The Instruments
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One of the prerequisites of a successful musical education is access to good-quality instruments. Our objective is to provide organs covering a range of historical types, periods and purposes. At present, the University has (or will soon have) access to the following instruments:

The French Symphonic Organ

 

Pictures from the Installing of
the French Symphonic Organ
in the Spring 1998

The French Symphonic Organ will be the main organ at the School of Music, built in 19th century French style according to the concept of the organ builder Cavaillé-Coll.
Situated in the Organ Hall of the School of Music.
3 manuals and pedals; 43 stops.
The organ has been built by Verschueren Orgelbouw, Netherlands, 1998.

May 29-31, 1998
INAUGURATION OF THE FRENCH SYMPHONIC ORGAN
Concerts, Seminars, Lectures:
Jean Boyer, Hans Davidsson, Jacques van Oortmerssen and others

August 7-9, 1998
SYMPOSIUM: "ARISTIDE CAVAILLÉ-COLL AND THE FRENCH SYMPHONIC ORGAN"
Symposium in the Göteborg International Organ Academy 1998
Concerts, Seminars, Lectures, Panel Discussions:
Jean Boyer (France), Hermann J. Busch (Germany), Hans Davidsson (Sweden), Fenner Douglass (USA), Jesse Eschbach (USA), Ton van Eck (Netherlands), Jean Ferrard (Belgium), Pierre Guillot (France), Ludger Lohmann (Germany), Kimberly Marshall (USA), Jacques van Oortmerssen (Netherlands), Paul Peeters (Sweden), Kerala Snyder (USA), Michael Wahlin (Sweden), Joris Verdin (Belgium)

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The University has access to several other practice instruments, including a very interesting Schiörlin organ from 1783. Some of these are owned by the University itself and others have been made available by agreement with individual parishes.

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Specifications of the GOArt organs

The French Symphonic Organ, the main organ at the School of Music, in 19th century French style according to the concept of the organ builder Cavaillé-Coll.

The Willis-organ. Until the autumn of 1997 situated in the Organ Hall of the School of Music, Göteborg. From autumn 1998 situated in Örgryte nya kyrka (Örgryte new church) in Göteborg. (Built in 1871 by Henry Willis / restored in 1993 by Tostareds Kyrkorgelfabrik, Björketorp, Sweden)

II Great (C-g3)
Double Diapason 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Claribel Flute 8'
Viola 8'
Octave 4'
Quint 3'
Super Octave 2'
Mixture
Bombarde 8'

I Choir C-g3
Dolciana 8'
Lieblich Gedact 8'
Gemshorn 4'
Flute Harmonique 4'
Piccolo 2'
Corno di Basetto 8'

III Swell C-g3
Contra Gamba 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Lieblich Gedact 8'
Gamba 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Octave 4'
Flageolet 2'
Cornopean 8'
Hautboy 8'
Vox Humana 8'
Clarion 4'
Tremolo

Pedal C-f1
Grand Open Diapason 16'
Violone Metal 16'
Bourdon 16'
Violoncello 8'
Ophicleide 16'

Couplers/Koppel: Swell/Great, Swell/Choir, Choir/Great, Great/Pedal, Swell/Pedal, Choir/Pedal. Swell 4/Great, Swell16/Great

Seven composition pedals/Sju fasta kombinationer:
Gt and Ped I: Cl Flute 8, Viola 8, Bourd. 16
Gt and Ped II: Op Diapason 8, Cl Flute 8, Viola 8, Octave 4, Violone 16, Bordon 16
Gt and Ped III: From Double Diapason 16 to Super Octave 2, Grand Open;
From Diapason 16 to Violoncello 8, except Viola, Cl Flute, Bourdon
Gt and Ped IV: Complete Great, Complete Pedal except Viola, Cl Flute, Bourdon
Swell I: Lieblich Ged. 8, Gamba 8
Swell II: Open Diapason 8, Lieblich Ged. 8, Gamba 8, Octave 4, Hautboy 8
Swell III: Complete Swell exept Voix celeste 8, Wox Humana 8, Tremulant

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This organ was originally built in 1871 for St. Stephen's in Hampstead, London, by the legendary "Father" (Henry) Willis (born 1821) who at that time, and for a number of decades previously, was the leading organ builder in England. He made his breakthrough with the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and the company built around a thousand organs up to Henry Willis' death in 1901, including instruments for St. Paul's Cathedral and the Albert Hall in London, as well as the cathedrals in Salisbury, Oxford and Canterbury.
At the beginning of the 1980's, St. Stephen's was closed permanently and the organ was purchased and dismantled by Taco Boersma of Holland. The Göteborg School of Music learned about the instrument in the Spring 1992 through the organ builder Henk van Eeken and it was purchased by Tostareds Kyrkorgelfabrik/Tore Johansson in the same year. It was renovated by the same company in 1993.
The organ is largely preserved in its original condition. A few stops have been replaced over the years by the Willis firm and a number have been added. The stops that were replaced were reconstructed in 1993 with the organ at St. Stehpen's in Edinburgh used for guidance. Originally the organ was built into a vault with only a small façade visible above the console. From the beginning, the organ had two side façades with Violone 16' to the left and Grand Open Diapason 16' to the right. The right-hand façade was retained while the pipes on the left were used for the new façade. It is thus completely new although the old pipes have been used. The façade was designed by Tore Johansson. The instrument, however, was intended for the organ hall but as an interim instrument until the School's Symphonic Organ is installed, which will be in the spring of 1998. Therefore the Willis organ was dimantled in the autumn of 1997. In the autumn of 1998 the Willis organ will be erected in Örgryte nya kyrka (Örgryte new church) in Göteborg.

