The musical fruit

(1950 March 20)



Louis [Dodge] is at the organ [in church] now - Franz Wagner in hospital, not fine. I went Friday night and heard him first time. Very correct in cassock and cotta. He forgot most of the ah-mens and continued on with verses when congregation wanted to stop. Especially last hymn - we thot more was coming - suddenly he stopped short - everyone thot he lost his place and would go on anon. Suddenly a great crescendo and out poured a postlude - we knelt and thanked our Maker.



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P. S. I am really writing this to tell you about our organist [Louis Dodge, the retired music professor with impaired vision]. He was very smooth this [Sunday] morning on verses and ah-mens, and Daddy told me why. He came with a handful of lima beans, which he counted out per verse - 5 verses, 5 beans - and then took one away, verse by verse. More than one way to skin a cat, eh?