My first acquaintance with the pipe
organ was the 1831 Thomas Appleton
instrument in the Methodist Church in
Nantucket, Massachusetts, where I grew
up. When I was 13 it was dismantled for
extensive work; I was permitted to climb
inside, and became fascinated with how
it worked.
Download the article by Jonathan Ambrosino and published in the September/October 2009 issue of Choir & Organ:
