To place a classified ad contact Jerome Butera, 608/634-6253 or jbutera@thediapason.com
Moller Opus 6999, 1941, two manuals, 3 ranks, 20 stops. Includes Schulmerich Chimatron, Maas-Rowe Harp and Decatur Bells.
Entire organ on wheels. $7,500.
See additional photo below under "Files."
More pictures available. Call 215/946-1854 or kgd19054@yahoo.com.
Noack Opus 109 (1986), two manuals, 18 stops.
Contact John Bishop john@organclearinghouse.com
https://www.organclearinghouse.com/organs-for-sale#/3246-noack-memphis-tn
Raven announces a new organ recording, Are Bartholomay Organs Infamous or Forgotten? (OAR-194), featuring Earl A. Miller (1946–1989) playing the 1931 F. A. Bartholomay Opus 149, formerly in Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Richmond, Virginia. The two-manual organ had 19 ranks, mostly 8′ stops.
The program, recorded in 1981, includes works by Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Léon Boëllmann, Dudley Buck, Henry Purcell, Théodore Dubois, and others, as well as a three-movement improvisation by the performer. The recording was made after a period of the instrument’s benign neglect, followed by efforts by volunteers to improve the situation. The instrument was removed in 1983.
For information: ravencd.com.
Casavant Opus 2092 (1951), 3/41. Free to a good home. Needs renovation.
Contact John Bishop, john@organclearinghouse.com.
https://www.organclearinghouse.com/organs-for-sale#/3259-casavant-baltimore-md
Composer Raymond Weidner plays his own works on the 1955 Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1257 (4 manuals, 63 ranks) at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, on a new album from Raven on CD OAR-199 and in digital distribution.
The organ is the last large instrument entirely finished by G. Donald Harrison before his death 10 months later while finishing the organ at St. Thomas Church, New York.
All of the works are published by Paraclete and MorningStar. Weidner’s music on the album includes: Scherzo, op. 2; Carillon, op. 19, no. 3; Toccata, op. 67; Larghetto from Sonata Brillante, op. 62/2; Divertimento in the French Style, op. 36; Frescoes (suite for organ), op. 66 (I. Prelude - II. Meditation - III. Chant - IV. Sortie); Biblical Sketches, op. 63 (Six Fantasies on scenes from the life of Christ).
804/355-6386, www.ravencd.com.
Cymbelsterns by Ingram.
American handcrafting since 1970 with 8 cast bells, adjustable ringing patterns, DC/AC current, variable speed, and made of solid oak finished natural satin. Customization is available.
Visit cymbelsterns.com for details or call 803/359-6352.
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Raven announces a DVD + CD organ release, Fire and Fantasy: The Wanamaker Organ & Orchestra (OAR-195 DVD+CD, $29.95), featuring works for organ and orchestra played by Peter Richard Conte at the Wanamaker Organ and the New Jersey orchestra Symphony in C, directed by Stilian Kirov, recorded in a live concert in the Grand Court of Macy’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On the DVD video presentation, Thomas Murray introduces the music and the features.
Works include Fantasia & Fugue on Ad nos ad salutarem undam by Franz Liszt, arranged by Marcel Dupré; Grand Choeur Dialogué by Eugène Gigout, arranged by Guy Ropartz; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by Conte; and Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, op. 42, by Alexandre Guilmant.
For information: ravencd.com.
Franz Schmidt Organ Works, Vol. 1.
Andreas Jetter plays the 1928 Josef Behmann three-manual organ of 72 stops, restored in 2021 by Kuhn, at St. Martin Church, Dornbirn, Austria. The 28-page booklet in English and German includes photos of the organ, stoplist, biography of Schmidt, good notes on the music, etc.
Franz Schmidt (1847-1939): Variations & Fugue on an original theme in D (King's Fanfares from Schmidt's opera Fredigundis); Chaconne in c-sharp; Four Small Chorale Preludes: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; Was mein Gott will; O, wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen; Nun danket alle Gott.
Imported by Raven. Ambiente ACD-2047, $16.98 postpaid in USA.
RavenCD.com
Box 25111
Richmond VA 23261
804/355-6386
At higher cost from Amazon and E-Bay.
Huge Organ CD Clearance Sale! After twenty-seven years of business, JAV Recordings must clear its physical inventory. All CDs remaining in the label’s back-catalog are now offered at the deeply discounted price of $5.99 each! If you enjoy the easy access and intimate physicality that a CD album with its associated informational booklet offers, now is the time to take action.
