| Show m 1 Mr Ir of the Co IkeN i tIm Prof luoC Stephens Mr Ir Frederick H II Hedgeland the time reI of ot the time company who Miu has los luaU had III In charge the tIme ork of ot re rt reconstructing constructing the time Tabernacle organ made the time following statement U over his hb own to time the th News today tuua Prof Prot Stephens t Interview In Iii a u mum an out un unfinished unfinished Ing III criticising finished organ and amid Incidentally d defaun fam Ing Ins the time historic reputation of the thu Tab fall Tabernacle emad for Cor acoustic acoustics Is 18 neither proton professional nor gentlemanly conduct I evl el The writer has hat had abundant dence ever eer since arriving In this city I that to Say 1 2 the thc least leant l aMt of ot It II Mr Ir Stephens wits was not no In imi sympathy with any all change that was to 10 be made In the organ und that tilt the article in in question Is In u a direct attack on aim time the builders of time the recon strutted organ Being helmig time the representative of the W WW WW V Vv W v company co who are doing this work I cannot afford to let leI those these tho o Insinuations go 10 unchallenged Mr Ir Stephens has imas been choir leader of the time for tor many years and amid has hint hasIn hasIn In lii his capacity rendered valuable son ser services vices Ics and It Is quite natural that he lie should have he gloried In the HI reputation and amid attention the tIme IlIa uti able work vork that time the th great choir choll ha hs attracted to him It Is not surprising therefore that he should feel chagrined ut at anything that should be lie done to detract from his being the time center of attraction at tho tha Tabernacle The Time surprise Is II that a I aman mall man of his hili yearn and opportunities should let his feelings get tet the time better of his huh judgment no matter what the time personal gain oln Involved especially when this limit Interview would roiled reflect timid and bring Iring I discredit the thc Church that has imas sup him for years anti and has lies made him him nil all he Is Mr Ir Stephens U is not content with this tide but he feels fels that he lie must further III himself by lJ standing alone atomic stud nn maligning tho limo wonderful acoustics acoustics acoustics tics of the Tabernacle that mine are known and amid the limo world over oer nn are conceded by b all nil to 10 be un III ed and which have halu created such marked attention that yearly carl thousands visit IsIt SmUt Salt Lake City to sec lice the lime wonderful building and to have hae the time acoustic properties demonstrated to them Mr lr 11 Stephens article was shown this morning to Mr 11 II H E I Fecund Freund Nil cull editor tor lor of the time New Ne York ork Musical Age Im ham Immediately mediately me upon his hll arrival Mr 11 Ftc Fre Freund und was naturally Interested Int smith called at nt the Tabernacle to see If reports report were well founded anti and after listening lI to the organ and Investigating It II he ime made the tho following The Time Instrument Is the finest I ever eer have lund had the time pleasure of listening to There are many man wonderful conceptions In III time the WO of or m The tone one m is most mo t refined and amid In my mo am judgment embrace l In a 0 marked de the degree gree the very vet features that the Choir chair leader h claimed It lacked You can cnn use UC us this hum statement In lii any way wa were Mr 11 l purling parting words I 1 am um staying lit ut the lie Knutsford and shall be he In la thu time city do until Tuesday rUell The Time writer Is IH gratified that there aro oro ninny many who timo will appreciate time the ef eC efforts e forts that have Imae been lIeen put forth on Ol time the great and at nt an on early dale date th thorgan tue organ will rill bo be heard In imi a 11 recital when It will lut speak lit lif Its own and ond the can calm then judge julge whether It Is not nota n a fact that a mm disgruntled choir leader makes n II poor organ critic AS TO CO fl IF How about tho thu statement of oC o Prof IroC Stephens that th your contract for com coin completion ha ilami expired by more than nine nineteen teen days A As to responded Mr Hedge Hedgeland land I 1 have only this 10 to say nay We had nil all of the lime new work In Plata and completed on April 1st according to contract Such delay an as titers there has been was brought about by th the condi condition tion of time the old mill work which consists of time the of of time tho old pipes together with the entire and action On getting In Into to this work we found that It hint suf suffered tired severely and that It required overhauling In iii the way Vit of reno amid In order artier that all th time work Vik should compare with tIme the tone quality of time the Instrument Continuing Mr M r Hedgeland said sabi We desired to do this a of If expense or am without calling tile the attention of time the Church to this the facts n our principal thought was to produce re me remit stilts mit In imi such fluch a way that profit would accrue to tic ltd In time the future through lime tho excellent advertising that It would give us IN That lint uvO have boon IH lii conceded when time the statement it I made that tho thie Tabernacle organ is now like thin the great organs of tIme world which by Wa way ot of comparison cost five time as much as the Improvements put lilt upon this lilt one Our linn has lumis never quibbled on technicalities That lust Is not It Its policy neither do it I believe bettee It U is tIme the policy of if ShY any one OHO In authority In tho Mormon Mommon Church |
