Fred Swann's Memorial Service Link
Here is the link to organist Fred Swann's memorial service from January 25 at St. Margaret's Church, Palm Desert, CA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHaxlQsHQKI&t=5s. Musicians involved in the service were notable names. The music included the following:
Prelude Music--Nathan Laube
Director of Music/St. Margaret's Choir--Doug Leightenheimer
Hymns--Todd Wilson
Duruflé "Pie Jesu"
Duruflé Toccata--David Higgs
Prelude Music--Nathan Laube
Director of Music/St. Margaret's Choir--Doug Leightenheimer
Hymns--Todd Wilson
Duruflé "Pie Jesu"
Duruflé Toccata--David Higgs
Organ Parts Available
The Applewood Estate in Flint originally had an Estey Organ installed that has since been dismantled. There are some large wood pipes available for anyone interested. Photos and sizes are listed below. Please contact Kerry Bellinger (kbellinger@ruthmott.org) if you are interested.
Here are the (approx.) measurements for the pipes that are available:
42,” 45," 47,” 49,” 52,” 55,” 57,” 59,” 61,” 65,” 77,” 81,” 85,” 90,” 95,” 101”
Here are the (approx.) measurements for the pipes that are available:
42,” 45," 47,” 49,” 52,” 55,” 57,” 59,” 61,” 65,” 77,” 81,” 85,” 90,” 95,” 101”
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Great Lakes Regional AGO Convention 2023
A message from Karl Bruhn:
I am the former Great Lakes Regional Councillor, but I write today as a member of the Steering Committee of the upcoming Great Lakes Regional AGO Convention scheduled for next summer.
As you are probably already aware, our 2023 Great Lakes Regional Convention is being hosted by the North Shore (IL) Chapter. (The North Shore chapter includes villages, cities, and suburbs north of the city of Chicago along the west shore of Lake Michigan, and continues west to the Fox River Valley chapter’s area.) It will happen from Sunday, June 25 thru Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Visit this link to view the exciting basic schedule of artists and events: Schedule | Northshore AGO Convention 2023 (nsago2023.org). More specific details will follow in the near future.
As with such endeavors, events like this are rather expensive. Our North Shore Chapter has already solicited and received thousands of dollars in donations from our chapter members and friends; but we still need additional funding in order to have a marvelous convention. We are hoping that your chapter members would be able to contribute (depending on the size of your chapter) somewhere between a couple of hundred dollars, and perhaps up to a thousand (or more) dollars—if you are a larger chapter. (We have 14 “larger” chapters in our Region.). When you make a donation—in any amount—your chapter will be recognized in the Convention Program Book.
If you and/or your chapter would like to donate to underwrite a specific program, check out the schedule of artists and churches at the link (above) and contact program@nsago2023.org with the amount you would like to donate and to which artist or event. Your chapter will be thanked in the program as well as verbally at the event.
You can make a donation to the Convention (either by check or by credit card. Here is how to do that: Donate | North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (northshoreago.org).
We greatly appreciate you helping to sponsor the Convention, and we hope to see you—and many of your chapter members—in Evanston—in June.
Watch the Convention website (nsago2023.org) for additional updates and details.
Sincerely,
Karl Bruhn
(Member of the North Shore Chapter, Steering Committee for the Great Lakes Regional Convention 2023, and Former Great Lakes Regional Councillor for the AGO)
I am the former Great Lakes Regional Councillor, but I write today as a member of the Steering Committee of the upcoming Great Lakes Regional AGO Convention scheduled for next summer.
As you are probably already aware, our 2023 Great Lakes Regional Convention is being hosted by the North Shore (IL) Chapter. (The North Shore chapter includes villages, cities, and suburbs north of the city of Chicago along the west shore of Lake Michigan, and continues west to the Fox River Valley chapter’s area.) It will happen from Sunday, June 25 thru Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Visit this link to view the exciting basic schedule of artists and events: Schedule | Northshore AGO Convention 2023 (nsago2023.org). More specific details will follow in the near future.
As with such endeavors, events like this are rather expensive. Our North Shore Chapter has already solicited and received thousands of dollars in donations from our chapter members and friends; but we still need additional funding in order to have a marvelous convention. We are hoping that your chapter members would be able to contribute (depending on the size of your chapter) somewhere between a couple of hundred dollars, and perhaps up to a thousand (or more) dollars—if you are a larger chapter. (We have 14 “larger” chapters in our Region.). When you make a donation—in any amount—your chapter will be recognized in the Convention Program Book.
If you and/or your chapter would like to donate to underwrite a specific program, check out the schedule of artists and churches at the link (above) and contact program@nsago2023.org with the amount you would like to donate and to which artist or event. Your chapter will be thanked in the program as well as verbally at the event.
You can make a donation to the Convention (either by check or by credit card. Here is how to do that: Donate | North Shore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (northshoreago.org).
We greatly appreciate you helping to sponsor the Convention, and we hope to see you—and many of your chapter members—in Evanston—in June.
Watch the Convention website (nsago2023.org) for additional updates and details.
