Eastman_Rochester_Organ_Initiative
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 first milestone of the project was the acquisition of an original Italian baroque organ.[1] 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.[2][3]
The instrument has one manual, pull down pedals and is tuned in meantone.[4]
| Manual (compass: CDEFGA – c3) | Pedal (pull-down, compass: CEFGA – g#) |
| Principale bassi/soprani (8') | Contrabassi (16') |
| Ottava (4') | |
| Decimaquinta (2') | |
| Decimanona (11⁄3') | |
| Vigesima Seconda (1') | |
| Vigesima Sesta e Nona (1/2' and 1/3') | |
| Flauto in ottava (4') | |
| Flauto in duodecima (22⁄3') | |
| Flauto in XVII (13⁄5', from f1) | |
| Voce Umana (8', from d1) | |
| Tromboncini bassi/soprani (8') | |
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.[5] The replica was built by the GOArt research center and is installed[6] in Christ Church, Rochester, New York. The dedication took place in October 2008 during the yearly EROI festival.[7] Munetaka Yokota was responsible for the voicing of the pipes and Monika May oversaw the painting and gilding of the case.[8]
| Claviatura Prima | Claviatura Secunda | 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 13⁄5' | 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
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.[9]
The restoration of the 1921 Ernest Skinner organ in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music is also part of the project.[10]
- Gugliotta, Guy (22 December 2009). "New Pipe Organ Sounds Echo of Age of Bach". The New York Times.
- "The Craighead-Saunders Organ - Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI)". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- "Residents invited to see progress on construction of unique new organ - Rochester, NY - MPNnow". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- Laube, Nathan (Jan 2018). "OHS meets EROI in Rochester". The Tracker. 62 (1): 26–27, 29–33. Retrieved April 28, 2023.