September 2013
Campanologist Carl Zimmerman has for many years maintained a website with a huge amount of information on carillons and bells, an excellent reference site. He sent this information about tower chimes as well as a plea for information to…
Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders, Inc.
Bellwood, Illinois
Luther Memorial Chapel,
Shorewood, Wisconsin
The 35-rank organ for Luther Memorial Chapel contains several elements of diverse origins that have been combined to serve as a liturgical…
Organist and musicologist Walker Evans Cunningham died unexpectedly at his home in San Francisco on May 14. He was 65. Cunningham grew up in Blackstone, Virginia, where his mother encouraged him to pursue his love of music. He won a…
Goulding & Wood Organ Builders, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Opus 50
The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington, Kentucky
From the organbuilder
“Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness” could well serve as the motto for…
But the basis for all improvisation must be preparation. If I haven’t prepared, I can’t improvise. If I’ve made careful preparations I can always improvise.
—Ingmar Bergman, 1968
The question of fugal improvisation in the Baroque era…
On October 13, 2012, Robert Powell was interviewed as part of a weekend celebration of his music and in honor of his 80th birthday (July 22, 2012). Special thanks to First Congregational Church, Saginaw, Michigan, where the interview was…
The start of a century
At 10:24 a.m. on October 15, 1947, Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager flew the X-1 experimental aircraft faster than the speed of sound. That’s 761.2 miles per hour at 59-degrees Fahrenheit. It was quite a…
Organ Method XI
I begin this column with the last two paragraphs of the previous, for better continuity and to allow the reader to follow the process I am describing easily without having to refer to last month’s issue. Also, I have…
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