Norberto Guinaldo Bells of Bethlehem

Thar she blows.

Catching the bug

It was Winston Churchill who once famously quipped that meeting Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the first time was akin only to having one’s first taste of champagne. I think many of us, still mourning the passing of Ed Wallace two covid-plagued years ago, would say the same thing about our departed friend.

Rosales Organ Builders, Los Angeles, California, Opus 42; Parsons Pipe Organ Builders, Canandaigua, New York, Opus 51; St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla, California

In any artistic endeavor, the goals of the artist guide every step of the process to achieve his desired result. When multiple artists collaborate, the result can be a wonderful synergy of goals, something that a single artist would not have created on his own. The new organ at Saint James by-the-Sea in La Jolla, California, is a wonderful synergy of multiple artists working together to create something quite special and unique.

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