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of the Wanamaker Organ after Store Hours! Sun. October 14OOur fall private concert benefits our monthly WRTI radio broadcasts and the Friends

Symposium program as the Store marks the 85th anniversary of radio broadcasts of theGrand Court Organ from the store—the first broadcasts of the pipe organ in history!

NOTE: Tickets will be sent by first-class mail in late September according to availability on a first-come, first-served basis. Should demand far exceed the space limits of the building, we will attempt to set a seconddate to accommodate those unable to take part. In the event of circumstances beyond our control, the Friends reserves the right to reschedule the event, revise the itinerary or refund the donation. E-mail will be usedonly to alert participants of problems, changes and late developments. Attendees may bring guests and the event is open to the public. The Radio Broadcasts will receive 70% of the net proceeds and the remaining30% will fund the Symposium. Rudy Lucente’s concert is during store hours and anyone may attend at no cost. Donations to the Radio Broadcast Symposium program are unrelated to our membership-renewalprogram, which is crucial to the welfare of the Society. Our special thanks go to Macy’s, to the Curators and Symposium, to our many volunteers and to Peter Richard Conte for making this possible.

Yes! Please send me ___ ticket(s) at $100 each for the Oct. 14 Radio/Symposium Fund-Raiser gala!

I can’t come but would like to make a special contribution to the fund-raiser of $_________Added gifts are encouraged!

Detach here and mail in with your check in the enclosed envelope. This benefit is unrelated to our annual membership-renewal drive. Make checks payable to Friends of the Wanamaker Organ

OOnn SSuunnddaayy AAfftteerrnnoooonn OOccttoobbeerr 1144 from 3 pm until 9 pm,music in Macy’s Grand Court will once again send chills down spines!Our guests will experience the full magic of the Wanamaker Organ in theperfect hush of the closed Store. Food, libation, music, Halloween merriment—fund-raising for a worthy cause: just $100 per person.

Visit the new Friends Museum, the String Chamber, the Console area and the MainChamber as guests begin arriving around 3 pm.

Hear a Welcoming Concert of mood-setting themes from The Phantom of theOpera by Rudy Lucente at 4 pm

Take a private elevator car to the vast new Wanamaker Organ Shop on 3M at 5:30pm. Awaiting you there is a rich menu of delicious hors d’oeuvres, accompa-nied by fine wines and other beverages, plus special entertainment.

See the Friends new Wurlitzer Theatre Organ being installed above Greek Hall.

Get a personalized Guided Tour of the Shop center as Symposium membersgive demonstrations of the new specialized woodworking and restorationequipment. Meet some of the people restoring the Wanamaker Organ.

Watch curator Curt Mangel give a talk about sample pipes from the beautiful stops ofthe Orchestral Organ that are crated here. Enjoy special entertainment asguests tour the vast Shop facilities and Store nooks and crannies of yesteryear.

Thrill to the evening’s Grand Finale at 7 pm as expectant guests take a private elevatorcar down into the closed Store for that rarest of rare treats: a private concert exploit-ing the utter quiet of the closed store and the thunderous full resources of theWorld’s Largest Playing Pipe Organ. Hear Peter Richard Conte play Bach’sToccata and Fugue in D Minor and his latest transcriptions as the WanamakerOrgan echoes through the rafters! And help us keep our Radio Broadcasts andSymposium programs going forward full speed!

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FRIENDS OF THE WANAMAKER ORGAN

August 2007

Curt MangelCurator

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landmark pipe organ

Dear Wanamaker Organ enthusiasts,

Our Radio Broadcasts and Symposium program need your help! On SundayOctober 14, we’ll be celebrating 85 years of Grand Court Organ broadcasts fromthe Store, all the restoration progress we have made, and the arrival of our newWurlitzer organ in Greek Hall. It’s a major event! You and your friends are invited

to attend a benefit party and Shop tour—and also a special Halloween private concert bene-fitting the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Symposium Program and WRTI radio broadcasts.Our members requested more of these special concerts, and it’s a rare chance to hear theWanamaker Organ in its full glory!

Indeed, the evening culminates in one of those very rare opportunities to hear all 430 rankscombined into a “perfect Niagara of Sound” in an astounding Grand Finale recital by PeterRichard Conte. It is sure to set the Grand Court awash in thrilling thunder and the gorgeoussoft effects and pastels impossible to appreciate during business hours.

And before that comes quite a party! We promise to keep you entertained and well fed at aspecial private gathering on the Third Floor mezzanine as we tour our huge new Shop facilities,show off our new Wurlitzer teaching instrument and give demonstrations and tours. Details arein the attached flyer and order form!

Keeping our Radio Broadcasts and Symposium program going is a formidable task—an expen-sive undertaking, to be sure. But you can help. A donation of just $100 brings you one of thehighly coveted tickets to this event...and you can bring your friends too if you act quickly—spaceis limited! Please take a look at the enclosed highlights sheet and send in your contributionstoday. I look forward to welcoming you all to this once-in-a-lifetime private concert. It’s sure tobe talked about for years and is something no one will want to miss!

With much gratitude,

Curt Mangel, Curator

Toccata, Phantom and Fugue—A rare Halloween opportunity to hearthe Wanamaker Organ in private!

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Tickets and added information for early subscribers will be sent by first-class mail in late September