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Sixly·Eiglla, Year, No. 8 WllOle No. 812 ISSN 001223iB JULY. 1977 The Tonal Evolution of the Beethoven's Organ E. M. Skinner Organ Trios: Authentic or Spurious? by Dorothy J. Holden by Weldon L. Whipple

PART I Nearly forty years have passed since Ernest M. Skinner, prophetically born Max Eschig of Paris first pUblished in Clarion, Pa., in the year 1866, be­ Charles Tournemire's edition of three Pieces e" trio de claviers by Ludwig came one of the otltsanding organ build­ 1 ers in America. In his long career in \'an BeethO\'en. The three Pieces (in this field, which spanned morc than the keys of G minor, E-Oat minor, and half a century, he undoubtedly did E minor respectively), as well as a more than any other builder to enrich three,\'oice Fugue en Ml mineur edited the tonal resources of the American by Marcel Dupre and published [our organ. His particular interest was in years later by Bornemann of Paris as the development of orchestral imitative a work by Beethoven,l have been an SLOpS such as the English Hom and area of confusion and controversy ever French Horn, two of his most famous since their appearance. The trios are creations. seldom mentioned in discussions of nectho\'en's 0l1?an music, and the few Alia among Skinner's contributions to organists acquamted with them tend to the American organ scene was his wOI"k discredit their authenticity! A review in the dc\'c1opmcnt and perfection of of their origins and history may be in· the electro· pneumatic action and stand­ formath'e:. ardization of the console. He was one of the first American organ builders SOURCES to advocate console standardization.1 Toutncmire stated in his preface to The Skinner combination action in the th~ Pi~ ct!s that the trios were taken later consoles was probably the most frum pages 5·18 o[ ,'olume two of a quiet and Cast in response of any ever "totally forgotten work." entitled ~ludes built. and the consoles themselves were de Beel',oven, by Fran~is Joseph Fetis, vcry comCortable to play and strikingl)' published in 18 ~ 3 .' Though Dupre him­ elegant in appearance. self did not note the source of his edi­ Ernest Skinner's genius made its tion of the trio· fugue, it too appears mark in both tonal and mechanical as­ in the same \'aillme on pages 47·53. pects of organ building, but this dis­ Investigation of the ~tudes de Bet: tho­ cussion of his work will be confined pri­ Vt'n re\'cals that the volumes are only a marily to the tonal emlution of the or­ French translation by Fetis of a Vien­ gans that he built. Although Skinner Ill.-se publication by Ignaz von Seyfried was most famous for his orchestral imi­ entitled Ludwig van Dee/hoflen', Stu­ tative stops, his tonal achievements went dien ;m Genera/basse, Ccm frapunf te und considerably beyond the creatioo of an in der Com/Josilions-Lellre, publie: hed by imitation s)mphony orchestra. These Tobias Haslinger in 1832. All four trios tonal contributions will be discussed in appear in the original Gennan \'ersion! a later article. The Slud;en are a compilation of the contents of fh'e paCkages o[ contrapun­ Ernest Skinner began his Clreer in tal exercises purchased in 1827 by Has­ the organ business in 1886 when he linger at the auction of Beetho\'en's es­ went to work for Gcorge H. Ryder, an tate (listed as item 149 in the auction organ builder in Reading, Mass. Hi! Ernest M. Skinner catalog). Haslinger commissioned Sey­ first task there was to "sweep the shop" fried, musical director at Schikaneder's after which he wound trackers. He was Theatre in Vienna, to compile the ex­ later assistant to Ryder's voicer and ercises.' tUller. In 1890, after four years o[ em­ The fh'e packages of exerciscs (now ployment at the Ryder shop, Skinner comprising Beethovenautograph 75 in was fired by a new foreman and im­ By 1898, Skinner had impro\-ed and descrihes his introduction to the Willis the archives of the Gesellschaft der mediately after was hired by George S. Musikfreunde in Vienna) were identi­ Hutchings o[ Boston.' His association refined his electric action to a consid­ reeds: "At St. George's Hall, I was very erable degree, His action ".. as to be fur­ fortunate in meeling Henry Willis Jr. fied by Gustav Nottebohm, in the final with Hutchings con tin lied for the next chapter of his Deelllove'l;ana (1872). cleven years during which time he was ther impro\'ed and modified within the who was most agreeable to me. He sent next 15 )'ears, but he had come a long a man with me to look at one of his as the studies - at least in pan - to work as mechanic, tuner, draftsman, prepared bt; Beethoven during the sum­ and eventually, factory superintendent. way. His recently de\'eloped pitman organs and pennitted me to take meas· wind-chest not only afforded greater urements of tlle reeds .... Afterwards mer of 180[) to leach composition to the Skinner's sojourn with Hutchings was speed and fluency in organ playing, but at the dinner table he showed me Archduke Rudolph. NoUebohm noted numerous errors and alterations in Sey­ an eventful one, and by 1893 he had was also capable o[ operating on far where I had O\'erlooked much o[ im· higher wind pressures than were possi­ portance and further instructed me in fried's publication and identified many designed his first electric action [or the of the exercises as works by other com­ Hutchings organ installed in St. Bar­ ble 011 the old mechanical action slider the fundamental principles of reed \'oic­ tholemew's Church, New York City, chests. This unleashed a whole new ing which were unknown in America posers. Apparently Beethoven, in pre­ paring to teach the Archduke, used not that year.' Between 1893 and 1898, Skin­ world of possibilities in the realm of as far as my experience goes." only his own exercises (many of which ner's im'enth'e work was devoted pri· pipe \'oicing and organ lone. As Skin­ "I had read of the Willis tuba on marily to the refinement of his electric ner himself stated in his book Tile Mod­ he had composed while studying under 22" wind in St. George's Hall. When I Johann Georg Albrechtsberger) as ex­ action and to a general impro\'ement ern Organ published in 1917," ... tbe heard it I was wild with enthusiasm. in tlle mechanical equipment o[ the modern organ, with its magnificent amples, but work.s of earlier composers It was so incredibly fine and superior and theorists as well. Beethoven neg­ organ. By 1896, he was factory super­ power and wealth o[ orchestral color to anything I had ever heard. lowe and perfection of mechanism, is made lected to identify the sources of many intendent. During the follOWing two e\'erything I know o[ the trumpet fam­ o[ the borrowed examples (a practice rears, Skinner supervised the installa­ possible wholly through the disassocia­ ily to Henry Willis. Senior and Junior." lion of numerous organs for the Hutch· tion of the touch and the wind pres­ n~t un.common. i.n his day), and Sey­ sure." Ernest Skinner was now ready Upon his return from England, Skin­ fned, 111 complhng the studies, attri­ ings finn, among which were the or· ner made his first replica of the 'Villis buted them all to Beethoven.' gans built for Harvard Church, Brook­ to move on to the next phase of his career, that of disco\'ering new sounds 16' trombone in the Hutchings fac­ line, Mass.; Mission Church, Roxbury. tory. IDENTITIES OF THE TRIOS Mass.; Union Congregational Church, to incorporate in the organ. In 1898. Skinner visited England In .1900, Skinner supen'ised the in­ Nottebohm pointed out that many of \\'orcester. Mass.; Pilgrim Church. Dor· stallation of the Hutchings organ built chester, Mass.; Arlington Street Church, where he met "Father" Henry 'Villis Ih~ ex~rcises are by Johann Joseph Fux, for Symphony Hall, Boston. This in­ Boston, Mass.;' and South Congrega· and Henry Willis Jr., who introduced ~tlednch Wilhelm Marpurg. Carl Phil· tional Church, New Britain, Conn.;' all him to the principles of high pressure stallation incorporated the new 'Villi, 'P,P Emanuel Bach, Johann Philipp type reeds of the trumpet family. In of which were made with his new elec­ reed \·oicing. In the December. 1922 Kunberger, Johann Georg Albrechts­ is tric action. incorporating his electrical issue o[ SlOP, Open, and Reed, a peri­ the Everett Truette scrapbooks this berger. Daniel Gottlob Tilrk, and oth­ and mechanical Improvements as they odical published by the Skinner Organ description o[ its tonal resources: ers. Of the exercises that Tournemire

were developed. Co. during the 19205, Ernest Skinner (Continued, page 4) (ConlinuedJ page 8) THE DIAPA~ON EJlablished in IY09

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Christmas Choral Music reviewed by Wesley Vos

The idea of Christmas in July is morc Come, l. ~t Us PraiJe, Heinz \Verner "Sing Salll)', Angels, afT, Da,·it! :-.:, than a pleasant contrnc.liClion in terms Zimmcnn:m. Unison or SA Til. kc)'· Johnson. SATB Augshurg ·We. (E·M) International Congress to church choral c.lircctors. Limited board accompaniment only; Carl Fischer Mr. Johnson has wrinen an origillal budgets and rehearsal time and the in­ -lO¢. (M) This tUlle could be learned ~oent for this arrangement of the tUlle of Organists to Meet creasingly long delays in filling pub­ without much difficult)' by an audience , Prospect", lishers' orders make plalilling now for or COtlb'Tcgation, Scn:r.l1 possible com. Christmas, 19;; a nctcssit}·. binations of pcr£onnance forces :ue sug­ Bag/,;pe Carol. Clechoslo\'akian carol in Philadelphia Somc of the more interesting Christ­ gested b)' the compoSt.'r. alT. William McRae. SATB Carl Fischer mas items recch'cd in the past six ·WC. (EJ A "Qrols·from-around·dle* The Third International Congress of Or­ months are re"iewec.l here hrieHy. It is Elrotll Christmas Carcis from "Les world" prOi,.... am might illctutle this Rossignols Spirituels" by Peter Phillips ganists will teke ~ace in Philade\phiG from assumed that directors will want to ob­ charming arrangement. August 1-6. with the activities for two tain a single copy for examination be· ( 1561.1628) cd. and trans. by Lionel Pike, SU or SATn Oxford $6.55. (M.D) days centered in Woshington, D.C. The fore placing a quantity order. The desig­ Lilt UJI ]'our Heads, Hal H. Hop,o;on. congress occurs each ten yeers; the 1977 nations E, M and D arc meallt to sene The ('tlitor has added alto and tenor SATS or multiple choirs. organ and parts to the odginal soprano·bass homo­ congress will be the first in the US, prevj. ouly as appro:

