Ted Alan Worth was a prominent American

United States

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 church and concert organist

Organist

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, recording artist, and entrepreneur of the pipe organ.

A former student of Virgil Fox

Virgil Fox

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, he performed during his career on some of the largest pipe organ

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s in the United States and made numerous compact disc

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 recordings.

Between 1966 and 1978, he toured throughout the U.S. and Canada with organist Andy Crow as the Worth/Crow Duo under the auspices of Columbia Artists management.

In November 1983 he played the inaugural concert on the Ruffatti organ at the Ruth Barrus Concert Hall of Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho)
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As the American representative for Fratelli Ruffatti

Fratelli Ruffatti

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, he oversaw the design of major installations such as the organ in Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall

Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall

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, San Francisco, CA and the Crystal Cathedral organ

Crystal Cathedral organ

The Crystal Cathedral organ is one of the world's largest pipe organs, located at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. As of 2008, it has 270 ranks and 16,061 pipes, fully playable from two five manual consoles....

in Garden Grove, CA. Until his death, he was the principal consultant for Ruffatti for their entire time in the United States.

Selected discography

• Ted Alan Worth - Legacy V (1965) Aeolian-Skinner Organ of 113-ranks at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. [OA5001CD]

• Tribute Re-release of a 1969 recording made on the two-manual , 23-rank Ruffatti organ at Our Lady of Grace Church in Johnston, Rhode Island. [Organs Arts]

• Ted Alan Worth performs on the Largest American Organ in Europe (1982) Rogers Organ, Auditorium of San Francisco in the Cáceres Arts Complex, Cáceres, Spain [Centerline CPI 8004/5; 2-LP set]

• Ted Alan Worth in Concert on the Rodgers Touring Organ (1978) Rogers "Black Beauty" Touring Organ, [Organarts MG-7-202,815]

• Music From The Curtis Organ, Ted Alan Worth (1988)
Curtis Sesquicentennial Organ Austin, Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [CORS CD-141601]

• Pipes Alive! Ted Alan Worth - Great Skinner Organ at Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [DTR9301CD]