Greetings!

* Organist shows command at Conference Center

"If an organ recital is held in Salt Lake City's huge LDS Conference
Center, will it look like anyone showed up?"
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2520354

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* Ralph Kohn 'Takes Five'

"Providing that old movie palace sound" -- interview with the organist
at Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee, WI
http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/jan05/291349.asp

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* Nailers Announce Return Of Team Organist

""Turn back the clock night" will feature the Nailers' players wearing
Wheeling Thunderbirds jerseys and the return of team organist Dan
Wheeler."
http://www3.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3115664

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* John Bartell, half-century organist

"It's the best seat in the house," he says before the towering organ
pipes thunder into life at St. Ann's Church Saturday afternoon."
http://www.eveningtribune.com/articles/2005/01/08/news/news03.txt

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* Masterpiece of craft and sound

The new organ at Phillips Exeter Academy a delight for the senses
http://www.fosters.com/January2005/01.09.05/news/home_01.09.05a.asp

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Featured Links:

* Stalacpipe Organ

A reader suggested that I was missing this link in my "Organistic
Curiosities" directory. Read about it and listen to a sound sample:
http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/om25450.html

PS the site, www.OddMusic.com, is a treasure trove of strange and
unusual musical instrument info.

* The Organ in Jewish Liturgy

Description from the Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=124&letter=O

* Organ Data Base Berlin

The organ data base contains more than 153,000 data records refering
to about 74,000 organs all over the world, of which 126,000 data
records refer to about 53,000 organs in Germany alone.
http://aedv.cs.tu-berlin.de/projects/orda/orda_en.html

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Today's Organ Stop:

Cone Gedeckt
http://www.organstops.org/c/ConeGedeckt.html

Have a great week,

Lana