dll927
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Just out of curiosity, is there anyone available here who is aware of what the organ situation is is San Jose? Being the third-largest city in the state (after L.A. and San Diego), there ought to be something worthwhile by now.
I raise the question because I attended S. J. State in the second half of the 1950's and was, for a while, assistant organist at Westminster Presbyterian. At that time, San Jose had very little to offer in the way of decent pipe organs. First Methodist and Trinity Episcopal had the only organs ever used for concerts, and neither of those was much to write home about. During the time I was around, First Presbyterian put in a new Hilgreen-Lane, but I'm not sure it was all that much, either.
I'm talking about 50 years ago, and some of the churches around in those days are no longer in existence, at least not in the same buildings. So does anyone have a handle on the current conditions?
I raise the question because I attended S. J. State in the second half of the 1950's and was, for a while, assistant organist at Westminster Presbyterian. At that time, San Jose had very little to offer in the way of decent pipe organs. First Methodist and Trinity Episcopal had the only organs ever used for concerts, and neither of those was much to write home about. During the time I was around, First Presbyterian put in a new Hilgreen-Lane, but I'm not sure it was all that much, either.
I'm talking about 50 years ago, and some of the churches around in those days are no longer in existence, at least not in the same buildings. So does anyone have a handle on the current conditions?