East High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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THE ORGAN GOFI EAST HIGH ERHAPS I am the wrong person towrite about the splendid organ of the East High School, being, so to speak, the father of it, having designed it and supervised its construction, but on the other hand, knowing it so thoroughly, I can speak authoritatively. In the eastern cities there are a number of organs in the high schools, but none is so large or so' fine as this one, and none is the Work of the master builder of the day. We are proud of the fact that our organ was constructed by the acknowledged greatest organ builder of his time, Mr. Ernst IVI. Skinner, of Boston, who personally came to the school and put the finishing touches on it. It was played for the first time for the school, appropriately by ' its designer, and for the first time for the public by the most famous organist in the World, M. Joseph Bonnet, of Paris, France. The second public recital was played by the greatest organist in. the United States, who is also an American by birth and training, Mr. Charles Heinroth, of Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa. So the organ has been Well sponsored and Well introduced, and We may Well be proud of these associations. The East High School organ differs from many others in that it is expressive throughout. There are really live organs, each keyboard representing one, and the pedal board another. These organs are contained in four separate chambers andeach chamber is capable of being opened or closed by a series of shutters, thus making great variety of light and shade possible. These shutters like everything else about the organ are electrically controlled. There are miles of electric Wire in the organ and approximately three thousand pipes, ranging in size from sixteen feet in height to less than one inch. There are sixty-one medium-sized steel bars for the harp, and twenty-one large ones for the chimes. The representation of the orchestral instruments is quite complete, there being strings, brass flutes and reeds galore, in addition to the diapason tone Which is peculiar to the organ. , May the East High enjoy to the utmost this magnificent gift of Mr. LeBlond. SIDNEY C. DURST, Fellow of the American Guild of Orgamfsts. 11291

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LTHOU GH last year's club made a success in its work, this year's club is going to surpass it. To that club we owe part of our success for it put backbone into the club. It proved that boys under proper manage- ment could accomplish work in four part music. It also left to this club some of its members who are our leaders. In the latter part of September about twenty-five boys reported to Mr. Surdo, to begin their work. Under the good management of Mr. Surdo, the squeaky noises developed somewhat into music. The Boys' Glee Club was the first club to appear before the school this year. The following week about twenty more members joined the club. The club to-day is working on songs in preparation for the concert to be given in June. Our school should be proud of its Boys' Glee Club as very few schools have one, since it is a difficult matter to interest boys in music and to train them in this work. I This year's work has been a pleasure to all the boys as the music selected is very interesting and the boys are looking forward to the concert in June, and are aiming to make this club the best ever turned out. The boys that leave this year hope that the remaining boys will keep up the good work that is now in progress. D. P. DAVIES, '21. 11311