November 2004
Glück New York
Congregation Emanu-El, New York City
From the Chief Organist
Playing the largest and most comprehensive synagogue organ in history was
not in my thoughts when I began my organ studies so many decades ago. The new
Glück organ…
Berghaus Organ Company, Inc., Bellwood, Illinois
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Port Washington,
Wisconsin
Set upon a hill, significantly above the shores of Lake
Michigan, is St. Mary’s Church of Port Washington, Wisconsin. Its…
Thirty years ago this month, Lynn Dobson opened an organ building workshop in Lake City. Three decades later, clients from near and far have made the journey to this small western Iowa town.
Lynn A. Dobson, founder of the Dobson Pipe Organ…
Saxony’s Organs and Bachfest Leipzig 2004: A study tour of Bach, Luther & Silbermann
Every organist dreams of playing the Saxony region’s baroque organs that were designed, performed on, and approved by Johann Sebastian Bach. That,…
The City of Paris 5th International Organ Competition took place June 1-9, 2004. The Paris Concours d'Orgue, which occurs biannually, has grown in importance each year. One reason for its popularity is no doubt the generous prize money:…
M. Searle Wright died on June 3 at the age of 86. See the “Nunc Dimittis” column on page 8 of the August 2004 issue of The Diapason.
The New York Years
“Let us now praise famous men . . . those who composed musical tunes . . .”
Searle…
Julian E. Bulley,80, organbuilder of Dayton, Ohio, died July 28 in Keene, New Hampshire. He was the second generation owner and president of Toledo Pipe Organ Company, established in 1906 by his father Roy C. Bulley, following a tradition…