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Article: Culture: Pipe dreams become a glorious reality; Christopher Morley reports on the first sounds from Symphony Hall's new organ.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2001
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Byline: Christopher Morley
More than a decade since I was shown around the building site which was then Symphony Hall, I found myself wearing a hard-hat again there the other evening.
It was the first time that the sounds of Symphony Hall's long-awaited organ, now being installed, were to be officially heard. It was very much a family affair, the specially-invited small group of listeners comprising members of the Organ Appeal Committee, Symphony Hall staff, the organ-builders from the prestigious Bonn-based Klais Orgelbau company themselves taking a ...