PHOTOS: Historic Pipe Organ Award in St. Thomas
Father Jeremy Secrist displays the Historic Pipe Organ Award St. Thomas the Apostle parish received from the Organ Historical Society.
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People gather inside St. Thomas the Apostle Church in St. Thomas for a concert of sacred and classic organ and trumpet music. The church's 1897 Pfeffer organ was restored in 2016.
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Father Jeremy Secrist, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle parish in St. Thomas and St. Cecilia parish in Meta, greets Michael Quimby, chairman of the Organ Historical Society Board of Directors.
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Father Jeremy Secrist, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle parish and of St. Cecilia parish in Meta, accepts a Historic Pipe Organ Award from Michael Quimby, chairman of the Organ Historical Society Board of Directors, on behalf of St. Thomas the Apostle parish.
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Concert artists Andrew Risinger, organ, and Joel Treybig, trumpet, on April 29 played a variety of music that showcased the versatility of the one-manual tracker organ in St. Thomas the Apostle Church in St. Thomas.
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The Historic Pipe Organ Award certificates: “This pipe organ, built in 1897 by J.G. Pfeffer & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, has been recognized as a national heritage pipe organ by the Organ Historical Society and has been designated an Organ of Historical Significance as a fine example of the builder’s work, restored without alteration and worthy of preservation.”
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