January 1998

A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, GA, has built a new organ for Rivermont Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, TN. The entire chancel area was remodeled to accommodate two free-standing organ cases on either side of the church's stained glass window. The two cases, each 17' wide x 28' tall, were built from walnut with applied walnut moldings. A new moveable console was built of mahogany with clear maple dividers, and features MIDI, playback/record, multilevel combination memory and transposer.

Profile: Maastricht, The Netherlands

Capital of the province of Limburg, Maastricht lies near the
Belgian and German borders in the southeastern Netherlands. It takes its name
from the Maas (Meuse) river which runs through it. The Roman settlement,
Trajectum ad Mosam, was founded around 50 B.C. at this strategic river crossing
point. A variety of structures bear witness to its ancient past and lively
present.

From the Builder

Discussions about building a special organ for Duke
University's Memorial Chapel began some twelve years ago. Since the room is
relatively small, the milder sound of the early Italian organ was considered a
most suitable complement to the large Flentrop and Aeolian organs in the main
part of the Chapel. Mean-tone tuning, customary for organs before the 18th
century, would also offer a wider scope of unusual musical opportunities.

The organ world of the Internet is indeed awash in web
pages--a tangled mass of advertising with each "www.com" page clamoring for the "net-surfer's" attention. Some are merely informative sites, while the greatest share are "home pages" of organ builders and technicians. No one wants to be left out of the world wide web--there are books in every drug store promoting the benefits of advertising on the Internet.

The seventh French Organ Music Seminar took place in Paris
and Marseilles with daily lectures, master classes, coaching sessions and
private lessons. Side trips to Meudon, Rueil-Malmaison, Aix-en-Provence,
Aubagne, Saint-Maximin, Roquevaire, and Cotignac, with opportunities to play
the historic instruments of those cities, were also included for the sixty-five
participants.