Erben Organs of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ration with a Passion for the Old
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Members may join any number of chapters. Chapters, Newsletter, Editor, Membership Founding Date & Annual Dues Inquiries Boston Organ Club Alan Lautman Box I 04 1965, '76 OHS Charter Harrisville, NH 0345() Central New York, The Coupler, Phil Williams Cullie Mowers, $5 Box F Ill 1ill.� iiIll 1976 Remsen, NY 13438 Chicago Midwest, The Stopt Diapason, Julie Stephens Fred Beal FBE'AM@AOL coM & 10 South Catherine O·l-l·S 1980 La Grange, IL 60525 Robert Voves, $15 [email protected] Eastern Iowa, 1982 Newsletter, August Knoll Dennis Ungs, $7.50 Box -f86 The Organ Historical Society Wheatland, IA 52777 Florida, 1998 The Rackboard David C. Scribner HenryVollenweider, $8 4775 Bal moral Dr. Post Office Box 26811, Richmond, Virginia 23261 www.ohs-tlorida.org Pensacola, FL 32504 (804)353-9226 FAX (804)353-9266 [email protected] e-mail: TRACKER@ORGANSOCIETI',ORG web: WWW. ORGANSOCIETY.ORG Greater New York Alan Laufman City, 1969 Box 104 online catalog: WWW.OHSCATALOG.ORG Harrisville:,NH 03450 Greater St. Louis, The Cypher, Eliza- John D. Phillippe 197 5 beth Schmitt, $5 3901 Triple Crown Dr, The National Council Columbia, MO 652012-4B14 TERM Officers and Councillors EXPIRES Harmony Society Cla11ana, The Rev. John Walt Adkins (Western PA & Ohio Cawkins, $5 476 First St. Jonathan Ambrosino.......... ,...........................• President (2001) Heidelberg. PA I 5 I 06 620 Christian Sr reel, #IC, Philadelphia, PA 19147 [email protected] Valley), I 990 Scot Huntington .......•............................. Vice-President (2001) Hilbus (Washington Where the Tracker Action ls, Ruth Charters 34 Summer St., Wcscerly. R1 02891 Baltimore), 197 0 Gerald Lolmaugh,$8 6617 Brawner St David Wallace .....................•..............•....... Secretary (2003) McLean, VA 22102 147 County Road , Gorham, ME 04038 DEWORGNS@AOL,COM Kentuckiana, 1990 Quarter Notes, $10 Keith E. Norrington 629 Roseview Terr ace David M. Barnett.•.............. , .................... Treasurer (appointed) New Albany, IN 47150 423 N. Stafford A\Je,, Richmond , VA 23220 OBARNE'IT@EARTHLlNK NF.T Memphis, 1992 TBA,$5 Dennis S. Wujcik Allison Alcorn-Oppedahl. .................••.............. Councillor (2003) 45 N, Belvedere #101 Trinity International University, 2065 Half Day Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015 [email protected] Memphis, TN,B104-2517 J. MichaelBarone ............... Councillor for Organizational Concerns (2001) Minnesota Chapter, I 997 The Old Toot, Michael Michael Ferguson MPR. 45 E 7th St., St, Paul, MN 55101 Ferguson, ii 0 1880 St, Clair Paul R. Marchesano....................... ............... Councillor (2003) SL Paul, MN 55105 #3R, 634 S, 48th St,,Philaddphia, PA 19143-204B MARCHESA@SASUPENN EDU MIOHS (Michigan) The Impost, $5 HenryVan Dyke 2445 Parker Patrick J, Murphy..... ,.. , , .............................. Councillor (2003) Dearborn, Ml 48124 2439 Overlook.Dr.,Gilbem.ville, PA 19525-9769 PMURPHYl29@AOLCOM Mid-Hudson, New York, The Wh istlebox, Stuart L. Ballinger Lois Regestein ................ , ..... Councillor for Historical Concerns (2001) 197 8 1l LownCt [email protected] 6 WorthingronSt.., Boston, i\1A 02120 Poughkeepsie. NY 12603-3321 Peter Sykes................. , ..... , ..... , •. Councillor for Publications (2001) New Orleans, 1983 The Swell Shoe, Rachelen Lien 42 Boynton St., Bost on, MA 02130-3209 PSYK£S@AOLCOM Russel Deroche, $ I 0 010 Nashville Avenue New Orleans, LA.70015 William T. Van Pelt ..................................... Executive Director 3217 Brook Rd., Richmond , VA 23227 (B04) 353-9226 [email protected] Pacific-Northwest, The Bellows Signal, David Ruberg 1976 BethBarber Box 2354 OHS Staff Seattlt::, WA 98111 Pacific-Southwest, The Cremona Manuel Rosales William T. Van Pelt ...... , .............................. Executive Director 197 8 1737 Malt man Ave. Tom Johnson ..................... Administrative Assistant & Order Processing LosAngeles, CA 90026 Jerry D. Morton........................ , ...... Administration & Publications South Carolina, 197 9 Newsletter, to be Kristin Farmer announced 3060 FrarerniryChurch Rd . THE IBACKER® Staff Winston-Salem, NC 27107 John K. Ogasapian................... , ......................... , ... Editor Tannenberg The Dieffenbuch, James McFarland Jerry D. Morton .. , ....................................... Managing Editor (Central Pa,), I 976 John L. Speller, $5 114 N. George St. Millersville, PA 17551 William T. Van Pelt............................................ Production Wisconsin, I 988 Die Winerflote, Phyllis Frankenstein Susan & Michael Friesen, Laurence Libin, Elizabeth T. Schmitt DavidBohn, $8 1253 Rivenon Dr. Stephen Pine!, William Van Pelt ..................... Editorial Advisory Board Mukwanango, WT 53149 Committees THE TRACKER® is published four times a year by the Organ Historical Soci Robert Zanca ... ,........................................ Biggs Fellowship ety, Inc., a non-profit, educational organization. ThtOrgnn Hiw,ricnl Socict • "appli 4113 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, LA 70 l 15 RGERARD@AOLCOM cation to mail at periodical pending approval m Rfoh'mond, VA 23232-9998." Kristin Farmer. ..•.....................•........... Convention Coordinator POSTMASTER, Send address changes to OHS, P. O. 13olt2681I, Richmond, Vi\23261. 3060 FraternityChurch Rd., Winst on-Salem, NC 27107 Annual memb ·rship dues, (indudingTHBTRACKliR): Rc�lar members $35 (over Scot Huntington•......•.......•. ............•.... 2000 Convention, Boston agc·65 and ndditionnl member in a household 29); Full- ime students under age 25, 34 Summer St., Westerly,RI 02891 $19; Comrlbu1 ng mc:oml,cl'$$48· SusrnihingS68;Donors S95; Patrons $125; Support Beth Barber, Mark Brombaugh, Thom Robertson, er$ $200; Bcncf:iotoi:i- 300· po□sor.S500. lnstiluLion · nnd businesses may subscribe Richard Walker, Rosalind Mohnson, Chair .•........... Nominating Committee with no vote at the same rates. Foreign members and subscribers add $12 for delivery. Back issues ofTHE TRACKER (index of vols. 1-33, $7.50) are $5 each or $18 per vol Elizabeth Towne Schmitt ......................•. OHS Pipe Organ Database THE TRACKER I l 00 Jovcc, Rolla, MO 65401 [email protected] ume plus $2.50 S&H. is indexed (Vols. 37-40 only) with abstracts on CD-ROM and Internet with 400 other music periodicals by the International Index to John K. Ogasapian ........ , .....•.. OHS American Organ Archives Fellowship Music Periodicals <mktg@chad ck.com>. Durgin 217, University of Massachusetts- Lowell 0185◄ wy Advertisers may inquire of the Managing Editor. Advertisements are paid for by Mary Gifford , ..... , , .........•................ .•.......... Organ Citation the advertiser and do not imply OHS endorsement. THF TRACKER does not accept ad 80 N.. Mald en Ave,, LaGrange, IL 60'i25 (708) ]54-5290 GIFFJTZ@WOkLDNE'f ATr NET vertising forelectronic substitutes forthe organ. Scott Carpenter............................ .................. Recital Series EdiLorinlcorrespondence mn be addressed to the Mannging Editor at the OHS in 806 Madison Avenue. Winscon-Salem, NC 27103 (336) 748-9354 Richmond. Responsibilityfor facts and opinlons Cl<presscd in 1rticles rests upon the Cecil Adkins,Beth AliceBullard, William Gatens, John Ogasapian, nurhors:md nor upon,tbc OrganHistoric�! SO<'.icty,Inc. Mnlcrinl accepted for publica Lee Orr, John Panning, Marilyn Stulken, William T. Van Pelt tion in 'rflllT/MCK/Jllb<:comcs the: property of1hc OrganH.istori.:;al Society, Inc. Material Allison Alcorn-Oppedahl, Councillor & Chair ........... Research & Publications published in THE TRACKER may not be reproduced without permission of the Editor. Jon Moyer.,,.................... ... ................ Slide-Tape Program The Organ Historical Society is not obligated to any commercial interest. There is 204 W. Earle St., Greenville, SC 29609 no intention to discredit or endorse any existing organ firm. The Society will prevent OHS American Organ Archives at Talbott Library, or prosecute: any use of its material to imply endorsement or discredit; the name THE Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey TRACKER; and the name THE ORGAN HISTORICALSOCIETI'. THE TRACKER@ is a reg Stephen L. Pine!.................... ............. ,......... , ..... Archivist istered trademark. Copyright ©2000 The Organ Historical Society, Inc. ISSN: 0041- 629 EdisonDr., East Windsor, NJ 08520 (609) 448-8427 [email protected]\TI NET 0330. 2 Volume 43, Number 3 1999 , COVER: The 1883 Hook & Hastings 3-40, op. 1171, at The First Church in Roxbury will be heard during the OHS National Convention to be conducted in the vicinity of Boston, August 16-20, 2000. Registration information will be sent to members in the late THE TRACI<ER Spring. The organ was severely water damaged in 1982 and JOURNAL OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY restoration was completed by a consortium of builders in 1993, the full story of which appears in Organ Update of Volume 38, No. 1. Henry Crabb: An Ancient Tradition of Organbuilding Moves from Devonshire to New York . 9 Old organs that are truly old remain our most active and viral John Speller Gathers a Biography on Crabb, link to the past we seem so desperate to understand and link our His Influence, and His Organs selves with. If we are co honor that desire, we must embrace resto Erben Organs of Trinity Episcopal Church, ration with a passion for the old. We must learnanew that our egos Apalachicola Florida . 18 find their best expression in new il}struments -and that restora , tion of the best sort will require untold creativity in resolving tow Robert