Greetings!


** OrganFocus News

* Our list turned 1 year old!
See the very first messages that attest to the newsletter's evolution:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/organfocus-newsletter/messages/1

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* Latvian organ star Iveta Apkalna won the prestigious ECHO-Klassik
prize in the "Instrumentalist of the Year" category. Since its
foundation in 1994 the "ECHO-Klassik, Instrumentalist of the Year" had
never gone to an organist. Kudos to Iveta!
Read about it here:
http://www.organfocus.com/features/events/iveta_apkalna.php#jul2005

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* Please welcome a new member to OrganFocus.com, Sabin Levi. Sabin
received his DMA from University of Kansas and has contributed two
essays to the site.
http://www.organfocus.com/members/levi/

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* Michael Grueber of http://www.organpromotion.org sent in a report on
a masterclass given by Thierry Escaich in St. Etienne du Mont, Paris.
(.DOC, in German, English and French)
http://www.organfocus.com/features/events/OrgelmeisterkursEscaich.doc


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** Member News

* A new pipe organ service contractor has come to the Wichita, Kansas
area. Sgt. Christopher M. Koeppel of Koeppels' Pipe Organ Tuning &
Servicing Company would be thrilled to hear from you. He is now back
in the States following his deployment to Iraq. His contact e-mail
address is: holzgedeckt@... . He will have his web site up and
running soon. Please inquire for further information.

* The importance of good planning
Recently I had an opportunity to spend several days in Marlboro,
Vermont. Marlboro is very close to the beautiful town of Brattleboro,
home to many fine organs and the factory buildings of the Estey Organ
Company. I went to the website of the Estey Organ Museum and couldn't
find the visiting hours info, perhaps due to not looking thoroughly
enough. Well, I trusted to luck which as we know is not a smart thing
to do, especially when it comes to visiting pipe organ places. On a
Tuesday, I came to Brattleboro to learn that the museum is open on
weekends only. Roaming the grounds among the famed slate-covered
buildings, I took some pictures and a souvenir -- a piece of gray
slate that is lying on the ground in piles around the aging factory.
Quite sad. But now I have something to remember it by, even though I
never gained entrance to the actual museum.

Links:
Estey Organ Co.
http://www.esteyorgan.com/

Estey Organ Museum
http://www.esteyorganmuseum.org/

Photos:
http://www.organfocus.com/media/pictures/estey1.jpg
http://www.organfocus.com/media/pictures/estey2.jpg
http://www.organfocus.com/media/pictures/estey3.jpg

This is the facade of Estey opus 300 at First Baptist Church.
http://www.organfocus.com/media/pictures/estey4.jpg

I got inside, but couldn't play it since the organist was not present.
Yet another lesson in the importance of calling ahead.
http://www.esteyorgan.com/Opus300.html

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** New Links
Additions to the link directory
http://www.organfocus.com/links/

In Personal Pages:
* Simon Lindley is Organist of Leeds Parish Church and of Leeds Town
Hall. Read fascinating articles at his website.
http://www.simonlindley.org.uk

In Event Listings:
* Concerts in Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands
There is a wonderful concerts series ongoing since 1949, on the
historic Arp Schnitger organ. The organ is the only instrument in the
world that still possesses orginal 32-feet prestant pipes originally
manufactured by the great Arp Schnitger in the years 1690/91.
http://www.asset-control.com/martini/


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Today's Organ Stop is:

Clarines en Quincena
http://www.organstops.org/c/ClarinesEnQuincena.html

Have a great week,

Lana