2 THE DIAPASON Fiaaey Fantasies ment, nor did I anywhere rule the or­ gan out of the realm o( music·making. To the Editor: As for the expression "touch respon· J want 10 thank Professor Peterson Letters to the Editor sivc", I use it in the: sense in which it for inronning THE DIAPASON Uune has becn used for hundreds of yean: Issue, p. 8) o( the enor which he found namely, an instrument is touch respon­ Fantruies. in onc of the Finney Neither criteria on the instrument regarding Dach, Franck. Reger, Sweelinck and sive when the player can controll the Dr. ):inncy nor his publisher has kept placement. The B3rker le\'er still al· Ligeti per(onned on the F. C. Schnitger loudness or softness of tbe sound by a list of errors found in the past. I en­ lowed control of pipe sr.eech: it was instrument at Zwolle, Holland. While pressure upon the keys. By this defini­ courage other readers who know of not dther on or off as t. r. Canoli im· the Viool da Camba rega.l was not a tion, the organ is not touch responsive, such errors to inform me through THE plics. Ca\'aillc·Coll nevcr completely re:. French hautbois, the organ handled all neither is the harpsichord. I did not DIAPASON 50 that these errors might Jlounced tracker action and used the: the music beautifully. The foundations think it necessary to explain this sim· be added to the list which ] have scnt Dar,,"er le\'er on his largest instrumcnts of the Hoordwcrk were as solid and rich pic point in a magazine like THE DIA­ tllC: publisher. at Dr. Finney's request. to gh"e tr.u:ker control of his more un· as any CavaiUc·ColI but it didn't reo PASON. Since the article went 10 preM, James wieldy divisions and couplers. motely sound French, The organ sound­ I( the tracker is in any way touch re· Chute. a b",aduatc student at the Uoi. We ha\"e a group of musicians who td so well becaU$C it hOld integrity of sponsi\'c. it can only be in the control lenity of Cincinnati, h:15 dr.twn my at· p.1Ssionatcly belie\"e. they should have style, as well as artistic .saling and "oic· of the attack and release of the tones. tention to onc additional error in "The intimate control O\'er their instruments ing. or as an engineer would put it, in start· lea\''Cs on the trees spoke." In the first and where they do. they achicve vast­ A pedal of 52 notes and 2 Hl3nuals ing and ending transient!, but not in chord. the C·nal should be a G·nalu­ ly superior ft.'Sults. In regard to Mr. of at least 56 notC'S will "play" almost the strady state tone. This is, if it ex­ rOll. Dr. Finney has confirmed this error Carroll's quote of Sir John Stainer, it aU music, but no instrument can sound ists at all, a very small benefit for 10 Mr. Chute. suUiccs 10 say Ihat both organ music like aU instruments. Therc arc a num­ which to destroy and repl::tce many hun· SinccTl'ly. and ol'&'1n building were in a state o( ber of AmericlU builders building in· dreds of excellent instruments. Anne Parks dedine that only the past 25 years struments with the integrity I speak of. Mr. Douglass asks if there is a place Dearborn. Mi. has seen a fC\'crs3l of. Mr. Audsley was The instruments of these builders will in music [or a keyboard instrument also writing during a period of change. not play everything, but what thcy do that is not touch·responsive? I think Organs were becoming huger, more or· play, they do so wilhout peers. there is: there are other ways of pro­ cJteslral, and incre3singly unidiomatic Trends are interesting to walch. As I ducing expression, and there were many E. Power Biggs demauds were being placed on the in­ see it, we are: changing our ideas in re­ fine organists who produced exceeding· To the Editor: strument. Higher pressures and un­ gards to fingerings and interpretation. Iy musical results on electric-3ction in­ I would like to add my appreciation wieldy layouts made all aware the track· Organists arc going to demnnd instru· strumcnts; I will cite Lynnwood Farnam or E. Power Diggs and his wonderful er was inhibiting "progress." We are ments that will be responsive to their for one. Evell leaving out of the ,\ues· personality. I was organist or the First aU aware of the decline in the instru· needs. This entails proper placemcnt, tion, the use of tbe swell, which IS, I Congregational Church or Washington. ment and the music written for it rc· tracker action, cnca.semcnt. possibly Oex· admit, not appropriate to the classic D. C. and E. I'ower Diggs was giving a suiting frolll this chain o( events. ible wind or maybe even Barker le\'ers, literature. thcre is still thc whole broad recital there under the auspices o( the Control of the speech of pipes is pos­ orchestral sounds and 3 sweIllJox. French subject to agogics, and it is here. I sus­ D.C,A,C,O, on the large Erncst Skinner sible only on tr.tcker or Barker action. music demands French scaling and voic­ pt."t, we will find a good dcal of mate· at this churdl. He asked IIlC to tum I think wc can assume that artistic con· ing. German, Italiall, American. and Ro· rial worth study. pagt.., ror him which I did with great trol of touch was taken for gn.ntcd by mantic music haVe! ''qually valid de· There is, in fact, reason to believe th3t pride, players of the p;lst, 35 mcrh3niQI action mands. We ha\'c alrcady sten the trend many of the: "cxprcssh'c" effects attrib­ Sc\'cl'al years later I "':IS attending was lhe Duly fonn fhey "new. Only now star led in harpsichords 3nd fortepianos uted to the control of the pallet on the American Institute o( Noml31 Meth· arc wc learning the natural articulation based on historiClI principles. When the traders, arc actually 110 more than ods 011 Aburnd31e, M3S53chusctts, ne3r present in music by careful study of proper music is pl::t)'ed on them, we temporal accents. Hostun, "h'e o( my fellow tcachers got ancielll fingerings and their effect on a !"intJ superior resulu. Finally, I would like to point out together 10 go to Harvard's Gcnnanic finely tUlled 3etion and a subtle, Oexi. The cry ought not to be fur eclectic that the sentcnce I quoted from John Museum to he3r his Sunday morning hIe wind supply. These effects are only instmmcnts but for better rooms. No or· Stainer was not "taken out o( context". hr03dc:ast. We got there and parked our po ~ it.le on a mechanical action instru· gan will sound well in a room with neg­ That one sentence is a complete p3ra· car, when I saw E. IJower Biggs driving ment. with troper attention paid to ath"e acoustics. The music, per(onner graph: the paragraph before it merely down the parking lot. He recognized bellows. win canals, p311ct boxes and and listeners will su((er as well. Many explained the difference between the me instantly and inquired what we key chambcrs" Too many pitman chests American builders arc 1I0W equal or suo ordinary tracker and Ute Barker lever, wetc doing there. I told him wc were and poorly designed schwimmers have perior to their European counterparu. and Ute one followin, it discussed the planning to hear his broadcast. He gh'cn this form of expression a bad especially when you consider the horren· question of hand position. to!d us it was just finished. He then name. dous conditions their instruments are There was an error in the (irst col· ushered us into the museum and played I would vcr)' much like to know Mr. subjected to and how well they can umn, ulird line from the bottom. which sC\'l'ral of tile selections of the broadcast Carroll's (or an)'one else's) justi£ica· make them !ound there. Jsu't it time: reads "after the introduction of tT3cker and l'\'ell had the Outist from the Bos· tiolls for an electric action. There are we channel our e((orts to this end just action •••" It should, o( course, read ton Symphony Orchestra pia)' a selec· ouly a few reasons I can think of. I. as vigorously as we did to the organ "a(ter thc introduction of electrical ac· tion for Oute and organ, Placement: roo(, basement, across the re(onn mo\'cment? tion ••." Typographical error on my Such wonderful treatment o( the (h"c na\"e fmm each other or the building In dosing, I echo Mr. Douglass's qut.-s· part, I think. Sincerely, of II!; l11ade a deep and lasting impres· next door. 2. Size: 100 ranks of strings tion to Mr. Carroll. "where is cloud· sion on 311 of us. and celC'3tes at my beck and call. 3. c"ckooland?" John S. Carroll Cordially. Toudl: I know of a number of 300 Sincerely, Emlenton, Pol. Ilaul D. Gable Yl'Olr old aetions which ha\'e lighter Scot HUlilington The editor repliC$; Mr. Carroll'J orig­ Sih'cr Spring, Md. touch than a so·called "tracker touch" Allred. NY inal leller appeared on p. 5 0/ tile May electric keyboard. Why is this considered jUlie. ReaderJ may reler to it and to such a necessity on a modern electric tile atlswer Irom Mr. Douglau wllicll /0/­ action organ? 4. Unification: upwards lowed, in order to malre their own in· .. of 7 or morc Slaps (rom one rank o( .. terpretations 01 both vitwpo;"u. The pipes. How can they possibly (onn any· editor will co,uider correspondence reo Tu thl' Editor: thing approaching a legitimate ensem­ To the Editor: garding the Duke University organ This leller is in response to a state· ble? I should 3dd here Ihat all this is I don't wallt to st3ft an extended con· closed as 0/ llle preJenl iSlue. ment in Lawrence Moe's Tribute to E. preferable to an electronic substitute troversy o\"er 3 trifling matter, but I Power Diggs (May issue, p. 4) . Mr. Moe of any kind. must protest Mr. Douglass's putting If the slider action was a weakness states that there were many "Test Coast words III 1Il1' mouth. I have re·read my Lctlers 10 the Editor .hould be clearly listeners to Mr. Biggs' Sunday morning why arc aU our best builders using it? letter severa times, and cannot find any· marked as lum ;md prdc""bly typed. AU broadcasts (!"Om Cambridge. I was one I am particularly he3rtcned to see some where in it, any statement that the or· Idlcrs accepted are .ubj~t to editia&', (or who listened every Sunday from 1954 traditional pitman chest builders adopt. gan iJ not a legitim3te musical instru- reasons 0( apace ud darity. to 1958. 1 \\'a! beginning to study the ing slider dlests, The key chambered orgall thell and round E. Power Biggs' design is vastly superior to the pitman broadcasts a perfect way to begin cach chest. In the slider chest, all pipes speak American Institute AGO Sunday, a day when I m)'scl£ would play at the same time instead of willy.nilly two scn'ices 111 the church where I was as with any other type. The key cham· then org;tnist. !Jer also cushions the air entering the of Organbuilders Election Results I no longer have Mr. Biggs' Ih'c pi~ and allows for a more natural pipe Results of the 1917 notional elections (or broadcasts to inspire me, but can con· speech. In the other types of windchest, the American Guild of OrgIJnists have tent 1U)'seH with his recordings, both the individual v3lves under each pipe been announced as follows: on C. Donald Harrison's organs and creale turbulence that effects lhe: start· ing and stopping o( the tone as welt as Preljd.nt: Roberta Bitgood \'arious org3ns in EUrope. Vice Presid.nt: Ruth Milliken Sincerely, the wind supply. An artistic effect can thus ne\'er be attained. The wind sup· Secretary: Berbara F. Mount Richard Ditewig Tr.asurer: ChIJrles Dodsley Walker San Francisco, Ca. ply must be rock solid to counteract this. Modern materials have eliminated Registrar: Wltlter Hilse sticking sliders. Combination actions can Chaplain: James Hughes Purdy be fiued to this lhat are simpler than Councillors ot Large: with other t"pc5 and are as fast or Paul Callaway Duke Controversy faster than conventional types of stop Vernon De Tar To the Editor: control. Eugene W. Hancock I mUSt admit I usually sit in the safe· I personaUy don't think there ever Marilyn J. Keiser ty of complacency and have ne\'er been can be such a beast as the eclectic or­ SeIJrle Wright moved to write a letter of protest until gan, that will m3k.e all music of all Regiona' Chairm.n: I read Mr. Carroll's leiter to )'OU in periods sound the way every composer I (New England): Barbara Owen the May issue. mtcnded. The instmments they had in II (New York - New Jersey): Mr. Caroll mentions with huge: scorn miud were as diverse :1.5 the stylistic Donald Ingram the absurdity of a violin with electric and regional (orces at work on each II {Mid.Atlenticl: Kenneth Lowenberg action or a pi3no with electric coupling composer. We hear of a Cliquot trum· IV (Southeast): Raymond J. MlIrtin between key 3nd hammer. Is not an pet, a Schnitger posaune or SilbcrmOlnn The Americen Institute of Organbuild.rs V (Greot leles): Corliss R. Arnold clectric·action organ ~ually absurd? I( principals. A. eddte and a swell box has announced its fifth ennual convention. VI (North Central): John Oben the organ is not toudl responsive, what Franck do not make. Jf an organ has which will toke pIece in Pitnburgh, Po., VII {Southwest,: Robert C. Bennett il1llccl is it? To be sure, electric action inlcgrity of dcsign and is based on his­ October 2.5. All members ond persons on VIII (Pacific Northwest): 8etty Jean opened 3 Panoora'! box, allowing tbe torical pr«edent, music can be per­ the AID moiling list will receiva more de· Bartholomew IJCrformcr to be (arther 3nd farther re· formed on it and sound reasonably teiled information prior to thot time: others IX (Far West I: Herbert Nanney moved from the recesses his closeted "authentic." A gre3t deal also depends mIJY request informetion from the conven· The constitution,,1 amendment passed, instrumcnt hOld been relegated to. Even on the perronner and his interprela· tion committee chairmon, Harry J. Ebert. 05 did the referendum for requiring guild with Barker levers, the action placed tion. I recently attended a recital o( 210 N.loh., 51.. P;H.burgh. PA 15211. degrees.

