October 2024

One might expect the story behind creating a home pipe organ of this size to be an unusual one. But, in fact, it is rather straightforward. I started playing the organ at fourteen and was fortunate to have Norman André as my first teacher…

Mascioni Organs, Azzio, Italy; Church of the Santissimo, Crocifisso, Ponte Tresa, Italy Mascioni Organs of Azzio, Italy, recently completed a new three-manual, thirty-five-stop, electric-action instrument for the Church of the Santissimo…

Editor’s note: Part 1 of this series (Matthew Glandorf) may be found in the May 2022 issue, pages 20–21; Part 2 (Mary Beth Bennett) in the September 2022 issue, pages 12–13; Part 3 (Jason Roberts) in the July 2023 issue, pages 16–17; and…

Introduction Esquisses Byzantines and Carillon-Sortie are the two most frequently performed works by the enigmatic French composer Henri Mulet (1878–1967). A dedication printed on the front page of the score of Esquisses Byzantines refers…

Follow the money. In the spring of 2023 Wendy and I went to Tuscany, my first time in Italy where we visited Florence and Bologna. We also spent several nights in a villa borrowed from a friend in a small town called Camaiore. Marco runs a…

Jürgen Ahrend Jürgen Ahrend, 94, born April 28, 1930, in Göttingen, Germany, died August 1. He built new pipe organs and restored historic organs by Arp Schnitger and others. From 1946 until 1948 he apprenticed in organbuilding with Paul…