Note: There comes a time in almost every organ project when the customer is wondering when they will see their organ again. Rebuilding an organ such as St. Joseph’s 1912 M.P. Moller organ is labor intensive and time-consuming. Besides all the big construction, each individual pipe from the old organ has to be assessed, cleaned, […]
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Mankind desperately needs to bridge the gap between the rational and the spiritual…
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The first order of business was to launch an educational effort in the renewing of worship.
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Musicians, this is worth a read! http://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/the-night-i-met-einstein/
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Voicing a pipe organ is the process by which each pipe is taught to sing together as a stop, each stop is taught to sing together as a division, and each division taught to sing as an organ. The Rube-Goldberg mechanics of an organ are interesting and impressive, but the “black magic” happens in the […]
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“Blatant imitations lack integrity.” Alexandra Stoddard in “The Decoration of Houses”
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Over his keys the musing organist, Beginning doubtfully and far away, First lets his fingers wander as they list, And builds a bridge from Dreamland for his lay: Then, as the touch of his loved instrument Gives hopes and fervor, nearer draws his theme, First guessed by faint auroral […]
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I want to forward a blog posting by Fr. Robert Hendrickson, an Episcopal priest based in New Haven, CT. His comments are so relevant that I don’t want to elaborate on them or pontificate on them. I just want to give you the link, and let you read it for yourself. http://thecuratesdesk.org/2012/05/15/dont-do-it-for-the-kids-of-hymnal-revision-and-young-adults/
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“There are some things that one hesitates to bring down into words. Words change an idea by definitions too precise, meanings too hung about with the references of every day.” – Mary Stewart (in The Hollow Hills)
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Most of us know of Dr. Albert Schweitzer as the great and selfless doctor who left his home to establish a hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon. But Schweitzer was also a theologian, philosopher, organist, and organ builder. In 1956, an academy-award winning documentary about his life was produced. I watched it this evening, and […]
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