Organs and Organbuilding in North Carolina in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
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Archivist Volume 45, Number 2, 2001 Organs and Organbuilding in North Carolina In the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries . 11 Michael Friesen Surveys Stirewalt, Bulitscheck, Loesch THE TRACKER Tannenberg, Erben, and Other Early Builders JOURNAL OF THE ORGAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Obituaries . 7 Treasurer's Report 7 If these, however, were the only reasons to cite historic Organ Update 9 instruments, every old organ would receive a plaque regardless Minutes ......... 44 of acclaim or historical condition. Ms. Gifford further ques tions my purpose in citing three vastly different situations in support of the same principle. The choice was utterly deliber OPINION Jonathan Ambrosino ate: there can't be two bottom lines, and the same criteria should select worthy organs regardless of pedigree. A rare or gan of unremarkable interest will naturally have a high histori Historic Organ Citation cal quotient, just as a spectacular survival of a prolific builder will as well; determination of quality has always been in the AM GRATEFUL hands each generation's connoisseurship. A wise culture rec I The Tracker ognizes that arbitration is temporary while actions are, too of for the many fascinating and helpful letters in ten, irreversible. Don responseOlson could to notmy have editorial been morein justified in44:2. taking The me issue. to My concern is that when the Society's name is spelled out however, is in danger of being sidetracked. For example, task for getting my facts wrong, forwhich he and