To any female readers, let me say that I don’t really know how it feels to give birth, but it must be something like trying to bring a new pipe organ into the world. I don’t say this to belittle the birth experience, but to say that finishing a new organ requires hard work, patience, pain, and some frustration. In the end, though, something new and wonderful comes into being.
My instinct tells me that a pipe organ has a soul. While this may not be the case in the religious sense, it is certainly true that each organ is an individual with a unique personality. This, to me at least, is one of the main things that separates a pipe organ from electronic instruments that seek to imitate it.
Anyway, we finished the new organ at John Knox Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis this afternoon, and I spent a couple of hours exploring this new musical being. The new Knox organ will have a life that will hopefully be many decades long. Still, it is a lot of fun and uniquely inspiring to be with a new organ as it draws its first breath.
More about this organ on the news page of our website, www.reynoldsorgans.com/news. I will post the info on the dedication concert as soon as it is finalized.
Now… I’m tired!