An Evening with Jens Korndörfer
Seignouret-Brulatour Building 520 Royal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
The Aeolian Company of New York was renowned in the twentieth century for producing finely-made player organs, that allowed the most opulent of homes to have recorded music well before phonographs and radios were household items. Very few of these organs remain today, let alone in their original locations—and the Historic New Orleans' Collection owns one that remains at 520 Royal Street, in the very building tobacco magnate William Ratcliffe left it in when he passed away in 1926. Now, it has undergone a full restoration by the Holtkamp Organ Company, and will be played for an intimate audience in concert by renowned organist Jens Korndörfer. All proceeds from the evening will go toward the preservation and maintenance of THNOC's Aeolian organ. 6 pm. $100. my.hnoc.org.