Introduction
During their seventy-plus-year history it was customary for organs built by the Skinner Organ Company and the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company to contain an ivory nameplate bearing the firm’s name on the console, usually on the keyslip, although there was a brief period in the early 1960s when the company name was stenciled in gold letters in a way similar to that on pianos. Astute aficionados can sometimes even determine the era in which the organ was built by carefully examining the subtle differences in type styles that were used over the years.
Sarah Carlson has not played any Beatles music in church or with the Bemidji Symphony. That will change next weekend when she joins a chamber ensemble from the BSO for two concerts at First Lutheran Church. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14.
Pipe Organs of La Grange, Illinois, and the Architectural Edifices That House Them, Part 7: First Presbyterian Church
Pipe Organs of La Grange, Illinois, and the Architectural Edifices That House Them, Part 7: First Presbyterian Church April 27, 2021
Stephen Schnurr
Stephen Schnurr is editor and publisher of
The Diapason; director of music for Saint Paul Catholic Church, Valparaiso, Indiana; and adjunct instructor in organ for Valparaiso University.
This article is a continuation of a series in the August 2015, June 2016, July 2017, February 2018, June 2018, and March 2021 issues of The Diapason
. The information was delivered as a lecture for the Midwinter Pipe Organ Conclave on January 19, 2015, in La Grange, Illinois. The research for this project provides a history of a number of pipe organs in the village, but not all. For instance, organs in residences and theaters are not surveyed.
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One Sunday morning in 2007, Eric McKirdy was standing in the garage of his new home in Albany when he heard pipe organ music.
The house was literally across the street from Albany First United Methodist Church on 28th Avenue Southwest. Local resident Russ Tripp had deeded a portion of his property to the congregation, which explains why the ânewâ building, built in 1962, is tucked away in a largely residential neighborhood.
McKirdy had grown up in Albany, learned to play the organ, studied music at college and spent some time in the Bay Area during the dot-com era. Now he had returned to his hometown.