JULY, 19n 3 Tonal 'Evolution of the The )'car following Ernest Skinncr's iugs on kcy action magnets to takc the The only major departure from the impressive work ;u Boslon S)"mphony pl;)ct! of extra contacts for each coupler HUlchings type lonal scheme is the in­ Skinner Organ Hall, he lC£t the Hutchings firm and 10 a given keyboard. Also, being such dusion of Skin ncr's rccent invention, wcnt into partnership wilh James Cole, all early instrument, the manual pipe the Erzahler, on the Great, in place: of (Corllinuttl from p. 1) forming the Skinller &: Colc Organ Co, lhest layout is like that of tracker or­ the usual Gemshorn. The original speci­ "The pedal trombone is \'oiced on in 1901. Their partnership cndcd after gans - dh'idcd (or the first two octavcs, rication, as gh'ell in the contract, called the method developed by Willis, the two ycars and Skinncr then formcd and tht!1l straight from middle C on ror a Gemshorn.' The Enahlcr was ap­ celebrated London builder, gh'ing power his own company.- up - rathcr than being dh'ided froUl parently added as an allenhought. Also, without sacrificing quality. The trum­ I\rollud 19011, Skinner dc\'c1oped his low C on up, as was the case in later curiollsly enongh. therc is no Vo" Hu­ pet SlOpS of the great 311(1 swell. ill ad­ Erzahlcr, which was the firu of his molll), Skinner prgans. Ulana in thi!! organl dition to the trombone, arc "oiced on :l lIew stops. It was first tlR't! in the or­ The console. which is aU·e!cctric, is The in'ltallatioll of this Skinncr prc­ high air VTCSSUTC :U1I\ arc made douhle gan installed in Cltri!t Chuuh, I·ta .. t· almost identical (0 the t)~ built by datt.'S the imcntion of most of Ernest length 10 middle F; ill other words, ronl, Conn., in 1903, I\ccording 10 Er· I-Iutchings thllinJ; Skinners last few Skinncr's orcht.'Strnl imilalive stops, and the), arc what is called harmonic stops, nest Skinner's OWII al"t:ount in his ;mln­ years with that firm. The 1II0St uniquc their "bscllcc is conspicuous to those which insures a proper balance between hiography, which appearcd ill thc fcature or this console is its mO\'eablc who are familiar wilh Skinncr organs the bass and treble, the treble with old March, 1951 issue of Tile Di',/Jalr)ll, lhe hinged slop j:uuhs which swing out for huilt during thc 'teens and 1920s. How­ mcthmls of \'Oicing alw:l)'!~ heing thin f:rzahlcr was "dc\"cloped by cmphasiz­ use when being played, dosing up to e\er, the instrument i5 still vcry orches­ and weak. as well as more Clr less dis ing il peculiar tonality 1I0ticed in an I"cLI:h"e thc mil-top whcn not in usc, (ml in that it possesses weight and agrct"ablc in quality.". , . anrient bell gamha nhich I was rc· Thc draw knobs arc in horizontal con­ warmth and h:1S au abundance and "The scak'5 of the rlpC .~ III llll'i organ ,oiring." III its constrtlcliun, the Erz­ £igmatioll l'ather than thc now 1Illh'cn­ "ariet), of S £to lone. arc (roUl Jr, tu 1UJ per celli larger than ahlcr is simi"'r 10 a GelmhullI. Its 10llc OILy uscd diagonal conrigmatioll. The reeds in the U. of V. Skinner the !caiL-s milan), cmplu)'cd in urg3ns is characterized lly ha\'ing a fund'lIlIcn· Enough for this digrt.ossion. Wc were arc particularly inter(''!(ing. The Swell of this Sil.c. rt.·slllting in great solidity tal and o(ta"C harmonic u[ ("qllal talking about the 'mUll e,'olution of the Ohue, which is Glppcd, has a haunting alld (irmlll'!i~ . This la1ler applies IIlUl''C strength. The Erzahler was SO'UiUllro Skinllcr org;II1, bill IhL'SC unusual eit.-c­ CO\'ered quality roreshadowing Skinner's panicularl)' 10 the diapa uns allli fink'S, becilusc the "wlIIul nf Ihese pipes struck trkal alltl 1IIt.'(hanical reatures or this English J"lorn, not yet to be developed which fOlln the foundatioll tone of the Skinner as being "garrulo.ls wilh a instrulllent Sl't!lIIcd worth a brief dc­ ror scvcral more Yl-ars. The Swell Cor­ organ. chatt), sorl of friemlliness.'" scription. nopcan hilS English A-type shallots and "The pedal organ b \'cry large in (\t this timc, Skinner was building -I hc speej{ic:Jtion of thc U. o[ V. Skin­ largc·scaled resonators which are har­ proportion to the balance o r thc organ, new organs, and rebuilding old oncs, IIcr is qUitc similar to those of the monic in their uppcr range, using the a ilIut Ol"g;lI15 It ha\'ing H stops," hom sUlall rather unpretcntious l'lntchings of thc latc 18905: Willis prindpll'!i of construction. This facto£)' in South Hoslon. Littlc is 1.:.110\\' 11 E. M. Skinllcr organ, Old Cabell Hidl, Cornopean is amazingly brilliant and, "Thc \"Oidng, 011 \\'hich 1II:liu!y dc­ ahout the tonal charactcr of organs Er· pclltls the sucres.'; of the imtrulllcnt Ullh'crsity of Virginia, Charlottesville ill spite of its English construction, has 1H..'st Skinner huilt during these first fcw . . . . incilides all the hcn points of Opus #I~i - 1006 a qU:llity which is almost as lUuch 19th­ )cars 011 his OWII _ i-Iowclcr, !Ollle iudi· century Freud, as it is Willis English. European and ,\mcrican s ~h,?<>1s. T~le t.:alion of thcir sound is cOln'e)"cd b)' CREAT ORCAN Likewise, the Choir Clarinet has mOle grcat delicacy and charactcnsltc qual~tY this accollnt in an unidentified news­ (8 SIU)lS, 2 borro\\'t.'i..I) thau a hint of its 19th·ccntury Frcnch of tOile in the different stopS, the thg· clipping describing Skinller's rccclitly 16' DiapasOn 61 pipes nWed powcr 01 the full organ, without counterpart. complcted rcbuild of the E. & C. J·look S' Diapason 61 pipes Robert Hope-Jones, father of the harshut.'SS, and thc perfect blending of organ at 1·1)'1nouth Church, Brookl)II, 8' Gross Floctc 61 pipes theater organ, iJecame affiliated with the whole into one agreeable amI mas­ in 1904: 8' Gamba 61 pipcs the Skinller Organ Co. ill 1905. Although sive lone, yet not lacking in bril1i~l~cy, "E\'cr)' pipe il' allowcd to speak with S' Gedackt (Sh'.) 61 notes arc all successful featurcs of the \'OIclllg Hope.Jones was workin~ Cor Skinner at case, and as a result thcre is nOlle of 8' Enahler 61 pipes the lime the U. of V. Skmner was under of the organ." the iII·effects of O\·er.hlowing or (orcing 4' Octa,'e 61 pipes construction, this instrumcnt doesn't The specification of thc noston 5)'tn­ thc tone." 2' Fiftccnth 61 pipcs show as IIl11ch of his inOuence in il!'l phony Hall organ is as follows: "" feature of thc new organ will he 8' Cornopcan (Sw.) 6 L notes tOllal char:tctcr as might be cxpected. Gt.'Orge S. Hult::hings orpll (lOOO) thc abSt.'Ucc of the ear-sphning noise SWELL ORGAN The only cl.ar.tcteristics of this organ of the funner tnba or stenlorphone. (12 stops, '. borrowcd) which can be dirC!lly attributed to GREAT rhere is no sllggt.'Stion of hilrshness in 16' Bourdon 61 pipes Hope-Jollcs arc: I) NaITow mouths 16' Open Diapason thc prescnt organ, but the tone is S' Diapason 61 piJlcs with high cut-up in thc flnework, par­ 8' Fint Open Diapason round and full with plenty of rescr\'e S' Salicional 61 plpCS ticularly in the 8 (t. and" ft. stops; 2) 8' Sccond UpCIl Diapamn power. Therc are a great number of S' Voix Celestes 61 pipes Leathered uppcr lips in the Great K 8' Gross Flute soft stops for endless "aricty o[ nuances, S' Gedackt 61 pipcs ft. Diapason. In Spite of this, there is S' Gross Gamba something that nc\'er before has been S' Dulciana (Ch.) 61 notes not a dull or hooty sound in the enlirc 8' Stopped Diapason heard in 1'1)l1Iouth Church." -I' Flute (Ch,) 61 notes organ, since Skinner did not usc the 8' Gemshorn In 1005, Skinner's organ building busi­ 4' Violin 61 pipes extreme pipe scales or wind pressures 4' Octave ness was incorporated as a stock com­ 2' Piccolo (Ch.) iii notes that Hope·Jones ad\'OC1led, at least not '" Gross Flute pany. Thc new organization was called 3 rank Comet 183 pipes al the timc that this organ was built. 2-2/ 3' T ..... elfth the Erm.'St M. Sl..illner Co., and Ernest S' COnlopcan 61 piptos The o\'er·all lone of the flue· work. 2' l:iheenth Skinller himself was its president. One S' Oboe (Ch,) 61 notcs whether a IilTge combination or individ· VI Misturc of the first organs to come (rom this Tremolo lIal stops, is fairly light aud bright IV Mixture new cOrpOra.tioll was a 3 manual. 2i-rank comparcd with that of somewhat later 16' Trumpct Skinner huilt for Old Cabell Hall, Un i­ CIiOlll ORGAN Skinners huilt in the 'teells. Even the H' Trumpet ,"ersity of Virginia, in Charlottcs\'ille, (8 SlOpS) Great Gro.ssc Flute is brighter than 4' Clarion Va, To the writer's J..nowledge, the Uni S' Ml'Iodi'l 61 pipes lIIost examplcs of the writer's acquaint­ SWELl. \crsity of Virginia Skinner is the car· 8' Geigen I'rincipal 61 pipes ance. It is modcrately large in !cale, but 16' Ikmrdon liest estant organ built by Ernest Skin­ S' Dulciana 61 pipes not exccsshe likc those built by many 8' Open Diapason IIcr. I\lort.'O\'er, it has been prcscn:cd, 8' Untl3 Maris·19 pipes other buildcrs during the early part of 8' Stoppl'<1 Diapa)(JIl for all practical purpmcs. exactly as it 4' Flute 61 pipt'S this ccntury. Owing to the absence of a 8' Concert Flutc was designed :'IIId built in 1006. 2' Piccolo 61 pipes dorzando devicc in the U. of V. Skin­ S' 5alidonal S' Clarinct 61 pipes ner, olle IIlIiSt usc the crescendo pedal The clectric action used in the U. of Oboe 61 pipcs S' Voix Celestc v_ (UIIIl'crsil), of Virginia) Skinner is s' to serve thc same purpose. 'Vhen full S' Spitz Flute \ cry similar to the type o( action Skin· I'ElJ,\L ORGAN creiCcndo is added 10 the Diapasoll 8' ,\eoline ncr used whilc he was still working (6 stops) Augmcnted chorus, thcre is a general increase in -t' Octave with Georgc Hutchings. This organ may 16' Diapason 30 pipes Cullness and brilliance ralhcr than the 4' Violina well be the only survh'ing playable 16' I:irst Bourdon 30 pipcs muddiness which results from U.se of 4' l'll1te Hannonic Skin ncr with this early Hutdlings·type 16' Sccond Bourdon (Sw.) 30 notes the crescendo ill many Skiuller organs 2' Flautino electric ;IClioll. One o[ the most ingen. 8' 1'Iocte 12 pipes which wcrc built a little later. V Mixturc ious featurcs of this action is a cou­ 8' Ccdada (Sw.) 30 110tes The Grcat ·1 Ct. Octave and 2 ft. Fifteenth are fairly close in scale to 16' Contra Fagotto pling S)-S ICIII which uses multiple wind· S' 'Ccllo (Sw,) jO 1I0tes S' Comopean that of the Great 8 ft. Diapason, but 8' Oboe arc Tl'gulaled somewhat sorter Ihall the 8' Vox Humana H ft.. the 2 fl. bcing sorter yet than the Tremolo ·1 fl. The 2 ft. is of sufficicnt volumc CHOIR to add brilliance to the cnscmble with­ 16' Contra Camba out being O\'cr-asscrth"e. H' Opcn Diapason The 3 I'auk Mixturc in the Swell is 8' Geigen I'nndpal a Cornet with 110 brcaks (12·15-17). S'Mc1odia Thc pipes of lhc 12th. and lith. rauks S' Oolcissimu arc conical, similar to those of OJ. Spill ," t-'ugara Flutc, c\'idcntly wilh lhc idca of mak­ ·1' Flaulo TT3\' e"~H ing these harmoniCJ lc.>s conspicuous 2' I'ircolo than the 15th. Thc 15th is not conical S' Clarinet and is of atollt Ihe same scale as thc ·fu.'lliolu Swell 8 ft. Diapason. MallY of the early j'EllAL 2Oth-ccntury Cornet Mixturcs wcre com­ :12' Oiapawli posed of \'cry small-scaled ranks of 16' Hrsl lJial)asoll (WuucJ) slring·tolled pipes which wcrc totally W' Se(Onu Diapa~ulI (Met:.l) unsuitab!c for mc in ;1 Diapason chorus, 16' \ 'iolollc The Cornet in the U. of V. Skinner is 16' Uomdoll C:lirly mft ;11lt! is of \'cr)' mild Prillcip;al W' lJulciana lh"l'actcr. It is 1101 all obnoxious ell­ 10·2/3' Quintc !:oClIIblc dt.~trulCl' as wcrc so many or lhe H' Octave '1 ierce'a:onlainillg mixtures which were S' (;eu,u:kt Sf) common ill American org;lIIs at that ri' Ccllo time. .J' Super Orla\'c -I he Swell Saliciollal and Voix Cel­ W' Trombone t.'Slc arc \"CI}' keen, almost to the point S'Tromba of rccdincss. Thc)' arc also \'ery big and 1\5 can hc seen hom the abo\'e spcci­ full, ha\'illg actually morc of a Gamba fication, thc Hostoll Symphony nail 01'­ th"n Saliciuual quality. In facl, the two gall ~Sl'Ssed a grcat abulU.lallcc or S rants are drawablc ill the (ledal divi­ h. rt.'Cislcrs, yet it was also 'Illite cum­ !lion at 8 rt. pilCh tinder the name of pletc in ."cgan! to ha\'illg a traditional 'Ccllo, which is closely relatcd to the ellSt.'1uble. Gamba. One might assume tllat these

