The New International Encyclopædia/Pittsburg Orchestra

PITTSBURG ORCHESTRA. The permanent orchestra of Pittsburg, Pa. It was founded in 1895, and is maintained by public subscriptions guaranteed by a few public-spirited citizens. It has a membership of about seventy, and ranks with the great orchestras of America. Frederick Archer was its first conductor. In 1898 Victor Herbert became its conductor and brought the organization to a high degree of efficiency.