September 2007
Introduction
I’m a firm believer in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don’t enjoy.
—Jack Nicklaus
I am very pleased to be starting this new column for The…
Is it real?
Fifteen or twenty years ago there was an ad campaign for Memorex® cassette tapes in which various setups were created to compare “live” music with recorded music to see whether both would break a piece of fancy stemware. A…
Raising the roof will not be necessary
Schoenstein & Co. Opus 147
First United Methodist Church, Birmingham, Michigan
Fact: An organ’s most important stop is the room in which it plays.Lesser-Known Fact: Improvement opportunities exist…
Introduction
W. W. Kimball of Chicago emerged in the 1920s and 1930s as a major builder of quality pipe organs, both “classic” and “theatre” in style. [See R. E. Coleberd, “Three Kimball Pipe Organs in Missouri,” The Diapason, September…
“Feast of the Gods,” the 282-page program book of the Boston Early Music Festival listed a bountiful smorgasbord of musical offerings from which each visitor to this biennial early music extravaganza could construct an individual menu.…
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