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C. B. Fisk, Inc. is a company in Gloucester in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that designs and builds mechanical action pipe organs. It was founded in Gloucester in 1960 by Charles Brenton Fisk (1925–1983) after buying out its original owner, Thomas W. Byers.
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.
An early factory (no longer used by Schoenstein & Co.) in San Francisco is one of the few factories built for organ-building and the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, under the name "Schoenstein and Company Pipe Organ Factory" since 1978; [3] [2] and is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark, under the name ...
They make historical-style mechanical-action pipe organs. The firm is located in rural Ooltewah, Tennessee , just outside Chattanooga and was founded in 1988 by Bruce Fowkes and Ralph Richards. The company has created 23 instruments, ranging from a one- manual meantone organ for Mercer University to a three-manual organ with 49 stops at ...
The Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland, Ohio is America's oldest continuously operating pipe organ workshop. The company was founded in 1855 by Gottlieb Votteler . The work produced by the shop has evolved over the years in terms of architectural style, sound, and mechanism.
The Hazel Wright Organ is an American pipe organ located in Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. It is one of the world's largest pipe organs. It is one of the world's largest pipe organs. As of 2019, it has 293 ranks and 17,106 pipes, fully playable from two 5-manual consoles.
Mike Pedersen plays the pipe organ on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Nora Store near Alcester, South Dakota. He has been hosting a Christmas sing-a-long for 35 years. A hobby becomes so much more
The organ of Merton College Chapel, Oxford (2013). Dobson Pipe Organ Builders is a manufacturer of pipe organs based in Lake City, Iowa.. The company was founded in 1974 by Iowa native Lynn A. Dobson, who served as President and Artistic Director until his retirement in February, 2020, when long-time colleague John A. Panning assumed ownership. [1]