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The hall houses the country's third largest Tracker Organ. Based on an 18th century Dutch design, the Visser-Rowland organ is three stories tall, weighs 24 tons and has 5,315 pipes. Based on an 18th century Dutch design, the Visser-Rowland organ is three stories tall, weighs 24 tons and has 5,315 pipes.
The Visser-Rowland Organ Company constructed its Opus 92 for the cathedral in 1991. The instrument features 38 stops and 53 ranks and was dedicated in March, 1992. [3 ...
The organ was completed in 1973, built by Marcussen & Søn from Denmark. The largest mechanical action organ in North America is a 4 Manual, 5 Division, 74 stop instrument, with 6,616 pipes and 126 Ranks. The organ was built by Casavant Frères of St Hyacinthe, Quebec for the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island in 1972.
His organ and choral compositions are published by various American editors, and two commercial compact discs of his works have been released by Albany and Pro Organo. Speller was integral in developing the Visser-Rowland organ of UT Austin, the largest American-built tracker organ when it was completed in 1981 (several much larger foreign ...
J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd is a British firm of organ builders established in 1828 by Joseph William Walker in London. Walker organs were popular additions to churches during the Gothic Revival era of church building and restoration in Victorian Britain, and instruments built by Walker are found in many churches around the UK and in other countries.
Henry Bevington (26 July 1777 [1] – 8 November 1850) [2] was a prolific English organ builder, active in London during the Victorian era. Many of his organs were erected in Australia and South Africa. [3] [4] Bevington was born in London to Samuel and Elizabeth (Portsmouth) Bevington, who were Quakers. [1]
The organ shop of Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders in Tacoma. Paul Fritts is an American organ builder based in Tacoma, Washington, who, following historical models, has created over thirty mechanical action instruments that have contributed to the revival of historically informed organ music.
Organ by Loosemore in Exeter Cathedral. John Loosemore (August 1616 – 18 April 1681) was an English builder of pipe organs. He is best known for his organ at Exeter Cathedral in Devon, which he completed in 1665. John Loosemore was born in Barnstaple where he was baptized on 25 August 1616.