Sigma Alpha Iota

PAN PIPES • SPRING 2016 • sai-national.org 20 applauds the efforts of individuals who share their music-making and time; we say the more music the better! But clinical music therapy is the only professional, research-based discipline that actively applies supportive science to the creative, emotional, and energizing experiences of music for health treatment and educational goals." As fellow professionals in the field of music, you can help advocate for the field of music therapy by using the information in this article to educate others on what music therapy is. If you have a question about what music therapy is, or if a program can be considered music therapy, please contact myself or a music therapist! SAI has been involved in supporting music therapy since before the field was even recognized as a profession and continues to expand and increase involvement in music therapy. I hope this has been valuable information and provided clarification on the field of music therapy. As we continue into this new triennium, it will be exciting to see how the field of music therapy grows, expands, and evolves! Kelly A. Lorenz, the SAI Philanthropies Director of Music Therapy Scholarships and Projects, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in music therapy, and is a board certified music therapist. Kelly is currently completing her master's degree in communication disorders and provides part-time contract music therapy services through her private practice. She is a Zeta Psi initiate and member of the Lake County Alumnae Chapter. THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC Above, a Fultz Clinicorgan donated to a veteran's hospital via the SAI International Music Fund from the Dec. 1945 PAN PIPES. At right, a Clinicorgan is presented to the Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver in 1948. W ith the placing of three Fultz Clinicorgans in late November and December, the beginning of the fulfillment of a dream, that of the INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FUND, the fraternity's National Alumnae project, is taking concrete form. The first three of these Clinicorgans to be given by Sigma Alpha Iota through its INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FUND have been placed in Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan, Dibble General Hospital, Menlo Park, California, and the U. S. Army General Hospital at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, all of which serve as reconditioning centers for wounded service personnel. ... The Fultz Clinicorgan is a small portable organ designed and built for use in hospitals by the renowned organ builder, Ernest M. Skinner. ... The instrument contains 81 organ pipes in two ranks, tuned to give a celeste effect, and the console has a range of 42 keys. The lightweight cabinet is mounted on wheels to facilitate its being moved from room to room, and the console is attached to the instrument by a 3o-foot cable, so that it may be held in the patient's lap or placed on a bedside table. One of the most distinctive features of the Clinicorgan is the adjustable tension of the keyboard, by which the degree of resistance of the keys to the patient's fingers can be varied in a known amount of grams. This is particularly valuable in orthopedic treatment of hand and forearm injuries, as well as restoring muscular activity following certain types of hand surgery. Although the Clinicorgan is primarily intended for orthopedic and psychiatric use in hospital wards, the instrument is adaptable to church and auditorium purposes, with the aid of electrical amplification, and can be used for general and recreational activities as well. The INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FUND, the fraternity's first National Alumnae project, through which the placement of the Fultz Clinicorgans is being made possible, is receiving the most enthusiastic report, not only of the Alumnae but of the entire fraternity membership. As the Fund increases additional instruments will be purchased for placement in other hospitals and reconditioning centers. Gertrude Evans, Chairman of the National Alumnae Projects Committee writes; "If our music means anything to us — and we should know what healing, uplifting and inspirational powers it has if anyone does — then let us see to it that as many of those boys are given that help as we possibly can." It is the hope of each fraternity member that the coining holidays and the present and future hospital days may be filled with added happiness and healing through the placement of these unique and lovely instruments. The below material is from 1945 and 1948 PAN PIPES issues regarding the expansion of SAI's music therapy efforts during and after World War II. THERAPY continued from page 19

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