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September 2001

Cover Martin Pasi, Roy, Washington Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, New York The Millennium Organ   The organ committee of Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, New York, was charged to commission an organ that would fulfill the roles…
Remembering David's (and my) digs David Britton died on September 22, 1992. As AIDS continues still to take its toll, one thing we survivors can do is to make certain that our stories and shared memories are not totally lost. Herbert…
Larry Abbott, 75, died quietly in his home in Santa Monica, California, on June 29. He was a founding partner of Abbott and Sieker Organbuilders, the Los Angeles firm that led the revival of tracker organbuilding on the West Coast in the…
"Despite the nay-sayers, the organ is very much alive and we're going to keep it that way." With that hopeful remark, Fred Swann opened the third annual Organ Alive! conference at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Swann started…
I imagine that many of you here are wondering how it is to be 90 years old. You may be saying to yourself, "poor fellow, he'll be lucky if he lives another five minutes," and how right you might be. In contrast, think of the extravagance…
The Lee Conklin Antique Organ and History Museum in Hanover, Michigan and the Heiss Haus Museum in Nashville, Michigan were joint hosts for a two-day festival and officers' meeting of the Reed Organ Society on the weekend of April 28-29,…