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Lynnwood Farnam 1885 - 1930 Lynnwood Farnam was a well-known organist who died of liver cancer at the young age of 45, in 1930. In the 1970's, Stuart researched and found the address of Lynwood's sister. Her reply is lost, but in her package she included photos and other memorabilia. One of Lynnwood Farnam's personalized Christmas cards has a notation on the reverse, by his sister: This organ is a copy of the one he played when 10 years old in Dunham, Quebec. It is now in the Choir Room of Church of the Holy Communion in New York. Click on the first image to start the slideshow, or browse the images randomly. Click to enlarge individual images. |
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This is the story of a boy who loved pipe organs - "the sound of the soul."
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One day the boy saw an article and a picture of a pipe organ built by the students in the technical shop of a school in England. They used a book called "How to Build a Two Manual Pipe Organ" by H.F. Milne. -
Letter from F.A. Anderson
Winnipeg January 31, 1961Dear Stuart,
A few evenings ago, a scotchman went across the TV screen with his bagpipes and I thought of you and the times that you used to do the same in the old Grace church when the organ was being taken down.
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Casavant Freres Ltd.,St. Hyacinthe, P.Q.
Dear Sirs: Re. # 301, Grace Church, Winnipeg, 1907
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This instrument became my property in 1955, and was erected in a music room built for it on my farm home in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, in 1963. In 1979 I moved it to a specially built room added to my house in Victoria, where it is in almost daily use by students and others.
Specifications
Casavant 301's specifications in 1907, 1960, 1964 and 2000. Read more...
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