Visit our website pipe-organ-recordings.com for details.
Do note that JAV will continue to distribute its recordings through AppleMusic.
The Classic MIDI Keyboard-6, an all in one, 3 manual stack pre-configured and ready to connect to any VPO.
FEATURES
20 Lighted Pistons Per Manual
Tracker Touch
Velocity Sensitive Keying
Solid Oak Key Cheeks
Extra Wide Music Rack
Swell Shoe Input
Crescendo Shoe Input
MIDI Input 5-Pin DIN - Pedalboard
USB Powered Hub Included
Visit our website or contact us to learn more
Classic MIDIWorks
midiworks.ca
midiworks@organworks.com
888-812-9717
The Cantorum Physis Plus line is Viscount’s portable solution for classic organs, powered with the patented Physis Plus technology for a real organ experience even in a small instrument. The organs have an extremely user-friendly interface, and the free Editor allows you to edit, adjust and design your Cantorum organ providing many functions for organ voicing, routing and customizations. In addition to this, it allows you to modify parameters that are not present in the instrument. The compact but sturdy cabinet is easy to move and allows the instrument to be used in a fully multifunctional way.
Plug and Play
Built in amplification
White or ebony keys
Available in 1, 2, or 3 manual
Cantorum Uno: 26 organ stops, 7 orchestral voices
Cantorum Duo: 27 organ stops, 3 orchestral voices
Cantorum Trio: 46 organ stops, 4 orchestral voices
Table, bench, pedalboard, and expression shoes sold separately.
Visit our website or contact us to learn more
Classic Viscount Organs
viscountclassicorgans.com
viscount@organworks.com
888-812-9717
This console has been recently removed from its church and is available for sale. It would be suitable for the rebuild of a pipe organ, or converting to a virtual pipe organ. The control system for the console and chamber were provided by Classic Organ Works, the Console Control Computer is still present and in good condition. Updates and changes may be done to the existing computer to support new specs, or the computer may be updated with significant changes to the wiring.
• 2m tab console with CLASSIC CCC-4 pipe organ control system
• Dual-port MIDI I/O (compatible with Hauptwerk and Organteq)
• Suitable for pipe organ or VPO use
• CLASSIC can provide configuration updates
• Buyer to pick up (south-western Ontario)
• Can be imported into the USA duty-free
888-812-9717
Rieger, 1988. Dismantled and stored in climate-controlled facility. Two manuals, 14 stops, 18 ranks. Excellent condition. $125,000.
Contact John Bishop, john@organclearinghouse.com
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Raven imports for sale in the USA Max Reger: Seven Choral Fantasies on a 2-CD set produced in Germany on the Ambiente label. Winfried Lichtscheidel plays the four-manual organ of 60 registers in eclectic and Romantic style in St. Mary Assumption Church, Landsberg am Lech, Germany (Bavaria). The organ was built in 2003 by Siegfried Schmid Orgelbau of Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany (Bavaria), in a case from 1688 and replacing an organ mostly in neobaroque style from 1982.
Reger: Fantasies on the chorales: Ein feste Burg, op. 27; Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele, op. 30; Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern, op. 40, no. 1; Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, op. 40, no. 2; Alle Menschen müssen sterben, op. 52, no. 1; Wachet auf, op. 52, no. 2; Hallelujah! Gott zu loben, op. 52, no. 3.
The Ambiente 2-CD set ACD-2048 is available for $18.98 postpaid from RavenCD.com, Box 25111, Richmond VA 23261, 804-355-6386, and also at higher cost from Amazon and E-Bay.
Russell Meyer & Associates Opus 1 (1998), three-manual/29-rank rebuild and enlargement of 1909 two-manual C.S. Haskell organ.
In storage in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Sound and stoplist strongly reminiscent of American organs from 1880–1915 by such builders as Hook, Roosevelt, Jardine, Estey, and their contemporaries. Most of its pipework dates from those years. Five 16’ ranks, five reed voices (including an 1881 Hook & Hastings Bell Clarinet) plus four wooden flute ranks, and three metal flutes. Fourteen of the metal flue ranks are slotted. Electro-mechanical action. $45,000. Additional ranks and installation available at added cost.
Spec, photos, and audio clips at rmeyerpipeorgans.com/opus-1.
Scaling and technical information, and all other questions contact: 856/904-2303, leave message; or email:
rmeyerorgans@gmail.com or menschenstimme@yahoo.com
Serious inquiries only.
