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Organ Library of the Boston Chapter, AGO. 45,000 items of organ music. Music and organ recital at Notre-Dame de Paris; npor.org.uk – Homepage of the National Pipe Organ Register of the British Institute of Organ Studies, with extensive information on and many audio samples of original instruments
The multifaceted campaign aims to secure total funding to complete earthquake repairs, fully renovate the 1938 Ernest M. Skinner & Son pipe organ, replace the audio system in the Cathedral nave, and sustain all operations over a five-year period. [53]
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard.Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre, volume, and construction throughout the keyboard compass.
The Johann Woeckerl Organ in the Cathedral-Church of Saint-George in Sopron, Hungary, was built in 1633, but the pipes of its Holzflöte 8 stop were made in 1580. Among the church's congregation was Vitus "Veit" Bach, a miller whose great-great-grandson Johann Sebastian Bach would compose the most celebrated organ music in the world.
The cathedral is famous for its music program, [16] and is affiliated with the American Guild of Organists and the Royal School of Church Music in America. [17] As an Anglo-catholic or High Church house of worship, it makes use of music, choir, and "bells and smells" as important parts of the liturgy.
The cathedral has a fine organ by Harrison and Harrison, which is a rebuild of the original Lewis instrument dating from 1878. [26] The organ is on the screen and has casework by Gilbert Scott. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [27] The organ last underwent a major refurbishment in 2013.
Flickr images tagged Coventry Cathedral; Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register; Photograph of interior prior to destruction Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine "Like a Phoenix from the Ashes: The Medieval Stained Glass of Coventry Cathedral" — Vidimus article about the cathedral's medieval stained glass
While most of the main organ pipes are located around the front chancel a commanding "tuba" (trumpet) stop is located 90 feet (27 m) above in a ceiling chamber. A complete history of the organ is available in the Docent Guide for the Organ at Heinz Chapel the first edition of which was prepared in 2003 by Jon J. Danzak.