Peggy Dahl-Bartunek, owner and president of Rodgers Classic Organs, has represented Rodgers organs since 1988. She is the principal organist and choir accompanist at the Church of the Epiphany in Coon Rapids, MN and also substitutes at several churches in the Twin Cities area. A graduate of the University of North Dakota in music education, Peggy taught high school choral music for many years, is an experienced choral conductor, adjudicator, presenter of workshops, director of stage musicals, and a piano and organ accompanist. Peggy is a member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Before moving to Minneapolis from North Dakota, her involvement in public service included serving as a Park Board member and a School Board member.
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Jay Hunstiger joined the Rodgers staff as a consultant in 2022. He is an excellent organist who works well with committees because of his knowledge of hybrid and digital organs, building styles and acoustics, fundraising, service-playing, and organ literature. Jay was raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was the Director of Music at St. Mary’s Cathedral Church in St. Cloud as well as St. Augustine’s Church on the east side. In 1975 he became Director of Worship at St. John the Baptist Parish in Excelsior, Minnesota and then Director of Worship at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. He also served at St. Anne’s in North Minneapolis and Our Lady of Perpetual Help on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota. Jay came to St. John the Baptist in New Brighton in May of 1999 where he served for 21 years before retiring in 2019. He is a published composer and arranger of liturgical music in Great Britain and the United States. Jay's YouTube recordings are made at St. John the Baptist in New Brighton on the five-manual 1137 twelve-rank Rodgers Digital Hybrid/Hendrickson pipe organ and his home three-manual drawknob Rodgers Artist Series 599 organ.
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James Hong became a Rodgers technician in 2022. He moved from the southern US to westrn ND to maintain electronics for the oil and gas industry. He worked in the southern United States with complex electronic equipment as a biomedical technician and as a supporting member of the electronics team for the TSA's airport equipment. His work schedule in the North Dakota oil fields provides him time to service Rodgers organs and to have his own business "Everything Computers" which he started as a service to the people around him who live away from the bigger cities.
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Alex Moe grew up in the pipe organ building business and has extensive experience with building, installing, cleaning, maintenance, tuning and servicing pipe organs. He has been tuning pianos in the Farg0-Moorhead area since 2020. Alex joined the Rodgers Classic Organs service team as an independent technician in 2022. |
PRECISION ELECTRONICS, FARGO, ND
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