Greetings!

* The pipes are calling: Swampscott church receives new $500,000 organ

The story of the new Noack organ in the First Church of Swampscott
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/news/view.bg?articleid=7513

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* Heavenly Music at St. Luke

"Pipe organ, acoustics make church preferred spot for performers and recordings"
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=42535&paper=68&cat=104

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* Shanklin Music Hall presents first organ-silent movie program

"GROTON -- Theater organ buffs and film fans filled the Shanklin Music
Hall to capacity in two presentations of the silent film blockbuster,
"Phantom of the Opera," starring Lon Chaney, complete with theatre
organ accompaniment."
http://www.shirleyoracle.com/Stories/0,1413,111~5846~2515421,00.html

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* Phillips Church's new organ has 6,000 pipes painstakingly tuned by
an Italian master

Description of the new Fratelli Ruffatti organ at the Phillips Exeter
Academy campus. Aside from misspelling the Ruffatti name and referring
to the Swell organ as the Small organ, a fun article by a reporter who
bravely climbed inside the instrument.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/10222004/currents/44374.htm
For the organ specs, visit the Ruffatti website:
http://www.ruffatti.com/html/phillips_exeter.html

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* Organ needs restoration funds

The world's largest pipe organ at Atlantic City needs monetary help.
The article is curiously spliced with another one inviting players to
"maximize their rewards by playing video poker". I wonder if someone
has ever tried rallying the casinos in this money-making town to throw
in a little?
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m110104l.htm

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Select upcoming events

* Netherlands
Swifterbant: Jacques van den Dool, organ; Harrie van Oirschor, flute
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=5984

* USA
Wilmington, DE: Felix Hell
The organ Felix will be playing on was recently renovated by Russell
Meyer and features a total of 2,276 speaking pipes.
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=6719

Manchester, CT: Eric Gundersen
Gundersen who recently finished a six month stint as guest organist at
the Salt Lake Tabernacle, will be playing a program of classical and
sacred music on the recently restored Austin pipe organ.
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=6773

* Spain
VI Festival ORGUES DE PONENT 2004: Jordi-Agustí Piqué with Jaume
Fàbregas, trumpet
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=6620

* Belgium
Xavier Desprez: "Le Tombeau de Georges Rouault"
http://www.organfocus.com/search.php3?eventID=6085

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Today's organ stop:

Jubal
http://www.organstops.org/j/Jubal.html

Have a great week,

Lana