The Bedient Company celebrates 30 years

The Bedient Pipe Organ Company celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special program on November 5, 2000 at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Omaha, Nebraska. An audience of approximately 600 attended a recital performed by George Ritchie and Quentin Faulkner, both of whom are professors of organ the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

The program: Prelude and Fugue in C, Böhm (Quentin Faulkner); Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, S. 662, In dulci jubilo, S. 608, Herr Gott, nun schluess den Himmel auf, S. 617, Herr Jesu Christ dich zu uns wend, S. 632, Prelude and Fugue in a, S. 543, Bach; Fantasy for Organ, Roberts (George Ritchie); Fifth Symphony, Widor (Quentin Faulkner).

Father Dennis Hanneman, Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, welcomed the audience at the beginning of the recital. Gene Bedient addressed the audience later in the program, providing some reflections on the company's first 30 years and introducing Bedient staff members present at the recital. A reception followed the recital.

Several Bedient instruments are shown here. Bedient is currently building instruments for the UCC Headquarters Chapel, Cleveland, Ohio; St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Rogers, Arkansas; and St. Paul United Methodist Church, Lincoln, Nebraska. Future contracts include a major instrument for Mary Our Queen Catholic Church, Norcross, Georgia.