October 2001

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Bedient Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska

Sharon United Methodist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina

New (Old) Music for Harpsichord

First Facsimiles

New from the French publisher J. M. Fuzeau is a two-volume
set of facsimiles enclosed in a folder-like cover [Premiers Fac-Similés:
Clavecin]. De-signed to introduce harpsichordists to the art of playing from original
notation, this selection (by Laure Morabito and Aline Zylberajch) is the first
of a projected series for use by players of various historic instruments.

Charles Henderson,
editor emeritus of The American Organist, died peacefully in his sleep at his
daughter's home in Bronx, New York, on June 24. A native of West Chester,
Pennsylvania, Mr. Henderson graduated cum laude from Bucknell University. He
later studied at the Juilliard School of Music, the Fontainbleau School in
France, and at Syracuse University, where he earned his master's degree
under Arthur Poister. His teachers also included Nadia Boulanger and Ernest
White.

The Reuter Organ Company has built a new manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters at 1220 Timberedge Road in Lawrence, Kansas. Reuter, a fixture in downtown Lawrence since 1919, decided to leave its historic location to build a new structure more suited to production efficiency. The World Company purchased the previous location at 612 New Hampshire, including three buildings, one of which was the site of the former Wilder Bros. shirt factory, dating from the 1880s, one of the oldest manufacturing facilities in the city.

From the Harpsichord Editor
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A large 1870 E. & G. G. Hook organ, previously in Woburn, Massachusetts, has been moved to Holy Cross Church, Berlin, Germany,where it will be dedicated in concert by Thomas Murray on Sunday, October 21,2001. Professor Murray of Yale University has recorded several Hook organs.

Those attending the Italian Festival of Music at The University of Michigan enjoyed a good portion of Mediterranean musical sunshine during the second weekend of spring. The event featured presentations by Martha Folts and Keith Sadko, a masterclass with Italian organist Umberto Pineschi,and recitals by Sadko and Pineschi. The festival took place in the Blanche Anderson Moore Hall of the School of Music with its 27-stop Marilyn Mason Organ built by Fisk. For the harpsichord performances, Dr. Folts brought her two-manual instrument built by Keith Hill.