A sound welcome
Curious passersby puzzled at the small crowd gathered on the steps of Memorial Church serenading a large red, white, and blue moving van early Monday (June 20) morning. But the singers, who sang a line from the hymn “O Praise Ye the Lord! Sing Praise in the Height” that included the words “loud organs, his glory forth tell in deep tone,” knew exactly what they were doing. Members of the church’s congregation and staff, along with members of the Harvard community, were welcoming the truck’s contents and the church’s newest member, a Fisk Opus 139 organ. “I thought the most appropriate way that we could welcome in this instrument is by singing to it,” said Edward E. Jones, Gund University Organist and Choirmaster, who led the voices. “This has been a long process and to actually see it arrive … it’s amazing.” The singing quickly gave way to more rigorous physical activity as the...