The last few days have been super busy for me, as I get ready to leave for Seattle, did the dress rehearsal today for tomorrow’s Iolani School chorus concert, and finished up the publicity for the 40th anniversary of the Rudolf von Beckerath organ program on Sunday, May 24th at 5:00 pm. The latter meant… Read More 40th Anniversary booklet has arrived!
Some people are lucky enough to be grandparents and can share baby photos.(Congratulations, Frank and Sue Haas on your second grandson!) I haven’t yet joined “The Grandparents Club” but I can share photos of a baby organ, soon to be on its way to Hawaii!
Shhh… don’t wake the baby! Some people already know that my husband Carl Crosier willed our fortepiano to our friend, Mark Russell. (You can read my post about the fortepiano here “Our fortepiano is famous“.) Since I don’t play the piano (really and truly!) I thought it better to buy myself a musical instrument which… Read More A babe is born
We are in the Pacific Northwest, and since the weather seemed unusually nice for this time of year, decided to visit Victoria, BC. We stayed overnight in Port Angeles then took an early morning ferry to Victoria. Of course no trip to a new city is complete without visiting the local cathedral, so after a… Read More A day in Victoria
I am on vacation in California, unfortunately recovering from food poisoning (not from Carl’s cooking!) and I got an email message from John Renke: Hi Kathy, What are those two little levers in the picture? John Ah, this is a gadget on the Beckerath organ that even long-time organists don’t know about! These are adjustable… Read More Adjustable tremulants
There’s been a blog post about the organ that has been recently shared among those in the pipe organ community, and is well worth the lengthy read. I’m confident it would be interesting to readers of this blog so you can read the article in its entirety by clicking here. The author debunks the popular notion… Read More Bring back the organ