Daniel Roth receives award

Andrew Pennells died
on October 26, 1999, at the age of 37. He was Managing Director of J.W. Walker
& Sons Ltd, England. Born on January 6, 1962 to parents John and Margaret
Pennells, he won a scholarship in 1973 to Culford School. During vacations he
helped at the Walker factory, showing a great interest in the technical aspects
of the operation. In 1978 at age 16 he began a four-year apprenticeship with
Klais Orgelbau of Bonn, Germany, which included three months study each year at
the School for Organbuilding in Ludwigsburg.

On Tuesday, January 18, around 5:30 p.m., a fire broke out in the furnace room of the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, a neighborhood of Boston. A half-hour later, the fire was so advanced that it was already the top story of the 6:00 news. One hundred firemen fought the five-alarm blaze during the coldest night of the year. Icicles hung from their hair and moustaches. Sobbing congregants refused to seek shelter from the brisk, frigid winds. Within a few short hours, the verdict was in: the church—and its 1859 three-manual E. & G. G. Hook—were, to quote the fire commissioner, “a total loss.”

Saint-Louis-en-l’Isle Church, Paris, France

Situated next to the famous Isle de la Cité, the Isle Saint-Louis in Paris, France, is known for its quaint shops and delicious Berthillon ice cream. Bernard Aubertin’s organ case shines brilliantly in the Saint-Louis-en-l’Isle Church.