May 2006
Gober Organs, Inc., Elora, Ontario, Canada
The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (ELCA), Brooklyn, Ohio
The classic form of the tracker organ, with a slender lower case and wider upper case, the transition made elegant by curved…
Casavant Frères, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Principia College, Cox Auditorium, Elsah, Illinois, Opus 3838
The history of Principia dates from 1897 when Mary Kimball Morgan began home schooling her two sons in order to give them a “…
Our last official job for Aeolian-Skinner was First Presbyterian in Laurel, Mississippi. The church’s original organ was an Austin, and we had maintained it for many years, which gave us reason to learn an entirely new vocabulary of curse…
Those interested in organ playing and organ building have since 1909 turned to The Diapason as a font of information. There have been wonderful articles over the years about gentlemen and ladies who have distinguished themselves as…
Organ conferences centered on repertoire, performance practice, and history rather than purely practical matters are few and far between. Outside of the American Guild of Organists conventions and pedagogy conferences, or single-topic…
Thar she blows—some more
While writing my column last month I ran out of space and had plenty of air left, so today I continue my stream-of-consciousness about organ wind. (You might want to reread the April typhoon first.) I ended last…
Tom Hazleton (1942–2006), global ambassador of the classical and theatre organ world, passed peacefully in his sleep after a day of recording on the Midmer-Losh organ at the home of Adrian Phillips on March 13. Internationally acclaimed,…
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