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Andover Organ Company, Methuen, Massachusetts, has completed
a new organ, Opus 111, for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; 36
stops, 1,889 pipes, compass 58/32. The organ sits on a stage at the head of an
ellipse and rises 28 feet. Donald H. Olson, designer, stated, "this case
is an idea that has had a gestation period of about 30 years, waiting for just
the right building."
Dwight J. Davis, 77, died on February 7 at his residence in
the Glen Park section of Gary, Indiana. Mr. Davis had served as Minister of
Music at the former City Methodist Church of Gary, beginning in 1949 and
continuing until the church closed in 1975. He was then Organist and Choir
Director for the Ogden Dunes Community Church of Ogden Dunes, Indiana. From
1954 until his retirement in 1992, he served on the faculty at Indiana
University Northwest in Gary.
by Herbert L. Huestis
Over the years a number of fascinating articles have
appeared in The Diapason on the subject of organ reeds. Not withstanding a few
of my own, I would like to draw attention to the excellent contribution of
Roland Killinger in 1977, entitled "Reeds with Short-Length
Resonators."This entertaining description of the vagaries of reed
construction and tuning was presented to the American Institute of Organ
Builders by Mr. Killinger, who was at that time, in charge of the Sueddeutsche
Orgelpfeifenfabrik in Freiberg-Beihingen, Germany.
