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Mander Organs, London, England: West Parish Church of Barnstable, West Barnstable, Massachusetts
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New Organs
A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia:
Chester Presbyterian Church, Chester, Virginia
An Organ Odyssey: One Church’s Story
Noack Organ Company Opus 145
Noack Organ Company Opus 145: First Congregational Church, Swampscott, Massachusetts.
Organ Historical Society Convention, Buffalo, New York, July 14-20, 2004, Part II
PART TWO OF TWO
Sunday
The day's events began with the Annual Meeting held at
the headquarters hotel with OHS President Michael Friesen presiding. Among the items of general interest was a report by Scot Huntington on the following organ preservation successes: St. Thomas, Boston; St. Casimir's, New Haven; and Nativity, Buffalo. Further items of note were as follows: a new endowment fund drive is to begin to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the OHS; Dr.
Organ Historical Society Convention, Buffalo, New York, July 14–20, 2004, Part I
PART ONE OF TWO
For its forty-ninth annual convention, the Organ Historical Society met in Buffalo, the land of Bills and Wings, with headquarters at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, close to the waterfront marina.
John E. Sperling: Tonal Director Emeritus, Wicks Organ Company
John Sperling was responsible for design, voicing and tonal finishing on the instruments that came to define the tonal style of the Wicks Organ Company throughout the 1960s and 1970s. As the American Classic style of organs developed into the 1980s and 1990s, John adapted the company's style; it is impossible to look at the history of the Wicks Organ Company without noticing his presence.
American Institute of Organbuilders, Thirty-first Annual Convention
New York City, September 28-October 1, 2004
Tuesday, September 28
Wall sconces taking the form of artillery shells line the
nave of the Protestant Cadet Chapel of the United States Military Academy at
West Point, home of what began as M.P. Möller’s Opus 1201 of 1911.
Now IV/380, it incorporates pipework provided by a list of builders from George
Edgar Gress to Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The sheer size of this instrument
may very well be its most American characteristic. Since pipework and divisions
are added to this organ, not replaced, the organ is a growing compendium of
trends.
In the Wind . . .
With this issue, we welcome John Bishop to The Diapason’s staff of contributing editors. John’s career as a church musician and an organ builder is well known, and his work as executive director of the Organ Clearing House continues to promote and preserve the pipe organ. His new column, “In the Wind . . .” will appear each month.
Harpsichord News
Facsimiles of original manuscripts and printed editions have become increasingly available.
For the harpsichordist there is little that is more rewarding than playing from
an actual musical “picture” as presented by the composer.
