July 2007
Fabry Pipe Organs, Inc.,
Antioch, Illinois
St. John Lutheran Church, Algonquin, Illinois
Often a pipe organ is removed from a church because the sanctuary is being renovated, the church has elected to purchase a new instrument, or the…
Nolte Organ Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Kenosha, Wisconsin
What can you do with a late 1920s Kilgen organ that has a host of problems? That is the question the organ committee at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in…
The Russian Gnessins’ Academy of Music, Moscow, was the site of the Second International Organ Symposium March 21–25. Some 60 enthusiasts from around the globe gathered. Alexander Fiseisky, editor and performer, professor of organ at…
Physicians and music teachers have recently encouraged musicians to incorporate exercise into their daily lives. Wolff (1999)1, writing in his monthly “Medical Corner” for the I.T.A. Journal, suggests that one of the main benefits of a…
Charles Edward Horsley (1822–76), Mendelssohn’s composition student in Leipzig for two years beginning in 1841 and later a family friend of the composer, first met Mendelssohn in London in 1832 during the second of this well-traveled…
At arm’s length
In recent months I’ve read three books about the violin, violinists, and luthiers: Stradivari’s Genius by Toby Faber (Random House, 2004), Violin Dreams by Arnold Steinhardt (Houghton Mifflin, 2006), and The Violin Maker by…
John Eargle died May 9 at his home in Hollywood Hills, California, at the age of 76. An award-winning audio engineer, his long career included work for a number of record labels and for JBL and Harman International Industries. An organist…
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