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WILLIAM F. RICKENBACKER

The pipe organ in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh was installed only five years ago last December and has already passed into legend. It was built by the foremost artisan of organ-building now alive, Rudolf von Beckerath. You will recognize the Beckerath name as one famous in German musical circles. The great Beckerath painting of Johannes Brahms at the keyboard, spine tilted back in musical joy, arms crisscrossed in typical Brahms keyboard style, fat cigar stuck in chops—was painted by Rudolf’s father. Brahms always stayed at the Beckerath house when he visited Hamburg.

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WILLIAM F. RICKENBACKER

The pipe organ in Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh was installed only five years ago last December and has already passed into legend. It was built by the foremost artisan of organ-building now alive, Rudolf von Beckerath. You will recognize the Beckerath name as one famous in German musical circles. The great Beckerath painting of Johannes Brahms at the keyboard, spine tilted back in musical joy, arms crisscrossed in typical Brahms keyboard style, fat cigar stuck in chops—was painted by Rudolf’s father. Brahms always stayed at the Beckerath house when he visited Hamburg.