EROI
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EROI or the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative is a project run by the Eastman School of Music with the goal of creating a unique collection of organ instruments in Rochester, New York.
The Italian Baroque organ
The first milestone of the project was the acquisition of an original Italian baroque organ.[http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/archives/2003/10/News+briefs+10+8+02 News briefs 10.8.02 - Archives - Rochester City Newspaper] The instrument was restored by German organbuilder Gerhard Woehl and installed in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery, a museum of University of Rochester.[http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/archives/2005/10/Music+of+the+spheres Music of the spheres – Archives – Rochester City Newspaper]{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066165|title = Baroque Pipe Organ on Display in Rochester|website = NPR.org}}
The instrument has one manual, pull down pedals and is tuned in meantone.[http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Rochester_NY_Eastman_Italian_Baroque_Organ_s/827.htm Rochester, NY: Eastman Italian Baroque Organ]
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|width="250" | Manual (compass: CDEFGA – c3) |width="250" | Pedal (pull-down, compass: CEFGA – g#) | |
| Principale bassi/soprani (8') | Contrabassi (16') |
| Ottava (4') | |
| Decimaquinta (2') | |
| Decimanona (1{{fraction|1|3}}') | |
| Vigesima Seconda (1') | |
| Vigesima Sesta e Nona (1/2' and 1/3') | |
| Flauto in ottava (4') | |
| Flauto in duodecima (2{{fraction|2|3}}') | |
| Flauto in XVII (1{{fraction|3|5}}', from f1) | |
| Voce Umana (8', from d1) | |
| Tromboncini bassi/soprani (8') |
The Casparini Organ
The second instrument is a replica of the 1776 organ built by German organ builder Adam Gottlob Casparini for the Church of the Holy Ghost in Vilnius, Lithuania.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/science/22organ.html?_r=1&8dpc=&pagewanted=all|title=New Pipe Organ Sounds Echo of Age of Bach|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 December 2009|last1=Gugliotta|first1=Guy}} The replica was built by the GOArt research center and is installed{{Cite web |url=http://esm.rochester.edu/EROI/c-s.php |title=The Craighead-Saunders Organ - Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) |access-date=2008-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080013/http://www.esm.rochester.edu/EROI/c-s.php |archive-date=2008-05-09 |url-status=dead }} in Christ Church, Rochester, New York. The dedication took place in October 2008 during the yearly EROI festival.[http://media.www.campustimes.org/media/storage/paper371/news/2004/10/21/Eastman/WeekendLong.Eroi.Festival.Celebrates.Organs-776398.shtml Weekend-long EROI festival celebrates organs - Eastman]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Munetaka Yokota was responsible for the voicing of the pipes and Monika May oversaw the painting and gilding of the case.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x48130996 |title=Residents invited to see progress on construction of unique new organ - Rochester, NY - MPNnow |access-date=2008-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122844/http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x48130996 |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead }}
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|width="150" | Claviatura Prima |width="150" | Claviatura Secunda |width="150" | Pedall | ||
| Principal 8' | Principal 4' | Principal Bass 16' |
| Borduna 16' | Iula 8' | Violon Bass 16' |
| Hohlflaut 8' | Principal Amalel 8' | Octava Bass 8' |
| Quintathon 8' | Unda Maris 8' | Flaut & Quint Bass 8' |
| Flaut Travers 4' | Flaut Major 8' | Full Bass 12' |
| Octava Principal 4' | Spiel Flöt 4' | Super Octava Bass 4' |
| Qvinta 3' | Flaut Minor 4' | Posaun Bass 16' |
| Super Octava 2' | Octava 2' | Trompet Bass 8' |
| Flasch Flöt 2' | Wald Flöt 2' | |
| Tertia 1{{fraction|3|5}}' | Mixtura III-IV | |
| Mixtura IV-V | Dulcian 16' (added) | |
| Trompet 8' | Vox Humana 8' |
- Two tremulants
- II/I shove coupler
- 1/Pedall coupler (added)
- Gwiazdy (Cymbelstern)
- Vox Campanorum (Glockenspiel g0-d3)
- Bebny (drum stop)
- Calcant
- Pitch: A4=465 Hz
- Temperament: Modified Neidhart 1732, Dorf
Hook and Hastings opus 1573
In the fall of 2012 an 1893 organ by Hook and Hastings was installed in Christ Church and inaugurated on November 30 with a recital of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saëns and David Conte among others.{{Cite web|url=http://m.rochestercitynewspaper.com/MusicBlog/archives/2012/12/01/concert-review-hook-and-hastings-organ-debut-concert?section=2124542|title = Concert Review: Hook and Hastings Organ Debut Concert}}
The Ernest Skinner organ
The restoration of the 1921 Ernest Skinner organ in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music is also part of the project.{{cite journal |last1=Laube |first1=Nathan |title=OHS meets EROI in Rochester |journal=The Tracker |date=Jan 2018 |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=26-27,29-33 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/7e96744e21ca64c877c401c3b166541b |access-date=April 28, 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.esm.rochester.edu/eroi/ Official website]
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