THE DIAPASON :.mngs wtre the result of Hope-Jones' BIBLIOGRAPIlV influence. It is also quite possible that Buhnnan, T. Scott, "Ernest M. Skinner: Or­ they resulted from the influence of the gan Bllilder." Tile American Organisl, vol. English organ builder, Carlton Michell, D, no. 5 (May, 1925), pp. 173·185. who did voicing for Hutchings for a lloadwa)" E. A., "The Skinner and Aeolian- brier period during the early 18905. Be­ Skinner Opus List." The Hodon Orlan Club fore coming to this country. Michell NewJieller, July & Aug., 1972, pp. 2-8. worked with another English organ Barnes, William II., 1'he Conlemporary Ameri­ builder, William Thyone, who is gen­ ca'i Orea". New York: j. Fischer & Co., erally crediled willt the dc\'clopmcnt 1937. of the Viole d'Orchcstra and other keen­ toned slrings of the orchestral imita­ Barnes, Willbm II., & Edward B. Gammons, TII:o Cenluries 01 ArneriClZQ Organ Buildi"g. tive variely. The Choir Dulciana and Melville, N.Y.: Delwin-Mills l>ubluhillg Unda Maris, in contrast to the Salido"a. Corp., 1970. and Voix Celeste, arc soH and delicate, and yet harmonically rich, having more Marb, Arthur HudulO, "A Biography of Er­ of all t\coline tone quality than that of nest M. Skinner." ShIP, Open, and Reed, the IIsual more foundational Dulciana "01. I, 110.4 (Dec., 1922),1111. 2-5. found in must organs. McRae, Lynn T., leiter daled july 21, 1976. The U. of V. Skinner has been de­ scribed in detail with the purpose of Dehse, Orllha, 1'11t' lIiJlor), 01 lilt' Orga" in giving some idea of what the carliest Ihe Uniled SIaleJ. Bloomington & Loodon: Skinner organs were like. It is probably Indiana Uni,'enil)' I'ress, 1975. the only example of Skinner's work in existence which indicates the lonal Skinner, Ernest M., Auloh:ograllhy. Tile Dia­ charactcr of his organs prior to his af­ pason, March I, 1!.I51. filiation with Hope-Jones. It also, as Skinner, Ernest M., Editor:al. The lJiapaJon, earlier mentioned, would appear to be january I, 1933, p. 29. \'cry similar in t~mal design to the Lype o[ organ which Ernest Skinner designed Skinner, Ernt'st M., Edi;oria1. Pianisl and Or­ while he was still working with Hutch. ganisl, "01. 3, 110. 11 (Nov" 1897), II. 283. IIIgs. Skinnt'r, Ernesl M .• 1'he "'"dern Organ, New The prc 1-lopc·Jones Skinner, as ex­ York: The II. W. Gray Co" Inc., 1917. emplified by the U. o[ V. Sk.inner. is basically a good early 20th·century Silmner, W:Uiam Lrs~ie, Tile O"an. London ~ American Romantic instrulUent. It is Macdonald & Co., 1952. by no mcans a "Bach" organ, in the Trudie, Everett. Scrallboob. Unpubl.shed CII'­ sense that music o( J, S. Bach ami other leclion in the Boston Publ:c Library. Console of 1906 Skinner at Old Cab.1I Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 18th·century composers can be playt.'fl UII it IlUtlleulically. although much mu· NOTES sic uf that era can be playcd on stich an l Ernr:st M. Skinner, Edilorioal. Tile DiapaJon, instrument with pleasing cffect. It is january I, 1933, p. 29. I,artictllarly ideal for the performance I T . Scoll Buhnnan, "ErnC5t M. Skinner: Or­ of music bl' thc I:rcllch Romantic COIn­ gan Bllilder." The Amen'rall OrganiJI" vol. D, Dorotl.y ]. Holden has bun i"teresud ira a,e work of Erucst M. Ski,mer since posers such as Franck, 'Vidor, and no. 5 (May, 1925), p. 174. • W. H. Barnes and E. B. Gammons, Two Cen­ the lime slle started organ study as a hig/. scllool Jo tudfmt, Her orgml studies were Vierne. The Skinncr organ of 1906 was IUne f 01 Ameriran Organ Building (Melville, witll Dorothy Layman, Frederick L. Mario", Helen Fairchilcl Larslon. alld Robert alreadl' orcllt.'St.-a1 in the same sense 1970), p. 45, HawkJle)'; she has been assistant organist at Jefferson Ave,lIIe Presbyterian Churcll, that the greal Cal aillc·Coll organs uf t Ernest M , Skinner, Editorial. "ianisl and Detroit. Michigan, lor ",e past ume years. She and IIer IlOsbalUi operate a /irm 19th l:elllllry I;rance werc, but Ernest Organist, vol 3. no, 11 (Nov., 1897). p. 283 , which specializes in the restomt;on of Sk;mwr organs; IIer specially is tile voici1lg ,'tkilillcr's wlicepi of the ideal organ 5 Everett Trnetfe Scrapbooks. Unpublished col· lection ill the Boston Public L:brary. ami restoratiQ11 0/ reeds. Mrs. Halde,,'j articles ate lUlled 011 her 10r,IIcolllinc book did nul stup thcre. The Orchestral or­ devoted to the li/e and work 0/ Ernest M, Skitmer. gan, as hc clI\'isiolleti it, was yct in iLo; S E. A. Boadway, " The Skinnror and Aeolian­ inrancy. Skinner OlillS List." 1'I,e IJoslim Orlan Club NewJdler, July & Aug" 1972. II. 2. 110 be conlinued) ' T. Scott Buhrman, " Enll'st M. Skinner: Or· gan Buildror." 1'he American Orlanisl. \'01. I, rHl>.8 (May, 19'J~ ), p. 180. ¢IC.pyright 1977 by Doroth" J. Holden • Lynll T. McRae, lrollror ,Iated jllly 21, 1976.

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6 THE DIAPASON Appointments Dean W. Billmeyer has been appointed music essistant et Perkins Chopel. South­ ern Methodist University, Dl!llIl!ls. Texas, where he will be studying for the MMus degree in organ I!Ind horpsichord perform­ ance. He will serve as assistont to Robed Anderson, orgllnist ot the chapel. lind to Lloyd Pfl!luhch. director of the choir. Mr. Billmeyer is currently completing his un­ dergraduate work ot the ElIstmlln School of Music. where he is e student of David Crlligheod.

George H. Pro hos been lIppointed to the fllculty of Wlishington State Univer­ Charles C. Bradlev. Jr. has been liP' sity in Pullmlln. Wlishington. where he will pointed orgonist-choirmaster-celrillonneur of be in chllrge of orglln instruction. He the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist lellves 1I one-yellr oppointment lit Utllh in 5poktlOe, WlIIshington, effective August Stllte University. logl!ln, Utllh. A biogrllphy I. He succeeds Dr. C. Harold Einede, who of Dr. Pro I!Ippelired in the Seplombur is retiring after I b yeors in the position. 1976 issue of THE DIAPASON. Mr. Bradley, CI notive of Btlltavie, NY, leaves a position os organist-choirmaster of Trinity Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY, where he has been since 1970. Prior to that, he held., similar position at St. PlIul's Robert Shafer has been lIppointed mu­ Episcopol Church in Charlottesville, Vir­ sic director of the Notionlll Shrine of the rir~t United ginilli. He received the BMus degree from lmmlicullile Conception in Woshington, Peabody ConSolVlItory. BlIltimore, IlInd the D.C.. effective this month. The 31-yeor MCM degree from the College of Church old chorol conductor received his master's Pre')bwerian Churcn MusiciOins in Washington, DC, where he degree from Cotholic University ond is studied with leo Sowerby and Pollul Callo­ olso director of the Alexondrio Chorol So­ Ft. Collins, Colorado way. During III 6·month sabbatical lel!lve in ciety lind the Oratorio Society of Wosh­ 1975, he studied privlltely with Merie­ ington. positions in which he will con­ 3 Manuals 54 Ranks 42 Stops Madeleine and Mourice Ourufle in Paris, tinue. He succeeds Joseph MichGud at Electropneumatic Fronce. the shrine. Morel & Associates Denver, Colorado Awards Area Sales Representative Robert Roth. orgonist lInd choirmGster of St. Jomes the less Church, Scarsdole. N.Y., hos been GWGrded G $350 prize in a liturgicol music competition sponsored by the Episcopol Church Commission on lit­ urgy ond Music in that diocese. Mr. Roth's winning composition was "Misso SlInctG THE REtJ1ER ORGAN COMPANY " BOX 486 AE JGcobi Minoris," for congreglltion Gnd or­ TELEPHONE (913) 843-2622 LAWRENCE, kANSAs _ g Gn. with optionlll brGSI choir. The work MEMBER APOIIA WliS first heGrd Gt the festivl!Il of worship and music he'd ot the C"thedrol of St. John the Divine in New York City on April 30.

Harvey Burgett, organist and music di­ rector et the Church of the IncarnGtion HItOIll nw (I. te r.): Plcllttt. R)'BI, AI ....ch; tD, in the some city, was commissioned to nw (I. to r.): Olranl, 0 ..... write Gn anthem for use on the occasion. In lIddition, new hymn tunes by David Jane Graham Ryan, Southern Methodist Goldstein, Warren Swenson, and Norman University, wos nomad first-place winner ~ Jones were lIwarded prizes and sung lit in the seventh annual pipe organ contest the fedivlli. of University Presbyteril!ln Church, San Antonio, Texas. on April 16. Other win­ ners were Jeffrey Kurt Pidett, second Scott Alan Youngs, student of Or. ploce. Don George, third pll!lce, William Charles Brown et North Texl!ls StGte Uni­ E. Girard, fourth place. I!Ind Elizabeth K. ve rs ity. was 1I first-piece winner in the reo Alspach, fifth pll!lce. Prizes of $1 000. $500. cent third lInnulll Morkhllm Orgen Com­ $200, $ 150, and $100 were oworded by th. petition, sponsored by the Waco AGO Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, Unive r­ chapter. As part of his prize. Mr. Youngs "Itv Presbyterian Church, and TrG vis Por~ pleyed 0 recital at Boylor University on United Methodist Church. Jomes H. Cone­ April 24. He Glso played G three·recital Iv. Robert M. Finster. and Scott Mouton series lit North Texes Shlte during Febru­ were judges. I!Iry, M"rch, and April; each progr"m con­ teined G Frl!lnct Choral, a Boch prelude or David SchrGder, doctoral stud.nt of Os­ toccata, and a French classic suite. wald RGgl!ltz at Indiana University. was chosen winner of the nationol orgGn com­ · . III~ . 1<11·. r.'T· "III, petition sponsQred by the Music Teoch­ Skelch 01 Si pem organ 10 be .!\Stilled tI'I "'10 t977 J anet Hutchins, student of Or. Herbert ttel"lOti(: k ~or gan Iflstalted In September 1971 ers Notional An ociation, March 30, in At­ Gotsch of Concordill Teachers College, lantl!l. Mr. Schrl!lder holds 0 bachelor's de­ River Forest. was the winner of the III .• gree from the University of Colorado and Gruenstein Memoril!ll Organ PIGying com­ By December, 1977, two tracker organs a master's degree from Indiana University. petition sponsored by the Chicago Club of In addition to winnin c;1 the $700 first prize, Women OrgGnists. Carolyn Shuster, student he performed a recital for the MTNA mI­ will be part of Luther College's facilities of G1adys Christensen at Wheaton Col· tional convention. lege. won second plGce. The contest WGS l ale thiS fall the Robert Sipe Organ Com­ manual and pedal instrument bUill by held at the EvangelicGI Lu theran Church pany 01 Dallas. Texas , Will InSlall a Hacker Casavant and Installed In First lutheran of SI. Luke in Chicego on Mey 21. Judges Dennis B.rqen, student of Robort Town acllon organ al lulher College The 44 slop, Church In 1973 II IS acceSSible to luther 58 rank , th ree manual and pedalmstrument were Richard Billinghl!lm. Arthur Halbar­ I!It WichitG State University, wes nomed students as a practice laclh ty winner in the fourth n(!aHonal organ pll!lv­ IS luther 5 second tracker action organ , and dier. and Lloyd liese. ing competition under the ouspic.es of the the third to be Installed In Decorah Iowa DIrecting luther S organ program smce 1969 has been Wilham Kuhlman aSSIsted Ruth and Clarence Ml!ld6r MemoriGI The 5i pe organ will grace the $4 million Center lor Faith and life, a worship center by Yvonne Kuhlman Joimng the stall lor Joseph R. Kimbel, a student of Or. Scholarship Fund, on April 30. Other fi­ the lall 011 977 as an artlst-m -resldence wl :1 nGlists were Ml!lrthG N. Koon, University and performmg arts auditorium which JGmes Baeringer Gt SusquehannG Univer­ opens In September on thiS campus of be Mart in HaselbOck. the brl'Jlant young of Southern CaliforniG, MGry M. Preston, sity, h"s won the organ playing competi­ more than 1900 students orgarlls( 01Vienna, Austria tion sponsored by the PhilGdelphie AGO Oberlin Conservatory. and JGmes C. Walk­ chopter. Earlier in the spring, he also won er, UniversitY of Southern Cl!llifornia. El!lch Luther's other tracker aellOn organ IS a 24 luther IS a hberal arts college 01 the the annuol scholl!lrship competition of the runnerup received an aWGrd of $50, while Slop. 34 rank, Iwo manual and pedal In ­ American lutheran Church situated in the rolling hills near the MISSiSSIPPI River It has Harrisburg chopter. the first prize was $1000. The competition strument bUill by the Hendnckson Organ took J:llace at Occidental College in Los Company 01 SI. Peter, Minnesota Installed a rich music tradition . includIng a 100 year Angeles: judges were Catharine Crozier, in 1971.lhis organ has had extensive use in old concert band herilage and a long established choral Iraditlon under Weston Robert Twynhom, director of music and Thomas HGrmon, I!Ind Irene Robertson. leaching. performmg and wQt shlp ae· orgonisl a t the Cothedrol of Mory Our companlmenl Noble. The new Center for FaIth and life ..... ill continue and expand upon thiS trad;tion Q ueen in Baltimore since 1961, hes been Richard H. Nauta, sludent of Dr. Robert The third lracker organ "0 Ih's nt'lilheast with a broad program 01 conlerences and nl!lmed this yel!lr's recipie nt of the Dis­ Lodine. heas won the organ division of the Iowa lawn 01 7000 IS a 25 stop 38 rank Iwo sympOSI a In worShip musIC and the arts tinguished Alumni Award of the PeG body Chicl!l go area contest of the Society of Conservatory of Music. The aword W05 American Musicians. As part of the prize, presented for "outstanding lIchievements he played " recital on June 7 ot Rock. Luther College • Decorah, Iowa 52101 in the field of Iiturgic,,1 music::.. .. "feller ChGpel, University of Chicago.

