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June 2023

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church is a large, welcoming ELCA congregation founded in 1908. Serving the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, the church opened its present sanctuary in 1952 with subsequent additions to the church complex to…
Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California It is always an honor to rebuild a historic instrument from a celebrated firm. The story of this Estey organ involves passionate…
Marceau Pipe Organ Builders, Seattle, Washington Kent Lutheran Church, Kent, Washington The gallery organ, completed in December 2022, represents the first substantive milestone toward the completion of the “Kent Grand Organ” project. This…
Editor’s note: The Diapason offers a feature at our digital edition—two sound clips. Any subscriber can access this by logging into our website (thediapason.com), click on Magazine, then this issue, View Digital Edition, scroll to this…
I remember when . . . Leading up to Christmas of 2019, I decided to stop maintaining organs so I could concentrate more on the administration of the Organ Clearing House, especially the management of organ sales. I met with several…
Fischer: Eight Suites of 1698, Colin Booth - harpsichords. Soundboard, SBCD-222, $16.98. Available from ravencd.com and colinbooth.co.uk.  Harpsichordist Colin Booth’s latest recording focuses on the music of German composer Johann Caspar…
The Cohasset Carillon at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church has shared its historical charm and magical bell sounds with the seaside town of Cohasset, Massachusetts, for nearly a century. The 57-bell, concert-pitch carillon currently boasts…