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of music were denied me. 
It revitalizes my whole be¬ 
ing, gives zest to my mental 
activities, suggests new 
ideas. My pipe organ for 
myself, and more particu¬ 
larly when it is played upon 
by the visiting artists at my 
home, my pipe organ I con¬ 
sider to be the livest mem¬ 
ber of my family outside of 
my wife and myself. That 
pipe organ has changed my 
whole attitude on art—not 
only on music—indeed, it 
has changed my attitude on 
life and seemed to shout at 
me: ‘if you can have this 
joy of music, why not oth¬ 
ers?’—and so I jumped at 
the opportunity of support¬ 
ing the Bethlehem Bach 
festivals (in which the vil¬ 
lagers participate), I in¬ 
augurated bands and chor¬ 
uses and classes for my fac¬ 
tories, and if there is one 
extravagance of my life, it 
is music, aided and abetted 
by my organ.” 
In each of Mr. Schwab’s 
homes the pipe organ is a 
prominent element. Some¬ 
body waggishly said that in planning a residence, 
Mr. Schwab instructs the architect to place an or¬ 
gan and build around it! 
Take the case of George Eastman, the famous ko¬ 
dak man. His residence in Rochester has one of 
the finest private organs in America. It was built 
into the house a long time after the place was con¬ 
structed. I mention this fact and will comment on 
it later. The essential idea about Eastman is that 
the pipe organ became such a factor in the life of 
that great business man, that he engaged an organ¬ 
ist to live with the instrument—and a button con¬ 
necting with Mr. Eastman’s suites, brought the artist 
to his keyboard at any time of the day or night, gen¬ 
erally both! It was Mr. Eastman who recently 
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The console of the organ in George Marshall 
Allen’s residence at Morristown, N. J., is placed 
in a hall gallery and the pipes across the hall. 
Photographs from the Estey Organ Company 
Where one has a special music room, the console 
can be placed in one corner, as in the room 
above, and the pipes behind the screen in the 
farther corner 