Sincerely,
Karl Bruhn
(Member of the North Shore Chapter, Steering Committee for the Great Lakes Regional Convention 2023, and Former Great Lakes Regional Councillor for the AGO)
Meadowbrook Hall Holidays
Meadowbrook Hall at Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Once again, the original-condition 1919 Aeolian organ in Meadow Brook Hall will be featured during the annual Holiday Walk from Thanksgiving until Christmas. Meadow Brook Hall is a National Historic Landmark. It is the 88,000 sq. ft. former home of Alfred and Matilda Dodge Wilson, and is on the campus of Oakland University.
In past years, SE Michigan Area organists have generously joined in volunteering to man the console and provide holiday music for the hall's visitors. Around the end of October, interested organists will be contacted to set up schedules.
If you have an interest in playing this historic instrument and would like to be added to the contact list, please contact Pete Townsend at ptownsend@comcast.net so your name can be added to the email list. A short practice or trial session prior to then can be arranged (please also contact Pete).
In past years, SE Michigan Area organists have generously joined in volunteering to man the console and provide holiday music for the hall's visitors. Around the end of October, interested organists will be contacted to set up schedules.
If you have an interest in playing this historic instrument and would like to be added to the contact list, please contact Pete Townsend at ptownsend@comcast.net so your name can be added to the email list. A short practice or trial session prior to then can be arranged (please also contact Pete).
Organ Availability
Hello, Organists, Organ/Music Lovers, and Restorers,
Please follow the link below to see a gorgeous vintage Etsey that needs a new home. (Pics and a very informal demo video are included in the link.) I've been told by another organist who was looking at the pictures that it may be a model G, or a model T.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LpaqpiF3kNA7kA5L6
The organ is in our family home in Flushing, Michigan. Dimensions are below.
Back in the '70's, my father, an organ enthusiast (played piano and organ) brought this amazing piece into his newly built home. A church was getting a new organ, and he wished to keep their former organ to practice on at home. It has been there in our family room ever since! To my knowledge, it's a reed organ that a motor had been added to at some point (before my father brought it to our home). The electricity still works, but needs some tuning up... The organ is cosmetically in beautiful condition and does play, but will need restoration to achieve its original powerful sound/grandeur.
My father passed last November, age 85, and we have now closed on the family home. I would so love to see this organ in hands that would appreciate it like my father did!
DIMENSIONS:
The pipes are decorative and are sitting on the bookshelf behind the organ.
The dimensions of the console are as follows:
-Height: 5 feet
-Width: 6 feet, 7 1/2 inches wide
-Depth: 3 feet at widest point (from wall to edge of keys) (maybe 2' 11", but 3' to be safe)
-Pedals: pedals stick out about 18 inches past the edge of keys
-Motor: motor sticks out the back; my dad actually cut a hole through the drywall (about 6 inches?) to stick the motor out through the wall into the garage, so that the console itself could remain flush to the wall. I believe the motor is removable. I estimate the motor extends another 18 inches out the back of the console when it is attached.
If anyone is interested, our movers, who also move pianos and organs, could likely load the organ onto your truck, or perhaps arrangements could be made to use their truck/services for the entire move, depending on your location. (Or please feel free to arrange your own movers).
Great thanks from our family!
Sara Kribs
(416) 662-4662
Please follow the link below to see a gorgeous vintage Etsey that needs a new home. (Pics and a very informal demo video are included in the link.) I've been told by another organist who was looking at the pictures that it may be a model G, or a model T.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LpaqpiF3kNA7kA5L6
The organ is in our family home in Flushing, Michigan. Dimensions are below.
Back in the '70's, my father, an organ enthusiast (played piano and organ) brought this amazing piece into his newly built home. A church was getting a new organ, and he wished to keep their former organ to practice on at home. It has been there in our family room ever since! To my knowledge, it's a reed organ that a motor had been added to at some point (before my father brought it to our home). The electricity still works, but needs some tuning up... The organ is cosmetically in beautiful condition and does play, but will need restoration to achieve its original powerful sound/grandeur.
My father passed last November, age 85, and we have now closed on the family home. I would so love to see this organ in hands that would appreciate it like my father did!
DIMENSIONS:
The pipes are decorative and are sitting on the bookshelf behind the organ.
The dimensions of the console are as follows:
-Height: 5 feet
-Width: 6 feet, 7 1/2 inches wide
-Depth: 3 feet at widest point (from wall to edge of keys) (maybe 2' 11", but 3' to be safe)
-Pedals: pedals stick out about 18 inches past the edge of keys
-Motor: motor sticks out the back; my dad actually cut a hole through the drywall (about 6 inches?) to stick the motor out through the wall into the garage, so that the console itself could remain flush to the wall. I believe the motor is removable. I estimate the motor extends another 18 inches out the back of the console when it is attached.
If anyone is interested, our movers, who also move pianos and organs, could likely load the organ onto your truck, or perhaps arrangements could be made to use their truck/services for the entire move, depending on your location. (Or please feel free to arrange your own movers).
Great thanks from our family!
Sara Kribs
(416) 662-4662