JULY,· 1977 7 Beethoven's Organ Trios hasctJ on Dcctho\'cn's (Op)' is that the laler editions are written on thrce sia\'CS LSU" (Conliruled from p. I) ill5lc:u.J or two. There are other ,'arian15, ) , , mTI rfI I later published as the first and second howe\'er, in\'OI\'ing primarily acciden· "'" Pieces, Nottchohm wrote: tals. lies, and slight rhythmic altcrations. The pieces reproduced by Seyfried on pa~s Although the most noticeable dHfer­ , I T 1€().11i7 arc also in Beethoven's handwritins. ences occur between the original C. I'. E. [- If JI'" I , The Ilieces are not, however. by Bt'cdlOvrll; Bach anti Seyfried's first edition, Lmth 8ct'thwcn has only copicd thrill. They 3rt! • - the Felis and Tourncmire \'ersiolls add by PhilillP Emanuel Bach .:uld are found in h!, Sci S0f4td6 pu Cembalo, 0/1. 2. (The a few alterations. , Il~cc in G minor is the srcond mm"clIlcnl o( The most signiCiClnt changes appear the fourth, that in E·IIa. minor the KCantl 011 the ends of Ihe trios, tn the first trio movt'n~nt of the liflh ron.ta.) It is nnlc­ Ueetho\'CIl expanded the (inal tWI) worthy thai Beethoven hal not wriuen the measurcs of the C, r. E. Hach "crsion a.4'0 pieces nil tWO-Slave hract'S, III had Philipp 10 three (lig. 4); he followed the s.'une ~ /' ----.. Emannd Bach, b:1I Talher nn three·sta\'C procedure in the second trio «(ig. :.), ) C -...... -.... bra";:es.' It was fairly common ror contemporary C. r. E. Bach's Sd Saunlc peT Cembalo, 2. commonly known as the "Wiirt· performcrs to imprm'ise a cadenu when op. pcrrorming the slow mo\'emenls of ~ , - . • ::mhcrg" Sonatas (WolqUCIlI1C 49). ']I I'ach'l! !onatal!, Perhaps it wa, with this . / were first published in Nuremberg in ..... - in mil!d thai Ueetho\'en lengthened the , 1744, twenty six )'c:tf!'i before Bectlto­ \'eu's hirth,' A comparison or the second cadence. mOl Clnent of the (ourth "WUrttembcrc" 'rrio no. 3 (Prdutle ;11 E mi"or) l '-l Sonata with the Hrst of the PiheJ re­ \'cals that they arc in fact oue and the Variants in the editions of the third ~£ I,.. ILc. I~ i't-~ := same (fig. I). Likcwhc. ;l comparison trio arc b)' rar the most numerouS. This of lhe sccond mo\'ement of the mtlt is primarily due to the many ahera· "Wiirttembcrg" Sonata with the second lions introduced by Beethoven himself -. of the Pieces yields similar results (fiC. as he twice reworked the p lecc. Manu· 2) • ~cr ipts for thc piece appear three timcs Fig. 2. Comparison of 0) C. P. E. Bach's fjfth "Wiirff.nbar." Sonata (Wq. 49, no. 5), The third trio. in E minor, is not in Ucetho\'cn's hand. The Hrst t\\'o, a mov.m.nt 2, mm, 14, and b) Beathoven'. Orlan T,io No.2 in E·flat Minor, men. 1-'. rcl:ued 10 the (irst two (those by C. r . l!kelch alld a fair copy corrected hy ,\1· F.. Uach) . ncctho\'en originally com· hrechtshergcr, arc in lIeethO\'euauto posed the piece and two companion gmJlh i5 in the archires of the Cesell· simlies in F major and C major under sclmft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Thl' the tutelage of Albrcchtsbcrger. He sub· Ihird, a final fair copy with yet furthel' sc()ucntlv twice re\'ised the trio and :t1lcratiolls, was recently disco\"Cred b)' composed a fugue to go with i1.10 This Hc..'ss in ltcelhm'enatllO;;raph 7M , 1'lCliiS fugue is the Fugue en 1111 miucIlr edited claims that neither Seyfried nor Nottc· by Duprc. The third trio and the fugue hohm was aware of the third source," arc currently auilable as a Prnd"cl;Iltn Heethm'cn's first fair copy ltc" the IHid Fugue in E-moll fur Streichtrio sc..'colld "cnion) of the trio (pre udc) in E minoT ends with the worc.h "atL:\Cca (Hess 29) , edited by Willy Hess (rig. All ... ~ ) .n A comparison of the various edi­ t:uga." rollowing the fugue arc the c,sr..... tions o( these pieces and their originals words " mit cillelll l'restCI cnc.ligen:· 'iuR.­ a.) .. r ...... -;;. reveals some interesting modifications. gcsting still a third IUm'Clllcnt. The - prl'S to mo\"ement is 1101 estant - nee· VARIANTS IN PUIILiSHED SOURCES thol'en most probably IIC\'er composed 'r";OJ rtD. 1 dl.d 2 it. Includec.l ill the lIIalHlKripl ;IIC indi. I\S obsen'ed by Nottebulun, the chief cations th:1t thc preludc ancl fugue ;trc ... difference between the original C. P. E. ror two \'iolins and ceHoP nach ,'ersioll and the later cditions (Tc:.. t cOllti,wes on page 10) -...... /,r-V """-v ...

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~IJLY, 1m ' . ~9 Beethoven's Organ Trios nrrion) '0 something like an Incom­ +.L~ plek le3ding-tone seventh chord with 0..) ... _+- -I-+-#-. (Continued from p. 8) b' in the top voice suspended (fig. Ge) • Seyfried's version of the trio is ap­ parently based on Beethoven's original Fugue in E minor 't' The Fugue in E minor is the most sketch (the first ,'crsion). which omits Jo. the directions "nttacca Fuga." This ac­ faithrully ltanscribcd of the (our trios. counts for Seyfried's rclcgotting the prel. Its most significant variant likewise oc­ -- ude and the fugue to separ:J.tc chapters curs 3t the final candence, where Sey­ ..,., in the Studien - he was unaware of hied added a measure (in turn copied ~.- ... 1'7' thcir relationship. Seyfried lurthcnnore by Dupre) at the end of the fugue , i added a six· measure cadential extemion (fig. 7) .u - at the end of the prelude. Toumemire copied the extension in his edition of CONCLUSION the trio and il1trcxluced further variants. l..I I Toumcmire's edition is therefore the Most Beethoven scholars sttrn una.­ least reprcscntnti\'c of Beethoven's in­ wafe of the organ trios. Hess, in tra.cing .... tr tentions. the histofl of the Praeludium IHld Fuge ;11 E-",ol (Hess 29), makes no men­ Nottcbolnu, after unco\'cring Seyfried's tion of the org3n trios. perhaps beca.use errors. published his own DeetJlCn1t!ll's he is unaware of their history? Although , StudietJ in 1873. In it he rcrroduccd most org:tnis15 are simply not acquaint­ Jo. tr Beethoven's first fair copy 0 the E­ ed wilh the trios, some ha\'c been con­ minor prelude. aha indicating Albruhu­ - (uset! or misled by the v3rious editions. berger's corrections." Yet it \\'3S not un­ Wilhelm Krumbach. for cX3mplc, prop­ --- til Hess published the PrQeiudium und ...... , erly omL~ the first two trios in Ius re­ - Fugul! in E-moll liir Streiclltrio (Hess cording entitled Ludwig VQn Beethooen: 29) in 1955 tll3t the alterations - m3ny Music lor OrgQn. But he does include of which amounted to the complete :re­ the tJlirtJ trio and the trio-fugue (Du­ writing of some measures - of the sec­ pre), playt.'t.l as a group: he has rea­ I ond fair copy (third version) were in­ lized their connection, but has over­ + I corporntcd in a published edition. Ht.'SS's looked the fact that they arc (or string edition (or string trio is clearly the l trio rather than for the organ. ., most rrplTsrntativc of nC<:lhovcn's (inal .'acts relating to the so-called organ intene.. -.. trios ha,·e long been a,·ailable, but be­ .(... .f.._ +- ...of. :t=. The most obvious variant in editions ing scattert.'tl among sources of greater b) of the third trio involves Seyfried's or IC5Scr authority. have Jacked a syn­ above-mentioned addition 3t the close thesis. With " cOlTelation of aV3ilable of the piece. Beethoven concluded the sources, it may be stated with certainty that none of the organ trios arc authen­ picce on the domin3nt, proceeding di­ ~ rectly to the fugue (fig. 63). Seyfried tic organ works. The first two trios was U"3Ware of the trio's connection are not by Beethoven, but by C. r. E. with the fugue, and realizing that the Bach, and are most suited to the harp­ <31 ..,. piece could not end conclusively on the sichord. The third trio and the trio­ '-'~ dominant, he added six measures to fugue afC not separate pieces (or organ, conclude decisively (fig. 6b) _ Toure· but ate the first two movements (and --- .L mire further alteretl tllC original fin31 the only ones extant) of 3 three·mo,,·e­ chord (the dominant Jocated seven IUcnt composition, prelude.(ugue.presto, measures from the end o( the Seyfried lor string trio. I.J i L.J

