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THE DIAPASON APRIL, 2011 The Community Church at Tellico Village Loudon, Tennessee Cover feature on pages 30–31 Apr 2011 Cover.indd 1 3/11/11 7:32:18 AM Apr 2011 pp. 2-19.indd 2 3/11/11 7:33:46 AM THE DIAPASON Letters to the Editor A Scranton Gillette Publication One Hundred Second Year: No. 4, Whole No. 1217 APRIL, 2011 Juget-Sinclair organ at St. Mark’s, tions. For this, a circle cutter would not Established in 1909 ISSN 0012-2378 St. Louis do, since the idea was not to cut all the An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, I was delighted to see my piece on the way through the material. Therefore this the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music new Juget-Sinclair organ at St. Mark’s, thing had a set of multi-spur bits to cut St. Louis, in the February issue of The fl at-bottomed holes at least six inches Diapason. However, the inaugural re- in diameter, and I think perhaps up to cital by Clive Driskill-Smith never took eight or nine inches (but I do not wish to CONTENTS Editor & Publisher JEROME BUTERA [email protected] place, since a volcano in Iceland pre- commit the sin of hyperbole, and it has 847/391-1045 vented him from reaching the United been a long time). In any case, this crea- FEATURES States. Instead, St. Mark’s was success- ture had one speed—very slow—which 55th OHS National OHS Convention Associate Editor JOYCE ROBINSON ful in securing the services of Janette some readers will know translates into June 21–26, 2010, Pittsburgh [email protected] Fishell, who gave a totally stunning re- unbelievable torque. If one of these bits by Frank Rippl 20 847/391-1044 cital on a mere 48 hours notice. Clive were to jam, I was convinced nothing in A Conversation with Contributing Editors LARRY PALMER Driskill-Smith’s recital was rescheduled heaven or on earth would stop it from Christopher Houlihan Harpsichord for February 25, 2011. its duly appointed rounds, and I remem- by Joyce Johnson Robinson 26 John L. Speller ber clamping my stock to the drill press JAMES MCCRAY St. Louis, Missouri table with religious fervor to prevent the Choral Music occasion of painfully proving my theory. NEWS & DEPARTMENTS John Bishop: “The truth about I’ve operated some rather fearsome ma- BRIAN SWAGER Editor’s Notebook 3 Carillon holes” chines but that one took the cake. Letters to the Editor 3 The column by John Bishop on drills, Ron Rarick JOHN BISHOP and the holes they make, was most en- Muncie, Indiana Here & There 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 In the wind . joyable. However, his statement that Nunc Dimittis 9 multi-spur bits go up to three inches John Bishop’s column in the January On Teaching by Gavin Black 12 GAVIN BLACK diameter reminded me of an encoun- 2011 issue of The Diapason was a holy On Teaching In the wind . by John Bishop 13 ter decades ago when I was in the or- tribute to the organbuilder’s trade. It was gan trade. The fi rm for which I worked a thrill to get the whole truth on rack- Reviewers John L. Speller had a beast of a drill press in the base- board construction. I would describe REVIEWS John M. Bullard Music for Voices and Organ 15 Robert August ment that must have dated from when it as a wholesome and refreshing bit of Jan-Piet Knijff dinosaurs roamed the earth. Certainly, information. I just love it when a writer Book Reviews 15 among drill presses this was a prehis- goes whole hog on a topic. Let’s give a New Recordings 17 Jay Zoller John Collins toric monster. As far as I could tell, it wholehearted tribute to John! 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