Fin

SOLI + DEO + GLORIA

YES! I can now say that Opus 1 is OFFICIALLY 100% COMPLETE!!!!! It has now been mounted on the wall and looks great! First...the photos...

Now that Opus 1 is finished, I have two more organ models up my sleeve before I have to call it quits per se. I will save next weeks post to discuss and show progress on Opus 2.

However, this post is dedicated to Opus 1! The whole reason this blog was created! This model represents an entire year of thought, work, sweat and pounds of saw dust! More so, it will forever symbolize this (academic) year. A leave of absence from the vocation I love so dear. Much has been accomplished and yet I have still so much more work that must be done.

I could not have done this without the help of my father. With his help, expertise and tools, this model would not be where it is today. On the note of construction, I thank those co-workers that both taught me how to use a lathe and allowed me to say an extra hour after work "whittling."

Lastly, to all of you who have been with me from the beginning through this blog. Thanks for taking the time and interest in this hobby of mine. I would have never thought that, other than the US of A, the second two countries who have view my blog the most would be Russia and Germany. With that, I say Spasibo (Спасибо)! and Danke!


I close with a quote from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during the blessing of the new organ at Regensburg's Alte Kapelle (September 2006).

"The organ has always been considered, and rightly so, the king of musical instruments, because it takes up all the sounds of creation [...] and gives resonance to the fullness of human sentiments, from joy to sadness, from praise to lamentation. By transcending the merely human sphere, as all music of quality does, it evokes the divine. The organ’s great range of timbre, from piano through to a thundering fortissimo, makes it an instrument superior to all others. It is capable of echoing and expressing all the experiences of human life. The manifold possibilities of the organ in some way remind us of the immensity and the magnificence of God."

Thanks again and may God bless you all!