Quimby Pipe Organs 50th anniversary
Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc., Warrensburg, Missouri, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020, and is featured on the cover of the February issue of The Diapason. The feature article outlines the history of the company by decade, starting with Opus 1, a two-manual, 21-rank organ for First Christian Church, Warrensburg, and working forward to the present.
Work in progress and ahead includes the rebuild of Skinner Organ Company Opus 323 for Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, New York; tonal rebuild of the Schantz organ located in Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Indiana; relocation and rebuilding of the IV/50 Skinner Opus 265, with Pedal 32′ Open Wood and Bombarde for Saint Bernard’s Catholic Parish, Madison, Wisconsin; a new IV/55 organ for First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina; and rebuild and enlargement of Austin Opus 1162 located in Hendricks Hall, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri.
For information: https://quimbypipeorgans.com/
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