April 2023
Landmark pipe organs come in a variety of forms, and lucky builders are usually afforded several such instruments over the course of a career. Rarely does one build for a truly landmark building. The Kegg company was chosen for one such…
Marceau Pipe Organ Builders, Seattle, Washington
Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, Everett, Washington
Marceau Pipe Organs has completed phase one of a new pipe organ for this Catholic parish. The church’s original instrument, built by…
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You had to be crazy to want a career. It was impossible to see what the possibilities were.
—Huguette Dreyfus1
In 1950 Huguette Dreyfus was finding it difficult without a harpsichord of her own, a situation making it…
One stop shopping
The age of the internet has brought us a new world of shopping. Tap an icon on your phone, type a few letters in a search window, click “buy now,” and Bob’s your uncle. If you are buying something easily recognizable or…
An idea or two
This month I follow on a few loose ends from last month’s column, about the word “performance” and related words, and then discuss a few more aspects of the relationship between musical performance and other forms of…
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon, The Riverside Church, New York, New York
Perched 23 stories above the bustling streets of Manhattan, the world’s heaviest carillon rings out from The Riverside Church. This grand carillon boasts…
Franklin Ashdown
Franklin Ashdown, physician, organist, and composer, died January 30 in El Paso, Texas. Born May 2, 1942, in Logan, Utah, he started playing the piano at an early age and was called to be the organist for his ward of The…
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