New Organs

It was an organbuilder’s dream assignment, and a formidable challenge: a monumental instrument in a grand church renowned for elegant music and liturgy—as well as architecture—with the generous acoustics most church musicians only dream of. Because of its high visibility, it was sure to draw high-intensity attention from organists—and others—with widely varied experiences, tastes, and expectations.

Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California

Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Schoenstein & Co., Benicia, California

Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Selling the idea

Case Organ Company, Inc.,

Verona, Wisconsin

Bishop O’Connor Chapel,

Holy Name Catholic Center, Madison, Wisconsin

The Case Organ Company has completed restoration and relocation of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1204. The organ was installed in Bishop O’Connor Chapel at Holy Name Heights, Madison, Wisconsin. The instrument was blessed at a choral dedication recital with Lessons and Carols sung by the Madison Diocesan Choir and organ solos performed by Glenn Schuster on December 19, 2017.

R. M. Ballantyne Pipe Organs,

Jurupa Valley, California

Pasadena Stake Center,

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,

Pasadena, California

Roger Banks,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Reuter Organ Company,

Lawrence, Kansas

First Presbyterian Church,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

From Roger Banks

I first heard the M. P. Möller organ at First Presbyterian Church shortly after its installation in 1964. At that time, I was a senior at Oklahoma City University nearby. As one of the newest and largest organs in the Oklahoma City area, it should have been wonderful. After all, the specification indicated that it followed the latest trends in organbuilding and design at the time, yet I remember that, in that cavernous building, the result was much less
than satisfying.

Fabry Inc. Pipe Organ Builders,

Antioch, Illinois

Gregory Gyllsdorff residence,

Rockford, Illinois

Emery Brothers, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Stoneleigh, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Emery Brothers,

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Stoneleigh,

Villanova, Pennsylvania

Designing an organ presents many challenges, many of which are related to making the instrument fit tonally and visually into the building which will be its home.

Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy

Buckfast Abbey, 

Devon, United Kingdom

The sound

Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church

Durham, North Carolina

Bigelow & Co. Organ Builders, American Fork, Utah

Fortieth Anniversary

Opus 42

Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Fishers Island, New York

From the builder

Muller Pipe Organ Company, Croton, Ohio

Saint Paul the Apostle Parish, Westerville, Ohio

Quimby Pipe Organs, 

Warrensburg, Missouri

C. B. Fisk, Inc., Gloucester, 

Massachusetts, Opus 148

Lee T. Lovallo Pipe Organs

Antelope, California

Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders, Denver, North Carolina

Opus 135

Andover Organ Company marks seventy years

by Matthew M. Bellocchio

Fabry Inc. Pipe Organ Builders,

Antioch, Illinois

Létourneau Pipe Organs, 

Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, 

Canada, Opus 133

Glück Pipe Organs,

New York, New York

American Organ Institute, 

University of Oklahoma, 

Kegg Pipe Organ Builders, Hartville, Ohio

Christ the King Chapel, 

Trinity Lutheran Seminary, 

Columbus, Ohio

Russell & Co. Organ Builders, Chester, Vermont

Zion Lutheran Church,
Appleton, Wisconsin

Randall Dyer & 

Associates, Inc.

A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia

The First Baptist Church of Christ, Macon, Georgia