Bill Hesterman, Rocky Mtn Organ Company

Bill started taking piano lessons at the age of 9 and organ at age 12.

At the age of14 lessons were started with Tabernacle Organist Roy M. Darley.

Bill’s first Temple Square performance was playing for the Sunday morning session of a Stake Conference in the Assembly Hall at the ripe old age of 14. Bill has been playing for events and meetings on Temple Square ever since. 

Bill has performed inaugural concerts on organs in Utah, California, New Mexico, and Texas. Bill has taught registration seminars for organist groups in Utah, Idaho, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.

At the age of 15, Bill expressed interest in learning how a pipe organ “works”. Wayne Devereaux, the then head technician of the Tabernacle Organ, agreed to teach him about the workings of the organ. 

This early technical training led to what would become a lifetime career for Bill. 

In 2005, Bill’s company, Rocky Mountain Organ Company, Inc., was contracted to protect the Tabernacle Organ during the seismic remodeling of the Tabernacle.

In August of 2013, Bill became a volunteer member of the Tabernacle Choir administrative staff serving as an assistant to the Tabernacle Organists. 

In this capacity, Bill has played dozens of demonstrations of the Temple Square organs and given chamber tours to those with a technical interest in the organ.