UBE Renamed

I forgot to announce, as of January 20, 2009, the official name of the Utah Baroque Ensemble has been changed to the Utah Barack Obamasemble.

Thank you, thank you.

Obama fulfills prophecy

For the past few months I have been reading Matthew 24, and came across this in verse 15

When ye therefore shall see the Obama-nation of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place.

Those with ears to hear, hear.

Hi, Richard here just inserting a favorite quotation so I'll know where to find it again.

If we consider and ask ourselves what sort of music we should wish to hear on entering a church we should surely, in describing our ideal, say first of all that it must be something different from what is heard elsewhere; that it should be a sacred music, devoted to its purpose,

A music whose peace would still passion, whose dignity should strengthen our faith, whose unquestion’d beauty should find a home in our hearts, to cheer us in life and death;

A music worthy of the fair temples in which we meet and of the holy words of our liturgy;

A music whose expression of the mystery of things unseen never allow’d any trifling motive to ruffle the sanctity of its reserve. What power for good such a music would have!

Robert Bridges, 1844-1930
Poet Laureate of Great Britain

My Review of Soldering Work Station with Dual-Powered Iron

Originally submitted at Radio Shack

A quality soldering work station with a dual-powered iron designed to make soldering jobs effortless.

Soldering Work Station with Dual-Powered Iron

Tips easy to get

By mollerartiste from Orem, UT on 10/30/2008

 

4out of 5

Pros: Good heat control, Sort of stable, Cheap

Cons: Cheap

Best Uses: Minor Projects

Describe Yourself: Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

Get a good electronics replacement tip, a Weller PL100, at your local retail store. Much better iron with that tip.

(legalese)

Some Audio by Jerri

Well we coaxed the nice Jerri Bearce and her husband over last night to play the Casavant. She graciously played some cool pieces and let me record with my Canon ZR 200 camcorder. She played a neat loud soft piece, and then another. Then she play a Bach fugue. Then she played a triplet thing, which sounds completely different on the Casavant than when she played it on the Moller Artiste. Which do you like better?
Then she played a hard thing from her past, getting through the first part OK, and trying the ending a little slower. Then she sight-read a last verse for "Morning has Broken" that I had, and concluded with Christ lag in Todesbanden for me. This sounded rather differently on the Moller.
She also tried her luck on the old 2M/P eleven rank Mason and Hamlin reed organ that I have with a chorale and a barn-burner.
Very nice and talented friends we have, right?

Light is working

The organ is pretty complete. I got the light built and balanced the stick with a big book on the back.

Brasso?

Brasso is a busto on the metal pipes, made a music rack light like in the picture of the Kuhn organ in Switzerland.