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+- I Fig. 7. Companlan af a•• tha .... n·s aJ FUIU. In E Minar far Siring Tria (H.II 29), nIIm. 65e69, .ncI ill FUIU. in E Minar (Seyf,t.d" min. 6S·70 FOOTNOTES der 2. s..tz dcr <4 ., diU ill Ea-mon der 2. Satz 1 Ludwig van Beethoven. Pidu, ell rrio d. der 5. Sonate.) Zu bemerhn ilt. dau Ike.ho- dall;.". ed. Charlrs Arnould TourMmirc wn die StUcke nichl, wie Ph. E. Bach, AUr (Paris: Max EKhi,. 1938). Sce Abo id., Tltru lwei, IOndem aur drci Linien- S~teme sesch- Tn'os lor O'la". ed. Robert Leech Bedell (New rieben hal." Nottebohm. p. 183. York: H. W. Gray. n.d.); and id •• O,;ti"al 'Currently available in a number or edi- Wo,h, ed. Robert Leech Bedell (Brooklyn, tions. two of which are! earl Philipp Eman- N.Y.: Le Gr:snd Orgue. n.d.), pp. 2-13. uel Bach, The Wiirllemberl Sor"JllU No,. <4-6 'Id.• Fllt"e en All ",i"ellr, ed. Marcel Ou- (New York: KalmUl, n.d. ) ; id., Di. Wii,"e",- pre, Anthologie des maitres dassiques de I'orgue, btrliseh,,, So",,"" I¥r Klaui"r N,. 4-6, ed. no. 3 (Pam: Bornemann, 19-12). See abo id., Rudolph Steglich (Kassel: Nagel, 1928). Ori,j,uJl Wo,b, pP. 14-18; and Robe" Leech 10 Nottebohm, p. 182, Bedell. cd., lJ4d, Bu,AolI'II, BraAnu: O,i,i,,41 U Ludwig \'an BHthoven, Pra"'wdiam tllU' W.,b 10' 0,,11" (New York: Edition MUHCUS, Flltt ill £-",011 /iSr S",idt,io, cd. Wily Heu f' n.d.), pp. 17-21 . (Kassel: NIlgt"I, 195.5) ; Mi., Suppl,men' • .fllr F • Rosalind Mohnsen, "The Sounding Baud," CtUJmrdllJlab" ed. Willy lieu. 14 wh. (Wies. Clavier 9 (April 1970): 8. baden: Breitkopr &: Hirtel, 1959-71}, 6:32-41. 'Ignaz von Seyfried, E'udes d" BeelhQuell, All four trios are incorJJOr.tted in the fl.Uowing: tr.tns. Fr.tn1iois Joseph Fetis, 2 vob. (PaT;": Ludwig van Beethoven, Sorur,,. ,. r,e, in SIX Schlesinger, 1633), 2:5-18. Moue".,,,,,, ed. Alrred Paehon (New York: • Id., Ludwil va" Otelltoven's Sh"li"" lrn earl Fischer, 1926). The ,onata's second move- G,n"albaSJt, COII'rtlp""rI" ulul ill der Com- lIIent is the lint orpn trio; ill fourth moye- pOJi,ioJU-uhr. (Viena: Haslinser, 1832 ) , pp. ment, the second orpn ltio; its fifth move- 16063, 163.67, 167-71 , 197-203. A .«ond edi- ment, the thin:l org;m trio; and iu sixth move· tion o( the SIdit. (Leiplig: Scbubcrth, 1&53), IIIl'nt, the trio_fugue (Dupri). 5« Will,. Hess, virtuall,. the lame ;II the lint except lor a l't,zticAnu tI"r Aid, i,. dt, C'Ulm't:llts,lIb" change (rom Cothic to Roman font and con- ""iille.t/idt,,, JY"b LlliUlil Dall Deeth"eJU lCquent \'3rillitiolU in palination, is currently (Winbaden: BreitkopE & lIartel, 19.57), pp. 22- a\'3ilabJe in reprint (lliidesheim: Georg Olms, 23, 88-89. 1967). In this edition, see pp. 144-17, 1<47.}l, 1.1 Beethoven, P,a"'udillm IIlId F"t" ill E· 151-55, 179-85. molt lii.r S',e~Ir'riQ, foreword. Nottebhom, II Elliot Forbes, cd., 1 haye~J Lile 01 B"t,ho. Ilowever, implies that he was aware of a third " ,. ( Pri U · · lOurce. Nouebohm. p. 181. lien, rev. e.,d ~ vo... neeton nlven,ty 13 Gustav Nottebohm, O""htlu,II's S,"d;",, : Press, 1967 " 1:467. The auction catalog;" B",rholu,,'S U"',mch, 6d j . HllYd,., J4lbrech,,- transcribed in ibid., 2: 1061·70. b"'I" lind Salieri (Leip1i,: Riele .... Biedennann, T Gustav Nottcbohm, B,,,,AouItllUsII. (Leip· 1873j reprint ed., W,csbaden: Sbdi" 1971 ) , Ii,: C. P. Peten, 1872; reprint cd., New York: p. 70. CompaTC Kidencblc p. 268. l Johnson Reprint, 1970) , pp. 1*203 p;u:lim. II Noltebohm, O",'''ov" • • S.wliit,.. pp. 63-68. Sec abo Wanen Kirkencble, Flit" ""d FlI,.ro .. For a colllp!ch: ludnl of varian.. in the ill de, Ka",mcr",lUiA: d" Rokob lI"d deT orpn trioJ, see Wddon L. Whipple, "Bectho- KlaJSil.; (Tuttin,: lIans Schneider, 1966), pp. ven's Org:ln Worb" (M.A. !.hesis, Brisham 246.50. YounS Uni\·enity, 1976), pp. HI-I8. s "Die bei Seyfried S, 100- 167 abgcdrucklen 111 Ludwig van Beethoven, Alwie lor 0'10 Stucke sind aber nlehl von Beethoven. Beetha- (Complde), perronned by Wilhelm Krumbac:h, yen hat nur lie abgcsehrieben. Sic sind von record jadet notes by Karl Krumbach (Mwi- Ph. E. Bach und stchen in desscn 'Sei SOIl4U cal lIeritage Saeiety MIlS 1517 ), side 1, band p"r C"mbalo, Op. 2'. (Oas Sindt in G·moU bt 2. Mr. Whipple ucdvl!d .BA Qnd MA. degrea from Brigham Young University. Fil' 6. Camparison af edilion ... af a..tho .... n·s third tria (He.s 29): a) H... edltlon. far PrOtJO~ UIQ(" where his '/JCJis W GS "Beethoven's Or~(ln Works:' He is cu"l!nti, com· sldna hiD, min. 61-66; iI) Seyfried .... nion, mm. 61 ..72: . and c) Tavmemire ""dan, 'Dr plt!ting the MS degree in library science at the Unwenit, o/Illinois, Urbana·Cham­ .Jlan. mm. 61·72 paign.

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JULY, 1977 11 performences of works by the fomous Here & There Fronch orgonisf-composer, ronging from Slid!lI£1 LIria Lo NetivitO (1932) to solections from THE Suite Baroque (1973). The program look mrnrktr Ql)rglln iYuilbtr pial'''' in Weslbrook Auditorium on Febru. cuy 20. IMPOSSIBLE itR 2. &st iiarrr iluab iIam.lIU111l1nt 05641 Gordon and G rady W ilson pillyed e progrem of originlll duets (or orgon ot the Notional Shrine of the Immaculete MADE Conception, Wlishington. D.C.. on Feb· rua ry 25. The reci tal consisted of Adolph RANDALL S. DYER Hesse : Fantasie in C Minor; Samuel Wes· POSSIBLE I ley: Duet; Frllnz Lachner: Introduction Pipe Organs and Organ Service end Fugue in 0 Minor; Fraonz Schube rt: Fugue in E Minor; GU $.tav Me rk el: Sonota BOI 489 in 0 Minor. The Lachner and Schube rt Through space~ . pieces we re origina ll y writ/en for pe rform. age technology. Jefferson City, Tennessee 37760 ance by the two compose~ together. The I. T. Verdm Company has The Guild of Temple Musicians held their done what 1977 convention June 20·29 at the lin­ scientists called ' colnwood Hyatt House in Chicago. Under impossible . .. o Since 1906 the generel themo of "Bridging the Gep," dupl i ca ti n R the sound 01 various presentations and workshops relal. Metal rods hav~e~"'''1 1 1 1 G lng to synagogue music took place. The long been the A group is an affiliate of tha American Conference of Cantors. source of carillon N Cherry Rh ode, will plesent severel re­ music. These citals end mcsferclasses (or the Presby­ rods cannot 51.. Sgnatot 0/ Q.. a/;lg Benjamin Va"n Wye pillyed a recitlil' of terian Conferences on Worship end Mu­ works by Bach. Storllce. Plisquini. Corrca produce a true bell P sic duri ng July. At the Montreot, NC, !iound ..• only a de Ara"ujo. Pepping. Frond. and Gigout Confe rence Center, she will play two eve· on April IS at Saint Mary's Chapel, facsimile. The ning recitals on July II, follo ..... ed by ofter. remarkable ~ JEROME B. MEYER &SONS Norfolk, Virginill. The program wos port noon masterclllsses the succeeding four of the historical series designated by the Verdin Century III E 2ll' so. AUSTIN ST. dtlys. At Austin College, Shermtln, lX, she carillon 5 Organ HistoriclIl Society. The organ is " electronically MILWAUKII, WIS. 53207 will ploy tin evening recitlll on July 18. 3 mtlnual instrument built in 1851 by Fer. with tlfternoon masterdtlsses the ned four ris and Stuart of New York City. ra creates the days. actual sound of bells .. . without melal rods ...• nd 'f,r------,: Gustllv Leonhardt, renowned Dutch or· ganist, pltlyed the following recitlll of St. . 7? # without bells. , '...., Mtlrk's Cathedrtll, Setlttle, Woshington, on 4 -,... ', ,. It also gives April 22: Schildt: Five Varietions on the .•. : the carillonneur complete ~. t:'1 .... Mtlgnifictlt . ven Noordt: Fentosio in E freedom of expression through the Minor; BBhm: Christum wir sollon loben ~, . C ..', touch-sensitive key board. DELAWARE ORGAN COMPANY, INC ." . schon, four vorietions on Auf moinen lei ben • -' ~ '~ . ,'t 252 Fillmo ... Av.. Goff; J . S. Bach: Jesus Christu, unser .. - I lonawando, New York 14150 Heilend, BWV obS·o, Von Gott will ich nicht Itlssen, BWV 058. Prelude lind Fugue '" n:u: ~fa,~ e71 6) 692·7791 in C Minor. BWV 5"'0. W l i VlEruDUN Students of StflYfln Egl.r pflrformed the ~ IIllA UV C.. 'U.., "' ... Eleven Chortlle Preludes, O p. 122 , by COMllnJ"'

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Rodland; First Presbyterian, Red Southem Methodist Univenlty 1607 A WESTWINDS DRIVE the calendar. Bank, NJ 7:30 pm COLUMBIA, MO. 65201 Dallal, Texas 75275 19 JULY RECITALS WORKSHOPS UNITED ST... TES Brian Franck; City Hall, Portland, ME East of the Miuiuippi Riv.r 8d5 pm 5 JULY James ~ser; Riverside Church. New cH ....LonE AND WILLIAM Gerald Marton; Riverside Church, New York. NY 7 pm York, NY 7 pm 20 JULY Earl Barr; Music Hall, Methuen, MA 8:30 ATKINSON Peter J. Basch 6 JULY Earl Eyrich, all-French; Music Hall, Meth· pm FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Michael McMullen; St Johns Church, Wash. Wildwood Road uen, MA 8:30 pm 2001 EI Camino Real Ington, DC 12dO pm Oceansid., California 92054 Califon, New Jersey 07830 Patricia & Arthur Neal, soprano/baritone; St Jahns Church, Washington. DC 12:10 21 JULY pm Terry Charles, Kirk of Dunedin. Fl 8130 pm Workshops Recitals 9 JULY CHARLES BOEHM Peggy Kelley Relnburg; Christ Church. 23 JULY Alexandria, VA 5 pm Betty De Cathedral of St John the ROBERTA BIT600D TRINITY LUTHE .... N CHURCH loach, S.M.D., FA.G.O., Ch. M. Divine, New York. NY 4:30 pm HicklViII •• N.Y. 10 JULY James A Dale, Christ Church. Alexandria, Marilyn Keiser; Church Mustc Institute, 13 Best View RDad N... SS ... U COMMUNITY COLLEGE VASpm Quaker Hill, connecticut 08375 Garden Clty. N.Y, Alfred, NY pm Joseph J Wozniak; Nallonal Shrine, 24 JULY Washington, DC 7 pm Conrad Bernier, National Shrine, Wash­ Choir concert, Independent Presbyterian, Ington, DC 7 pm ARTHUR CARKEEK Blrrnlnghllm, Al -4 pm JOHN BULLOUGH M.5.M. AAO.O. 2! JULY Ch.M. 11 JULY A.B. M.S.M. Marilyn Keiser, workshof»; Church Music Marilyn Mason. masterclasses, Chautauqua Farl.igh Dickinson Univenity DePauw University Organist Institute, Alfred. NY Institute. NY teaneck. New Janey Gobin Memorial Church Joan Lippincott, masterclass; Westminster Jon Quinn; First Presbyterian, Red Bank. Memorial Methodist Church Grecncutle, indiana Choir College. Princeton NJ 8 pm NJ 7:30 pm Whit. Plain., New York Charles Frost, First Presbyterian, Red Bank. NJ 7:30 pm 26 JULY Marilyn Mason. masterclasses; Chautauqua GruensteiD Award Spoosor Cherry Rhodes; Montreat Conference Cen· ter, NC pm Institute. NY CH1CAGO Frederick Swann; Riverside Church, New WILL CARTER CLUB OP 12 JULY York. NY 7 pm Marilyn Keiser, workshops, Church Music Wolfgang RObsam; U of Wisconsin. Madl. Church of Satnt John the EvaageUst WOKEN Institute, Alfred, NY san,WI ORGANISTS Robert Glasgow; Riverside Church, New New York City Mrs. Ann Toylor, President York, NY 7 pm 27 JULY Cherry Rhodes, masterclasses; Montreat Richard Johnson, a ll-French; Music Ha ll. Conference Center, NC 4 pm, 7130 pm Methuen. MA 8:30 pm Marilyn Mason, maslerclassesl Chautauqua 13 JULY Institute. NY Robert ClarA Harry E. Cooper Henry lowe; Music Hall, Methuen MA David Allen Weodom St Johns Church. 8:30 pm Washington. DC 12110 pm School of Music Marilyn Keiser, workshops; Church Music Mus. D., F.A.G.O. Wolfgang RUbsaml U of Wisconsin, Madl­ University of Michigan Institute, Alfred, NY son,WI Eileen Guenther; St Johfll Church. Wash­ Ann Arbor RALEIGH, N. CAROLINA ington, DC 12110 pm 28 JULY Cherry Rh odes, masterctasses; Mantreat Marilyn Menon, masterclaS$8s; Chautauqua Conference Center, NC 4 pm, 7130 pm Institute. NY Jonathon Re nnert; Holy Comforter Church. 14 JULY MICHAEL CORZINE WALLACE M. COURSEN, JR. Marilyn Keiser, workshops; Church Mus ic Richmond, VA 8 pm Institute, Alfred, NY School of Music FA.G.O. 29 JULY Cherry Rhodes. masterclosses; Mantreat Marilyn Moson, maslerc.lasses, Cha uloqua CHRIST CHU'CH Conference Center NC ~ pm, 7130 pm Florida State University Institute. NY Tallahassee BLOOMfiELD ... ND GLEN RIDGE, NJ. 15 JULY Peter Hurford; Bryn Mawr Presbyteria n, Marilyn Keiser. workshops, Church Music Bryn Mawr. PA Institute. Alfred. NY Robert Edward Emlth. harl»lehord recital & Cherry Rhodes. masterclosses; Mantreat mosterclass. Volkweln MusiC Bldg. Pitts­ JOHN EDWARD COURTER DAVIDSON Conference Center, NC -4 pm, 7,30 pm burgh. PA 10 am 16 JULY 3D JULY F.A.G.O. J • ..., F. SuUl .. L David Moores; Christ Church. Alexandria, Peter Hurford; Bryn Mawr Presbyterian. M.M...... 60 ChM MSM,ChM VA 5 pm Bryn Mawr. PA Recitalist H.rp.r Col 1.13. 1M 'r.sbyt.rfn ChenG Mary Fenwick; Bruton Church, Wi lliam.. Emily Cooper-Gibson, Christ C" urch. Alex­ ' •••11 .... IlIIlIOIs •• rrl~lon. IllIneTs Berea College B"rea, Ky. 40404 burg, VA 8 pm andria. VA 5 pm DELBERT D1SSELHORST EUGENIA EARLE RAYMOND H. CHENAULT DMA T"chen College. Columbia Univenky M. Mus. FCM Recitalist Univenity of Iowa Harpsichord Recitals Performonce Practice Workshops OIPnist - Chalnn"t,r Iowa City Iowa 15 w.st 14th Str ••t, N.w York. N.Y. 111024 All Saints Episcopal Church, "Ilanta, aBDrlla

