilt by the W. W W. W Kimball 1 com compan pall of ot Chicago o. o It has at r present sixty stops One Ono of or Its special features baa haR been a 1 set nf ot arre r c round pedal open alIen diapason pipes of laminated wood Thc These c pipes pipes' arc are retained In III inthe tho the front casing but are arc no longer used The or organ an ii in Its Us present form orm was ivas finished d In May la 1900 antI and and in its fifteen years ears of active service has hils been ben played more moro than twice as much as ns the average crago church or- or Kan gnu which is calculated to last only half halt a century It is conservatively estimated that more than 2 people a n year ear have havo listened to the organ during durIng- the last decade The Thc freo free recitals given dally daily during the tho spring summer and nd autumn arc are generally attended by br audiences of oC more than 2000 antI and in addition there lucre are aro scores of ot special ial recitals arranged and special programs given when the time or organ an has been en used In conjunction with the choir or the appearance of or noted artists |