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ISSN: 0041-0330. 2 Volume 32, Number 3, 1989 COVER: A!exandreGuilmant(seated) poses withClarence Eddyin)anuary, 1898, at Steinway Hall in Chicago where Guilmant played the Farrand& VoteyOp� 755 during his second recital tour of the United States. Agnes ATTT1Strong's account of the tours, and Guilmant's accountsof American musicians, audiences, and organs, THEJOURNAL OF TRACI<ERTHE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY begin on page 15, followed by WilUam Hays' translation of Louis Vieme's impres, sions on the same subjects. OHS Members Save Organ With Harriman Fund . • • . • • • • • . 8 IBM Corporation and the OHS Helen Harriman Fund Partially Enable Removal and Storage of 1849/1868 Hall & Labagh/1881 Roosevelt 3-Manual Alexandre Guilmant: American Tours and American Organs .••..•..15 Agnes Armstrong Recounts Guilmant's Tours of the United States, with the Organists's Impressions of American Organs, Musicians, and Culture Which Cathedral? ♦ ♦ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••20 Montreal's Cathedrals Have Existed Under a Variety of Names That Have Confounded More Than One Historian; Agnes Armstrong Unravels the Confusion Music in America . • • • • . • • . • • • . • • . .24 William Hays Translates Louis Vierne's Account of His 1927 Concert Tour of North America and Annotates Vierne's Remarks DEPARTMENTS Letters . .. .. 4 Reviews . .. • . .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. George Bozeman Review's David Britton's Recording on the Portland Rosales Organ .6 Thomas F. Froelich Reviews Anton Heiller's Famous Recording of Hindemith Sonatas 0 bi tuaries . .• .. .. .. .. .• .• • .• . .. 8 Organ Update . .. .. .. • . .. .. .. • . • . .. 11 New Information & Errata .............•............••..•. 13 Is a Hyphen Correct in the Name of Hutchings, Plaisted & Co. and the Robert Morton Organ Co.? New Findings Are Reported on Erben, McCollum, and William King Archivist's Report . .. .. • . .. .. .. .. • . •• .. .. 14 Minutes . • . .. • . .. • .. .. • . .. .. .. • . .• .• . .. • .. 31 A New Direction for The Tracker EDITORIAL N RECENT YEARS various significant changes have oc- began his official duties in Richmond on December 1, curred in the OHS as it has matured. Some of these 1988. He brings with him the background and experience changes have included the hiring of an