February 2008
Schoenstein & Co., Organ Builders, San Francisco, California
Christ Church Episcopal,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California, were honored to be invited by one of the nation’s oldest and most famous…
John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois
First Presbyterian Church,
Lexington, Kentucky
From the organ builder
Organ projects take a long time. In the case of this undertaking, it can perhaps be said that this project has…
When an organist thinks of Indiana, many things come to mind: the long history of fine organ teaching at Indiana University; the famous Fort Wayne Competition; the large Schlicker/Dobson organ in the Chapel at Valparaiso University; the…
James Kibbie is perhaps best known through his position as professor of organ at the University of Michigan, where he has served on the organ faculty since 1981. Also quite active as a performer and clinician, Kibbie is at present involved…
Pedal playing, part IV: real music
As stated in earlier columns, I am convinced that everyone works better when working on something that is of interest to them and, as much as possible, fun. Part of the point of the approach to pedal…
Bridging generations
My mother’s maternal grandmother was born in 1884 and passed away in 1988 at the age of a hundred-and-four. We visited her each year, so I knew her well through my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Her husband (…
“With a Lot of Help from Friends”
Post-Christmas desk clearing always reminds me not only of how cluttered my working space is, but also how much I owe to the generosity of friends and correspondents as they “keep me in the loop” about…
New world-standard console in Victoria, British Columbia
Rosemary Laing, carillonneur of the Netherlands Centennial Carillon in Victoria, British Columbia, sends news of the installation of a new playing console. The donor who underwrote…
Elise Murray Cambon died December 30, 2007, at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Cambon received a B.A. from Newcomb College in 1939, a Master of Music in organ from the University of Michigan (1947), and a Ph.D. from Tulane (…
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