Saying Goodbye.
My 1942 Schantz Pipe Organ, which I've restored, rebuilt, played, owned and loved since 1992 has been sold and is on it's way to Texas. I will greatly miss the beautiful, sweet sound of that organ, and the reliability of it's mechanics. It was a pleasure to play and listen to. Just a couple years ago, Mormon Tabernacle Organist Clay Christiansen played it during a visit to our house. He was impressed, remarking that "it is as versatile as an organ many, many times it's size!"
On Sunday, November 11, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., Laura and Brian Ebie are presenting a concert of American Music on Flute and Organ to recognize both Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving.
The concert will be held at the historic Fayette Opera House in Fayette, Ohio. The concert begins at 3:00 p.m.
Brian Ebie's Sheet Music Thought for Today:
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Below is a link to a video of the Reed Organ Society's fall gathering in Moline, Illinois. Laura and I appear at about 3:40" in the video for a short clip of our performance on the Staanke Pipe Organ in the Butterworth Center.
On Saturday, November 5, 2011 the Suffield Historical Society members and friends will gather to enjoy a screening of the 1927 silent film "The Phantom of the Opera" starring Lon Chaney as the Phantom. The musical score will be created and accompanied by Brian Ebie on the pipe organ, just as it was in theaters in the 1920's. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited so contact the Suffield Historical Society for more details.
Laura and I are playing at the Reed Organ Society's Fall Gathering in Moline, Illinois on October 14, 2011. We're playing at the Butterworth Center (http://www.butterworthcenter.com/) on the 3 manual Bennett-Stannke pipe organ. In 1892, Charles Deere built Butterworth Center a block from his own home, Overlook (now Deere-Wiman House), as a wedding gift for his youngest daughter Katherine and her husband William Butterworth. Over the years, the Butterworths tripled the size of their home, which they named Hillcrest. Included in the additions were two unique features. As part of the 1909 addition to the living room, a pipe organ built by the Bennett Organ Company was installed. Later in 1938, Mrs. Butterworth hired the Stannke Organ Company of Rock Island, Illinois, to perform extensive rebuilding and additions. At that time, the organ was probably one of the largest residential organs in the Midwest. A major restoration of the Bennett-Stannke organ was completed in the spring of 2008 and should sound great on our program which will feature a sonata for Flute and Organ by Handel, Boelmann's Gothic Suite, and will have other pieces suggesting a fall theme.