Media

Find out more about what the press is saying about our work and enjoy audio samples included on this page.

“Our particular style of restoration focuses on trying to restore an organ to like-new condition. It’s all hand-done.”
— Joseph Rotella, Founder of Spencer Organ Company

Press

The 1920s Kimball pipe organ at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral was completed after a two-and-a-half year restoration by Spencer Organ Company. The restored organ was debuted and rededicated with a performance by organist Paul Jacobs Saturday, November 5th, 2011.

1920s Kimball Organ restoration, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado

The 1920s Kimball pipe organ at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral was completed after a two-and-a-half year restoration by Spencer Organ Company. The restored organ was debuted and rededicated with a performance by organist Paul Jacobs Saturday, November 5th, 2011. It is an extraordinary instrument with over 6,000 pipes ranging from 5 inches to 32 feet in height. Video by Mahala Gaylord. Denver post article

WGN TV in Chicago covered the restoration of Skinner Opus 528 and the LaMarche Melodic Celeste at First United Methodist Church.

First United Methodist Church, Oak Park, Illinois

WGN TV in Chicago covered the restoration of Skinner Opus 528 at First United Methodist Church in Oak Park.

Photo courtesy of The Vineyard Gazette

Photo courtesy of The Vineyard Gazette

Trinity Episcopal Church, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

The Vineyard Gazette, Airing it Out at Trinity Church, Big Three Play Refurbished Organ, 7/18/13

Audio and Video Samples

Here is a sampling of some different recordings made on organs that we have restored.

St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado

Eric Plutz, Pro Organo recording - Denver Jubilee, Track 8, Scherzo, from “Dix Pièces,” Eugène Gigout (4:57)

Eric Plutz, Pro Organo recording - Denver Jubilee, Track 2, “Benedictus, Op. 59 No. 9,” Max Reger (7:01)

This video shows Eric Plutz playing the organ at St. John’s Cathedral, a Kimball organ restored by Spencer Organ Company. The musician recorded his CD “Pro Organo” on this organ in May 2012.

In this video, Eric Plutz, the Princeton University Organist, is seen performing classical organ works during his May, 2012, recording sessions for the new CD release on Pro Organo, entitled Denver Jubilee. Mr. Plutz relates his personal background as a musician at the Denver Cathedral.

First Congregational Church, Milton, Massachusetts

Mark Dwyer, Track 5, “Placare Christe servulis,” Marcel (2:30)

First United Methodist Church, Oak Park, Illinois

Ken Cowen, Track 8, Prelude to “Die Meistersinger,” Wagner (11:35)