Monday 6 November 2023

Organ Pipes in Heraldry

 My own crest rather inspired this entry....



Barbara Anne Hagerman, OPEI (née Oliver; February 9, 1943 – October 6, 2016) was a Canadian music teacher and performer and was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. 
Argent on a pallet Gules between two pallets Azure each charged with an organ pipe, a conductor’s baton Argent.



Antoinette Perry, a Canadian amateur organist
Azure a rank of organ pipes Or charged with a treble clef Gules.



Patrick Fraser Kenyon Pierrepont Lett - Canadian financier
Vert an open book Argent bound and clasped Or within a star of eight arms of three bezants each in centre chief a billet Argent charged with a Latin cross Gules between two harps Or;
Crest: Issuant from a Loyalist civil coronet Or two organ pipes Argent in saltire surmounted by one in pale enfiling a circle Vert at their heads and held at the crossing by a ribband Or.



Dr Alexandra Fol - Canadian composer
Or on a pile throughout Gules a Pegasus rampant holding a sun in splendour Or;
Crest A rank of organ pipes proper encased Gules, charged at the corners with red oak leaves Or, overall a musical stave bearing the first notes of Alexandra Fol’s Piece for Piano in E minor, all issuant from a wreath of St. John’s Wort flowers proper.