AUER HALL, SIMON MUSIC CENTER
The Maidee H. and Jackson A. Seward Organ
C. B. Fisk, Op. 135
Dedicated in April 2010, the Seward Organ in Auer Hall consists of 68 stops over three manuals and pedal. The instrument boasts an eclectic design capable of rendering many styles of organ literature with integrity, beauty, and clarity.
More information:
- About Opus 135, from the C.B. Fisk Company
- Specifications
- Stopknob Layout
- Piston Layout
- Toestud Layout
Links of interest:
- WFIU audio/photo feature
- JSoM News feature about dedicatory recital
- IU Newsroom feature about organ move-in
- Indiana Daily Student article - June 24, 2009
- WISH-TV feature video (YouTube) - June 24, 2009
- JSoM Seward Organ Update video (YouTube) - July 17, 2009
- Southern Indiana AGO Organ Information Page
ALUMNI HALL, INDIANA MEMORIAL UNION
The Charles & Kenda Webb-Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Great Organ of Alumni Hall, C. B. Fisk, Op. 91
The Webb-Ehrlich Great Organ of Alumni Hall, Fisk, Opus 91 consists of 45 stops, 2,838 pipes over three manuals and pedal. The French Baroque-inspired instrument, built in 1987, was previously installed in a specially constructed concert hall at a private residence. In addition to its use for recitals, the organ is a pedagogical resource, providing students and faculty with an instrument with an 18th- to early-19th-century "accent."
More information:
Links of interest:
MUSIC ADDITION, ROOM 406
Studio Organ
Dobson, Op. 27
Comprised of 26 ranks over two manuals and pedal, this instrument is decidedly Italian in character.
Dobson Organ Company, Lake City, Iowa (1987)
MUSIC ADDITION, ROOM 407
Studio Organ
Schantz Organ Co. Opus 602 (1963)
Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, Ohio (1963)
Tonal revisions by John Schwandt, 2003-2004
New console, 2010 (duplicate of C. B. Fisk, Op. 135 in Auer Hall)
PRACTICE ORGANS
The Jacobs School of music has ten practice organs on the third floor of the Music Addition. They are as follows:
Rudolf von Beckerath, GMbH, II/P, Mechanical Action
C. B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 142, III/P, Mechanical Action
Holtkamp Organ Co., "Martini", II/P, Electro-pneumatic Action
Holtkamp Organ Co., II/P, Mechanical Action
Noack Organ Co., Opus 101, No. VII, II/P, Mechanical Action
Martin Ott Organ Co. Opus 87, III/P, Mechanical Action
Reuter Organ Co., II/P, Electro-pneumatic Action
Schantz Organ Co., II/P, Electro-pneumatic Action
Schantz Organ Co., II/P, Electro-pneumatic Action
Wahl Organbuilders, II/P, Mechanical Action
CONTINUO ORGANS
Marcussen and Søn. I/4 (2005), Pitch Available at 415, 440, 465
Gerhard Brunzema, I/3 (1986), Pitch Available at 415, 440