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Raven OAR-182 "Those Americans"
Nicole Keller, University Organist and assistant professor at the University of Michigan, plays the 4-manual, 64-rank 2009 Nichols & Simpson in the exceptional acoustics of First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Michigan.
Calvin Hampton: Five Dances; Wm. Grant Still: Reverie; Anne Wilson: Toccata; Florence Price: Suite No. 1; Rayner Brown: Twentieth Sonata.
$15.98 postpaid in USA. RavenCD.com, Box 25111, Richmond VA 23261, 804-355-6386. At higher cost from Amazon and E-Bay.
Goulding & Wood, Opus 6 (1984). 3 manuals, 48 ranks.
Excellent condition, dismantled and stored in controlled climate. $50,000 or best reasonable offer.
Contact John Bishop at john@organclearinghouse.com. For more information, visit https://www.organclearinghouse.com/organs-for-sale#/3162-goulding-wood-west-lafayette-in.
See many other outstanding opportunities at www.organ clearinghouse.com
Koehnken & Grimm, Pfeffer, Hillgreen-Lane, Debierre, and Redman organs for sale.
Please see pictures on our website www.redmanpipeorgans.com.
For further information, contact Redman Pipe Organs LLC, 816 E. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas; call 817/996-3085 or email royredman@gmail.com
www.redmanpipeorgans.com.
Noack Opus 88 (1979) two manuals, five ranks. Bass short octave manuals with split sharps, pull-down pedal.
Excellent condition. $65,000.
Contact John Bishop, john@organclearinghouse.com
https://www.organclearinghouse.com/organs-for-sale#/3158-noack-providence-ri
Wm. Johnson & Son Opus 778 (1892).
Three manuals, thirty-two stops, thirty-six ranks. Playable condition, needs some restoration. $50,000.
Contact John Bishop, john@organclearinghouse.com
https://www.organclearinghouse.com/organs-for-sale#/3172-johnson-waterbury-cthttps://www.organclearinghouse.com/organs-for-sale#/3172-johnson-waterb…
Celebrating the Year
“JANUS”
“Keeper of the Gate”
Why just celebrate July, or November, and December? Do we keep playing Christmas carol arrangements in January? Sure, why not. But why not also celebrate Janus, the ancient god with two faces, one looking back and the other looking forward? He is the one who gave the name to the first month of the year: January and, after all, we are his imitators once a year, looking back and looking forward. Why not then, celebrate ourselves?
And what about the weather? January and cold weather go together; as once the English poet Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904) said:
“January is here, with eyes that keenly glow,
A frost-mailed warrior
Striding a shadowy steed of snow”
Take a look at the composer’s rendering of these two characters; the back and forward looks of Janus and the frosty warrior wreaking havoc with our moods. You’d be surprised by the musical situations encountered that tell the story. It is a fun piece to play and one that audiences will delight in each time they hear it.
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_01--JANUS--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_01.mp3
The titles of the other 11 pieces will give you an idea of their contents; use the links to sample pages of the scores and complete audio recordings of each piece.
2) Contemplating “Februa” (February) “When the Sun is Hidden”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_02--FEBRUA--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_02.mp3
3) Pondering “Martius” (March) “A Quiet Prelude”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_03--MARTIUS--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_03.mp3
4) Ode to “Aprillis (April) “In Praise of New Life”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_04--APRILLIS--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_04.mp3
5) In Praise of “Maia” (May) “The Bringer of Flowers”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_05--MAIA--MUSIC--PAGE-1--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_05.mp3
6) Pondering “Juno” (June) “Summer Is I Cumen in”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_06--JUNO--MUSICPAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_07.mp3
7) Celebrating “Julius” (July) “A Festal Flourish” (America)
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_07--JULIUS--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_06.mp3
8) Pondering “Augustus” (August) “Serenade for a Summer Night”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_08--AUGUST--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_08.mp3
9) Interlude for “September” “A musical landscape”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_09--SEPTEMBER--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_09.mp3
10) Ode to “October” “Yearnings”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_10--OCTOBER--MUSIC--PAGE--2--IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_10.mp3
11) Pondering “November” Ostinato on: “Now Thank We All Our God”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_11--NOVEMBER_--MUSIC--PAGE--2--MUSIC.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_11.mp3
12) Pondering “December” Paraphrase “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_12--DECEMBER--MUSIC--_PAGE--2-IMG_20190601_0001.pdf
http://www.guinaldopublications.com/CELEBRATING_THE_YEAR_-_12.mp3
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