In this long-awaited episode, Christopher Soer, President of Christopher Soer Pipe Organs, LLC talks about pipe organ maintenance and tuning, what to do when there’s a cipher or a dead note, and things you might want to know to keep your pipe organ sounding its best.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Christopher’s Article in The American Organist (AGO Members only)
The Contemporary American Organ by William H. Barnes
The Encyclopedia of Organ Stops
American Institute of Organbuilders
Organ Media YouTube channel
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Music heard in this episode
• Title: Presto in B-flat major
  Composer: Francis Poulenc
  Organist: Ken Cowan
  Album: Art of the Symphonic Organist, Vol 4 – JAV JAV369
  Organ: 2004 V/155 Quimby, First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
• Title: Berceuse sur deux notes qui cornent
  Composer: Jehan Alain
  Organist: Kevin Bowyer
  Album: Alain – The Complete Works for Organ – Nimbus Records NI 5552
  Organ: 1995 IV/89 Marcussen and Son, St. Augustine’s Chapel, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, England
• Title: Overture to The Barber of Seville
  Composer: Gioachino Rossini
  Organist: Thomas Heywood
  Album: Who Needs An Orchestra! – Pro Organo CD 7141
  Organ: 1929 V/111 Hill, Norman and Beard, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia
• Title: Symphony No. 4, op. 13 – III. Andante cantabile
  Composer: Charles-Marie Widor
  Organist: John Kitchen
  Album: The Organ in the Church of the Holy Rude – Delphian DCD 34064
  Organ: 1940 IV/74 Rushworth and Dreaper, Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling, Scotland
  Sheetmusic: PDF Purchase sheetmusic

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