KATHRYN ESKEY Margaret Melvin The University of GEORGE ESTEVEZ DICKINSON ch. ... North Carolina U... nlty 0' Leuhvn.. ChJca.a Chamber ChoIr louisville ...h s.doJy at Greensboro Cal.,." Episcopal St. FnlndJ.fn.tfM.fleIcI. Episcopal

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14 THE DIAPASON 31 JULY 10 AUGUST H. Ph. D...... G.O. James Conelv, Nenana! Shrln., Washing­ John Russell; Music Hall, Methu.n, MA Ch.rles ton, DC 7 pm 8:30 pm Robert Finster Joan lippincott. workshops; U of Alo­ DMA 1 AUGUST bama, University. Al FINNEY Judith A. Werner; First Presbyterian, Red Chairman, Division of Mu.lc & Art St. Luke'. Church Bank. NJ 7130 pm 13 AUGUST Houghton C.I.... , Hou,h.o.. , N.Y. San Anl ••to William Whitehead: 51 Francis of Alsisl, Thom Robertson1 Christ Church. A'oxon· ...... W.... y"" Methodl .. o.lIItdI Bron' Beach. NJ drla, VA 5 pm ·Mendelssohn Club concert, Soslka of St Peter & Paul. Philadelphia, PA 14 AUGUST ·Paul·Martin Moki; Philadelphia, PA pm Paul J_ Wey; Nenanal Shrine, Washing­ ·Larry Polmer. harpsichord; Philadelphia, ton, DC 7pm WAYNE FISHER HENRY FUSNER S.M.O •• A.A.O.O. PA pm College Conservatory of Music -leonard Rover; PhilodelpMa. PA pm UNITW STATES Fi,,' Pre.by•• rian Church -Frederick Swonn; 51 Pe'.rs, Philadelphia. W.st of the Mlsdsdppl Rift' University of Cincinnati 45221 Na.hville, T...... 37220 PA pm *Donlel Roth, Music: Academy, Phllod.~ 5 JULY phia. PA pm Bill Wilson; Christ United Methodist, Ro­ chesler. MN 12,20 pm 2 AUGUST Robert Glasgow Robert MacDonald; Riverside Church. New 12 JULY Jobn 111. 49tarbart 1Il York, NY 7 pm Tom Burson; Christ United Methodist, B.A.,M.Mus. School of Music ·Ravmond Dovaluy; 51 Pauls. Chestnut Rochester. MN 12:20 pm Grace Presbyterian Church Hill, PA University of Michigan -Heinz lohmann; SI Thomas Church. 11 JULY Jenkintown, Pa. 19046 Whitemarsh, PA Lester Gt-oom; Evergreen Canf.rence, CO 887-6117 Ann Arbor ·Odile Plerr., SI frands d. Sales. Phila­ 4 pm delphia, PA 3 AUGUST 18 JULY Clinton Miller; Music Hall. Methuen, MA Richard Haschke, First Presbyterian. lafay­ LESTER GROOM 8:30 pm ette, LA 8 pm Antone Godding Cherry Rhodes; Austin College, Sherman, Seattle -"enh Chapman; WOllOmok.r store, Phil. School of Mu.k adelphia. PA TX pm Se.. tde Pacific Church or tbe ·Improvlsatlon Competition. St Monlcos li.h.p W. Angi. Sm1th Chap" Cullege AKen.iun Church, Phllodelphla, PA am 19 JULY OkWwuna City U.dv.rsfty 98119 98199 ·St Thomas Church choir. Gerre Hancock. Jeff Oaehn; Christ United Methodist. Ro­ ditl Girard Col leg •• Philodetphla. PA pm chester, MN 12:20 pm ·David CroJghead; Girard College, Phila­ Cherry Rhodes, masterclasses; Austin Col­ delphia, PA pm lege, Sherman, TX ... pm. 7:30 pm E. LYLE HAGERT • Honegger'" King David. Earl No", cond, BRUCE GUSTAFSON Congregation Keneseth Israel. Philadelphia. 20 JULY PA pm Cherry Rhode" mosIerclasses, AU1tin Co1- Epbtopal c._ lege, Sherman, TX ... pm, 7:30 pm ee_ ~lnl Mart' Coli..., Mlnn.. loDnn...... 65t04 4 AUGUST Notre Dame, lDdlana pou., ·Organ playing competition; Bryn Mawr 21 JULY Pr•• byterlan. Bryn Mowr, PA am Cherry Rhodes, masterdasses; Austin Col­ ·festlvol Singers of Canodo, Botillca of lege, Sherman. TX ... pm, 7130 pm Sf Peter & Paul. Philadelphia, PA pm 22 JULY DAVID S. HARRIS • AUGUST Cherry Rhodes, mo.starclasses, Austin Col­ ·Slmon Preston; National City Christian, lege, Sherman, TX ... pm. 7:30 pm STEPHEN HAMILTON Organist and Choirmaster Washington, DC pm 24 JULY VirginiA Intennant Collece St. John's Cathedral William Whlteheod Tallowood Baptist. 6 AUGUST f 8ri.l01, Virginia 24201 Denver *Ronald Stallard; Kennedy Center. Wash­ Houston, TX Ington, DC am Wilbur Held; Evergreen Conference, CO ·Gilnther Kaunzlnger. Robert Grogan; No­ 4 pm lionol Shrine, Washington. DC pm V-/ILL O. HEADLEE *fesl1val servko. Paul Calklwoy. organ; 26 JULY Washington, DC Cathedral 5 pm Joy"n Campbell-Yuki, Christ United Meth· Yuko Hayashi SCHOOl. OF M1JSIC odist, Rochester, MN 12:20 pm Eileen Morris Guenther, Christ Church. new england conservatory SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Alexandria, VA 5 pm old we.t church 28 JULY SYRACl'SE, :l;F.W YORK 13210 7 AUGUST Lionel Party, harpsichord: F~liyal Hall, boston Anlla Eggert Werling; Notional Shrine. Jackson Hate. WY 8:30 pm Washington. DC 7 pm 29 JULY 8 AUGUST Cynthia Belliniger: Second Baptist, St SAMUEL HILL Robert IveYI first Presbyterian. Red Bonk. Louis, Mel 8 pm KENT HILL NJ 7:30 pm Joan Lippincott; U of Alabama, Univer­ 31 JULY MSC Music Department 51. P:aut', O'IUrch sity. Al David Britton; SI Johns Cathedral. Den­ C.laago, llUnoil ver, CO .4 pm /Uutujield, PA 16933 9 AUGUST Morlanne Webb, Riverslde Church. New 2 AUGUST York. NY 7 pm Becky YDr~tt, Christ United Methodist. Joan Lippincott. workshops; U of Alo­ Roehester, MN 12:20 pm bama, University. Al Harry H. Huber 9 AUGUST VICTOR Hill M.Mus. louiM Temle; Christ United Methodist. H.u"skhonl Kansas Wesleyan University *event of tM International Congreu of Roc~t.r. MN 12:20 pm Organj$fs (CORtMIII"', petta 16) University I\lethodist Church w.msC... . SALINA, KANSAS WIIIIa ...... , Ma ... 01267 FRANK IACINO ~ .JOHN HOLTZ d. deane Organ Virtuoso J Recording Artist l Faculty: HARn COLLEGE, University of Hartford hutchison Far r.cilal booldng', writ. 101 ~ Orgonlst: CENTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Hartford F,o ... Vlnc ... portland, oregon 161 O.kweoci Av ... Apt. 304 Toron.o. Onlar"'. Canada GEORGE MARKEY ELLEN KURTZ CHARLES D. JENKS Records Markey Enterprises 201·762·7674 JACOBSON Firat ConlP'elOlional Church Recitals 42 Maplewood Avenue M.Mu~ A.A.O.O, Des Plaines, IL 60016 Instrudion Maplewood, N.J. 07040 Concord, Callfo"d.

MARILYN MASON KIM R. KASLING eHAllMAN, _AITMENt OF OIOAN BRinn JOnES D.M.A. U.. VOSITY OF MIotla"" Bostan 02181 w_,. MkWiIa. UnIv..., ANN AIIIOl Wellesley ConarepUonal Church Fin. CIH'"eaotJonol Cllua "MIN Ma.... M'" w"" ...,."" .ncI Ie..,.., c1emott"""", a .... Noble & Greenouah Dedham Choral K.1amaaoo, Mkh•• n II., • ." ..,...." lodIItr •••• ON Moi ...... 1 ...... 0ctMet 5, lH4 School Society

JULY, 1977 15 CALENDAR 16 JULY Robert Andenonl Valolia. Sian. Swilur. SHARON KLECKNER (Cont. lrom po,. J5) land 4 pm James Kibbie House of Hope l6 JULY Holy family Church Presbytorian Church INlERNATlONAl Graham Steed, al'-Ouprll; St Edmundsbury St. Paul, MN 55105 Cathedral. Suffall/:, England 7:45 pm Fart Worth, Texas Recitals 5 JULY James Moeser; Munster~irche. Freiburg, 17 JULY West Germany Guy Bovet; Ramainmotier, Switzerland Tayerner Western Wind Mau. Brillen 4:30 pm GEORGE E. KLUMP Hymn to SI Cecilia, St Bartholomew the David Palmer; Notre-Dome Cathedral, WILLIAM KUHLMAN Great, london, England 7:30 pm Paris, France 5:45 pm DIVISION OF THE ARTS 6 JULY Lutber College 19 JULY DALLAS BAI'l'IST CaLLED. T Wollard Harris: Aeolian Town Hall. Graham Matthews; Sheffield Cathedral. london, Ontario 8130 pm DALLAS, T"""s 75211 Decorah, Iowa 52101 England 8 pm 9 JULY 20 JULY David Palmer; St Mary the Virgin, Ox­ Curtis Pierce; Aeolian Town Hall. landon, ford, England 8:15 pm Ontario 8130 pm Geoffrey Honnant; SI Edmundsbury Ca­ thedral, Suffolk. England 7:45 pm Arthur laMirande HUW LEWIS 21 JULY Roy Massey; Chichester Cathedral. Eng­ Becitnls 10 JULY land 7 pm Chareb of the Holy Name of Jesus James Moeser j Ueberlingen, Wesl Ger­ Soinl John's Church many Naw York, N.Y. 10025 50 Ealt lislt." t>."oil. MI "201 22 JULY Jonathan Rennert; Noire Dome Cathedral, Robert Anderson; St Laurenske,k. Atkmaar. Paris, France 5 04 5 pm Holland 11:15 am. 12:1 5 pm Choral (once"; Chk hesler Cathedral, Eng­ 13 JUlY land 7 pm RICHARD W. UTTERST David Lowry Roy Mossey; Croydon Parish Church, Eng­ James Cochran, Roy Sargeant,· B!enheim la,d School of ~lu.,ic Po'oce, England M. S. M. Marcus Reinke ~ e ur; Aeolian Town Hall. SECOIID CONCIECAnONAL CHURCH \\.'inlhrop Coll('~l(J london, Ontario 8:30 pm 23 JULY Rock Hill. South C.trCllin.1 2()7:n WiU iom Teague; 51 Marys, East Berlin, ROCKFORD, IWNOIS 14 JULY Germany Robert Anderson ; 51 Peters Cathedral. Choral concert; Chichester Cathedral, Eng­ Geneva, Switzerland 8:45 pm land 7 pm James Cochran; All Sauls Church. lang ham George Thalben-Ball; St Edmundsbury Ca­ ERNEST MAY Place. london. England 8 pm thedral. Suffolk. England 7145 pm William MacGowan Ph. D. Beth.,da.by.th.. Sea University of Massachusetts Palm Beach, Florida Amherst, Mass. 01002 J. MARCUS RITCHIE FREDERICK L. MARRIOTT JAMES R. METZLER ORGANIST - CARILLONNEUR TRINITY CHURCH ORGANIST AND MASTER Of THE CHOIRS KIRK.IN·THE.HIUS TOLEDO. OHIO CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP BLOOMFIELD HILLS. MICH. 48013 ATLANTA 30305

