Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-18 | Page 4 | "Hearing the Organ"

TIIE ORG ORGAN L Last August Dick Little a deservedly do- do famous fl n newspaper correspondent corre corre- camo came to Salt Lake Lale in tho the course of ot his rambles and was taken to the Tabernacle where he heard tho the great organ A A. little later he published published pub pub- 1 a 3 report of ot the visit In lii tho the Chicago Record Herald with which paper ho ho- hois is connected Now the WV W. W W W. Kimball company compan has reprinted tho article In n a very attractive little booklet prettily Illustrated an ani copies copied are aro sent nent out by the tho hundred thousand and to every part of thew tho the w world I Which Is IsaU is nIl all very ery well with on onEt exception Thero There can be no protest at the tho article Mr Mm Little has written It la Is probably the b best st grouping of ot fact and inspirational effect that has Y yet yot t appeared eared relative to Ut tile the organ and ana Mr tIt McClellan's Mastery of It t But nut we wo will have to object to tho the following statement M at Ute the end of tho the book I I I 1 I Tabernacle Organ Organs Salt Lake City built by Wi w W. W KIMBALL COMPANY Chicago 1900 1901 I r rTh Th That mat t certainly con conveys conS S the time Impression sion slon that tho the organ is S tho the product of tho the Kimball company In tho the years ears mentioned And the tho fact the tact the marvelous mar mar- fact fact ls Is that tho the organ was waa built long before and ond not by tho the Kimball company at alt all That concern concern con con- cern corn simply r rebuilt it Tho The credit for tor that marvelous work belongs bolonga to Joseph Ridges under whose direction the great organ was waa built and who was Vas enabled enable b by the Mormon people to accomplish a 0 task Sk perfectly astounding in its immensity and Its superior effectiveness even oven when compared with the worlds world's great organs which had e every advantage thronging about them An And furthermore furthermore further fUrther- more tho the Tabernacle or organ san in Salt Lake Lako City was not built In 1900 by 1900 by anyone It was built from 1865 to 1870 Pause Pauso a moment and think what wha that that meant meant nt at that time And you will see seo that the tho Kimball company compan r 1 la Is lanot not warranted in Its ith advertisement I Inot It not only takes credit to which It 1 Is not entitled but It Jt robs roba those who worked at great disadvantage and to amazing excell excellence