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- paul cheevers
- Username: interindie
- Location: Scituate Harbor, MA
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- "The Organ Builder"
- Summary: A a pipe organ builder discusses the theatre of a religious ceremony, and misses his days as a performing organist.
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Review of The Organ Builder
paul cheevers
Posted on September 02, 2004 at 05:28 AM
Wow. This hits all the right notes of a beautifully crafted piece. Wonderful topic. As a kid and adult I continue to spend a lot of time at services wondering about the invisible music machine. How does that thing work and where is it exactly? And does the guy or gal playing the music repair the organ? Where did it come from and, and is it *supposed* to sound that way? Are those real?
So many questions are answered with a very specific organ and man in this fascinating story of an organ's resurrection and the organ repairer.
This piece will have wide appeal across generation and age. Surprising subtle story in what of course could have been a bit bombastic...
I have a fascination with music, instruments and especially pipes of various sorts so I have been primed for such a topic. But I have also read and heard lots of other people present and talk of their instruments in a less engaging and overly complicated fashion. This piece is exceptional in opening all the stops and hitting the right keys leaving you wondering if you can hear it again. I better get up early this Sunday and find a pipe organ.