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29 JULY 9 AUGUST Street Guy Bovel; Romoinmotier. Swilzeland 10 Guy Bovet; St Lambert, Oldenberg, West THE DIAPASON om Germany 8 pm City ______434 South Wabash Ave. 10 AUGUST 30 JULY Chicago. III. 60605 William Teague; Kaiser Frederick Gedach'­ Robert Anderson; Lahti festiival, finland State Zip niskirche, West Berlin. Germany 6 pm Peter Le Huray, masterdoss; Addington Guy Bovet; Jantjarvi, finland 6 pm Pdlace, Croydon. England Robert Anderson; Yorkmlnsler, England 5 11 AUGUST ADOLPH STEUTERMAN pm William Teague; St Peters Cathedral, maurice thompson Bremen, West Germany Mu •• Doc.. F.A.G.O. 31' JULY Southwestern at Memphis, Retired St. Ignatius Catholic Church 12 AUGUST James Cochran; Parish Church, lauth, Guy Bavet; Heinola. Lahti, finland 8 pm Calvary Episcopal Church. Emerilu. England 8 pm Austin. Texas 78704 Memphl •• rennu... 13 AUGUST 3 AUGUST Robert Anderson; liipala. finland 10 am Daniel Roth; 51 Josephs Oratory, Montreal. Robert Anderson; Nastola, finland B pm Canada JOHN TUTTLE, FAGO 104 AUGUST Saint Paul's Anglican Church 4 AUGUST Robert Anderson; Jarvenpaa, finland FREDERICK SWANN Williiam Teague; 51 Sebald, Nuremberg, Guy Bovet; Cathedral, Tampere, finland 227 Bloor Streat East The Riverside Church Toronto .. Ontario West Germany 8 pm New York City M4W Ica recitals Instruction

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fOR SALE - ELECTRONIC ORGANS FOR. SALE - MISC. fO~ SALE - MISC. FOR. SALE - MISC. RODGERS t-tODEL ]20, THE TRIO, l·MAN. ESTEY REED ORGAN, EIGHT SETS, ORIGIN­ KLANN CONSOLE, nOWEIl AND RECT I­ '·RANK PITMAN CHEST, EXCELLENT CON­ ual , 52 ,lops, 5 preset and cancel, factory set, al motor, no 4mplification. $SCI) firm, (609) fier. United Method;st Church. BOl 048, Edger. dilJo n. $~(lI. Patrick La iko, 5500 Ward Parkway, I volume control pedol, console ins'de ipeilk. 546·5196. ton, WI 53534. (6Q!) 8804 .6931. Kansas City, MO 64113. (81£) +14-9907. or sylilem and I tone cabin.t W--t50-l) and I leslie 125. I other plug receptacle for lellie I' PRINItPAL. LOWER 12 "PES. GElMA.N OIGAN CAllE, NEW GROUPED, PAllED HOIIYISf SPECIAL: $1,700 GETS YOU D 12S or n. Pecan finish. alnUenl, lot'ge bellCh . make in tin, open toes low wind prenure. ond all conductors. color coded. 24 gauge ranks of pipes (" lD's); chests for 21 ranh; Sell or trade for comparable Rodgen or Allen, Some dame",a in shipment. Medium scale. S. copper. 100 conductor 9S¢ per ft.; 64 conduc­ E P relay: 2M console w/65 slops, tr"pper com· Prefer drllowknob. Mr. Britton lavender, III H. Dembinsky, £12 Broadv·e..... S.E., Grand tor 754; per ft.; 50 conductor 50¢ per ft. White bans w/17 pistons: 3 H.P. blower. 7 ranks now 1l6th 51 .• Chesape"ke. WV 25315. (304) 949·2114. Rapids, MI 49SD7. (61£) 2.. 1·"9IB. Organ Company, 2540 Webster Road, lansino, play. No cralin", or freightin9. You haul and MI "8917. (517) 32J·317". install. SASE for more info or call (£02) 964- fOR SALE - MISC. MOLLER REMOTE COMIINATION ACTION 8820 eveninos. P. J. Garthe, 8t.6 E. Bth St., for .. manual. 130 stops. Grt: 8 pistons con· NEW ORGAN PIPES, EXCELLENT WORI(_ Me$O, AI. 852OJ. 61·NOTE KEYBOARD WITH NEW KEYTOP'S, hailing 22 stops; Sw: 10 pistons controlling manthip and e~per1ly voiced. Formerly wper· c~eh . and slip ot unfinished solid birch. $]5. 29 stops; Ch: B pistons controlling 17 stops; visor of Aeolion·Skinner pipeshop. Hans Rolher, SPANISCHE TROMPEr ", NEW, 3" WIND, Moller components: 24".48" reservoir, S7S; Solo: 6 pistOfls tonltolling 17 stops; Ped: 8 German Organ Pipecraft, 1" Standard St.. by Giesecke, Germany. Polished copper, hand 18" .24" reservoir, S4S; 18"IZ4" concussion bal­ pistons conhollino 35 stops; 12 pistons can· Mattapan, MA 02126. lows, $15: IZ" dZ" concunion bellows with cone trolling full oroan; 8 toe studs controlling hammered bells, mahogany blocks, support varve, $15. B' stopped diopason, big scale, full organ. Action is like new with little use. racks. Pick up only. $),000. O_gner, Sioux City, $IZ5; )0 note offset chest, $60. ()IZ) 529·7901. $800.00. Shipping extra. Century Pipe Organ METAL ORGAN PIPES. FIRST Cl.ASS WORK· IA. (112) 152·3276, Company, 318 Anderson Blvd., Geneva, IL manship. Helmut Hempel Organ Pipes, .. 144 6(1) ... (112) 2J2·7291. Wod 50th St., Cleveland, OH .... 1..... WAREHOUSE ClEARANCE SA.lE; l.ARGE IN. "71 ESTEY COMPONENts: HAR', COR. ventory of pipel and variou, other compo. qlorieu:l 8', orolle flute 8', melodia B', olhers. 50 lANKS OF PIPES AND PARTS. MOST 2·MANUAL AUSTlN·TYPE CONSOLE IN Best offer any or all. George Pelletier, Grace nenh. some new, some old. Various makes. pipework is Moller. Also chesls, tremolos, res· working condition w:th toll top. 16 combination Send SA5E for list. W. J. Froehlich, 446 Grove ConQregational Church, Union Ave. at Pearl, ervoirs, rectifier, etc. Send SASE for price list pilfons (capture) ond 6 toe studs. 1£ stop tobs Framingham, MA 01701. St., Westfield. NJ 07090. and description. Floyd Watson, 12"5 Palomar greet; I.. swell: I.. pedal. Available August I. Pl., #)0, Vista, CA 9208). Contact Director of Music, First Parish Church, 218 Central Ave., Doyer, NH 0]820 or phone SOUD OAK ORGAN CASE 20' WIDE BY USED PIPES AND MISC. EQUIPMENT, WR ITE 3 ILOWERS, WUlLiTZER. CONSOLE MUS (DO) 7042·9SD7, I.. ' high. 5 symmetrical arches hold display for specilic needs. BOl 2061, KnolfYille, TN pipes with sq. flu ted column' between arches. 37901. and shadel. Other "'ades. bourdons, some pipes, parh, lumber, misc. Priced 10 sell. SASE for list. Outstanding e:lample of I9lh century cose WURLITZER IELAY STYLE 160, 2.MANUAL, work. Dinossembled professionally and in star. Klinger, 8638 W. Villard Ave., Milwaukee, WI 26 switches, new leether in 1975. elcellent can· 53225 or (..... ) 464·298) eves onfy. age. Excellent for restaurant or large home. WURLITZER SPEC IAL l.ATE 2/5 RE l.AY, TI I IA dition. $0400. Marr & Colton 2f7 relay, 53 $1,000.00. Century Pipe Orvan Company, 318 elt .. milc. chests, hem, ell:. Studio pipework, swilches. Needs leathered and wired, $300. 5· Anderson Blvd., Geneva, IL 6t)!34. (312) 232- (2/) 968·881 L ANTIQUE ORNATE THEATRE SEATS. SETS OF ronk Moller unit chest, poor condition, rebuild· 7291. Send $1.00 for photo. 3, $90. SASE for photos. Patrick Laiko, 5500 able, $ISO. Send SASE for complete lid to: Ward Parkway. kansas City, MO Mi ll. (81£) Bob Dunn, 902 E. 27th St., Anderson, IN .. &01 ... (311) 6+4·(562, BLOWERS, NEW, YEIY QUIET OPERA. MOllEi III RANKS MIXTURE 2' PITCH WITH "0«·9807. tion with cabinet $600.00; without cobinel breah, spoiled meal $250. Moller Eruhler B', $480.00. 5.year warranty, I hp, )0401) RPM, 61 n & Celeste, 49 n. Sold 1000elher noo. Kim­ WURLITZER t.t ILlTAlY lAND ORGAN, A B' CASAVAHT TUBA WITH ITS CHEST AND single pha,a, 110-220 volt. White Organ Com· b. 1I 16' Bourdon with chests, $125. Tim Patterson, d a ss ic. Fo r more information cell (408] 287·8343 releathered reservoir. $lSD. Kinetic blower 4" pany, 2540 Webster Road, LaMing, MI "11917. B-IO am or 10-12 pm. (612) 3))·2720. or write to PO Bo~ 5607, San Joso. CA 95125. and motor $75. (609) 54£·5196. (517) 323·)17 ...

VISSER-ROWLAND Shawhan Pipe C. F. SNYDER Three Generatiorn; of Service 713ft,88·7346 Organs 2033 JOHANNA A·2 REBl'ILDll\"G - SERVICE New Rebuilding HOUSTON 77055 Orlans Maintenance - NE'," ORGA.:~S- 1901 1I0w"\l Sireel p.o. Box 322 Fori Wavnp, Ind. 46808 Lewisburg. Pa. 17837 219422-8863 717·524-2029 CLEVELANO. MISSOURI 64734 Internation.11 Society of Organbuik:Jers , PI,o.'" 1816'331.(1100 '" 1818'858·3519 , I CHESTER A. RAYMOND, INC. McMANIS PIPE ORGAN BUILDERS ORGANS Incorporated R.bulldlng, Maintenance and Additions 10th &: Garle\d P.O. Bax55 Prlnc.ton, N.J. 08540 KANSAS CITY. KANSAS 66104 Phone, 609-924-0935

CREATIVE ORGAN IUlLDING fOIl ARTlmC MUSICAl RlSULTS ORGAN LEATHERS Greenwood Organ Company WHITE, SON COMPANY CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 21205 "T_r GENERATIONS Of OlGAN IUllDING" 592 bot lint 5..... Souch Bolton, Muachwctu 02127 ~ ORGAN SERVICE -J. E. Lee, Jr. LOUIS F. MOHR & COMPANY JULIAN E. BULLEY 2>ur~am & Company KNOXVILLE, TlNNESSEE 37901 8UILDING AND SERVICE ORGAN New Organs - Rebuilding lox 2061 MAINTENANCE Service P.O. Box 212' SINCE 1906 T"_"'8 . Mai" .....ace •••"'Al. T.lloha ..... Flo. 323114 _ ValmllDe An. 1376 Ha ...nI I'wd.-Doyto.. 0l0I0 _ C-lta... 1904, 575-2001 New York 58, N. Y. • 513·27~4'1 Telq>bon.. SEdplck 5-5628 FOR SALE: U" ore... pam. Mony of E.alel'Jallet' Service Yearly COIItracU antique valu •• SMei $1.00 for c..,plet. MULLER PIPE ORGAN CO. Harpl - Cblma - Blowers $' ~~;~"!!~~: l&

Organ Buildcn and Inc. • Rebuilding * FRANK J. SAUTER SONS * • Repairing Phones: 388-3355 • Contractural Servicing 4232 West 12-4lh Place PO 7·1203 Alsip, illinois 60658 For Unexcelled Service --_. -- -- -

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./ , \.. :?! . , . . \ Clyde Holloway Wilma Jensen Marilyn Keiser Joan Lippincott Marilyn Moson

til Donald SUlherland I ' James Moeser Wolfgang Rijbsam frederick Swann ladd Thoma.

til r"I' '. ,-;l., EUROPEAN ARTISTS • ,;.~: I ' AVAILABLE 1977·78 .. '.'\. : l- FAll . '..~.,J~\ '> '" ,.' \ . - . Martin Neary -.:...... ~ . ',', I Rene Saorgin ~... '...... i cc John Weoye, William Whiiehead Gordon & Grady Wilson WINTER

Daniel Roth (February 1978) Peter Hurford (Feb.-Mar. 15, 1978)

SPRING Lianel Rogg (March 1978) Michael Schneider (May 1·20, 1978)

Richard Woads Ranald Wyatt