On Monday, January 17, Martin Luther King Day, the Brooklyn Chapter went to central Connecticut for a truly memorable day.
We started out with a visit to an 1827 Appleton organ in Middle Haddam--an older brother, by three years, of the famous organ in the Metropolitan Museum of Art--in the Second Congregational Church. In the late nineteenth century, Erben added a rather decidedly non-standard pedalboard to this utter gem of an early American pipe organ. Larry Trupiano gave a great presentation on the organ, and Gregory Eaton and Jonathan Hall played repertoire on it for the chapter.
Lunch at a delightful lakeside restaurant followed, and then we visited the Odell factory in East Hampton. Ed and Holly demonstrated all aspects of the organ builder's art, and provided a delicious dessert. A few traffic jams slightly delayed our return, but we were home in Brooklyn a little after six PM. What a terrific day! |