Bombarde 8', Violoncello 8' and Ophicleide 16' are high-pressure stops.
Gemshorn 4' and Piccolo 2' were reconstructed in 1993. At the beginning of this century the original stops were replaced by Gamba 8' and Voix Celeste 8'; these two stops were transferred to Swell in 1993
Bourdon 16' was added in the beginning of the 20th century

Barker lever in Great
Tubular pneumatic action in Pedal
Wind pressure: 76 and 135 mm, respectively.

More information (in Swedish):
Orgeln byggde ursprungligen 1871 för St. Stephen's, Hampstead, London av den legendariske "Father" (Henry) Willis (f. 1812), som då, sedan några decennier tillbaka, var den ledande orgelbyggaren i England. Han fick sitt genombrott på "The Great Exhibition" i London 1851 och firman hann färdigställa ca tusen orglar fram till Henry Willis' död 1901. Bl a byggde han instrumentet för St. Paul's Cathedral och Albert Hall i London och fˆr katedralerna i Salisbury, Oxford, Canterbury m fl.
I början av 1980-talet stängde St. Stephen's för gott, varvid orgeln köptes och monterades ned av Taco Boersma, Holland. Musikhögskolan i Göteborg fick kännedom om instrumentet genom orgelbyggaren Henk van Eeken våren 1992. Det inköptes av Tostareds Kyrkorgelfabrik/Tore Johansson samma år och renoverades under 1993 av denna firma.
Orgeln är till stor del bevarad i originalstatus. Ett par stämmor har under årens lopp bytts ut av firman Willis och några har kommit till. De utbytta stämmorna har rekonstruerats 1993. Som vägledning vid rekonstruktionen har bl a orgeln i St. Stephen's i Edinburgh tjänat. Ursprungligen har orgeln varit inbyggd i ett valv med endast en liten fasad ovan spelbordet synlig. Orgeln har från början haft två gavelfasader med Violone 16' till vänster och Grand Open Diapason 16' till höger. Den högra gavelfasaden har bibehållits medan piporna i den vänstra har använts till den nya fasaden. Denna är alltså helt ny men med användande av de gamla piporna. Fasaden har ritats av Tore Johansson. Instrumentet är dock inte avsett för orgelsalen på Musikhögskolan utan har stått där som ett interimistiskt instrument i väntan på skolans symfoniska orgel som installeras våren1998. Därför monterades Willis-orgeln ner under hösten 1997 för att under hösten 1998 återuppsättas i Örgryte nya kyrka i Göteborg.

Bombarde 8', Violoncello 8' och Ophicleide 16' är högtrycksstämmor.
Gemshorn 4' och Piccolo 2' rekonstruerade 1993. Originalstämmorna utbyttes i början av 1900-talet mot Gamba 8' och Vox Celeste 8', dessa två stämmor flyttade till Swell.
Bourdon 16', utökning i början av 1900-talet.

Barkermaskin (högtryck) till Great (och koppel till Great)
Rörpneumatisk traktur till pedalen.
Lufttryck: 76 resp. 135 mm v/p.

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The Gustavsson Organ in room A 503 of School of Music and Musicology
(Robert Gustavssons Orgelbyggeri AB, Härnösand, Sweden)

Huvudverk C-g3
Principal 8'
Block Flöit 8'
Octava 4'
Quer Flöit 4'
Qvinta 3'
Super Octava 2'
Scharf II ch
Trompet 8'

Bröstsverk C-g3
Grob Gedact 8' (wood)
Octava 4' (C-H Gedact 4')
Klein Gedact 4' (wood)
Flöjt 2' (metal)
Regal 8'
Tremulant

Pedal C-f1
Sub Bas 16'
Octav Bas 8'
Trompet Bas 8'

Coupler/Koppel: II/I, I/Pm II/P, II4/P
Kirnberger III

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The organ was manufactured by Robert Gustavsson Orgelbyggeri AB in Härnösand and was voiced by Mads Kjersgaard, Uppsala. The design of the organ façade was based on the early baroque style (beginning of the 17th century) although it is not a copy of any particular instrument. Certain experience from the Övertorneå project (University of Luleå) has been utilized for this organ - the upper pipe decoration on the faÁade, for example, follows the same style and has the same subject as the Övertorneå façade (the organ was originally from the German Church in Stockholm, built in 1608 by P. Müller). All principal stops in the interior of the organ (Octava, Qvinta, Superoctava, Scharf Octava) were manufactured according to a common scale (scale = dimension relationship) used in the middle of the 17th century by George Herman and Philip Eisenmenger. In this instrument the scale is transposed down a semitone to modern pitch, a1 = 440 Hz.
To ensure that the principal stops still do not sound exactly the same, different cut-ups (the height of the pipe mouth openings) have been used . The open metal pipes in the organ have fixed lengths, i. e. every pipe has exactly the right length for its pitch so no tuning rolls were used.
The stop names have been painted in a decorative manner directly on the register panel above each stop knob. In typical 17th century manner, the Latin names are written using Latin letters and the Germanic names using a Germanic style. Abbreviations are used to permit a larger letter size and in keeping with the time the number of feet has been eliminated (these are not needed on a small organ where they are indicated by the arrangement of stops).
The organ case is made of solid, clean-boiled pine while the wind chests and action mechanism are made of oak. All the pedal stops are made of wood (pine, oak) and the organ is painted externally in oil paint.

More information (in Swedish):
I sal A 503 på Musikhögskolan finns ett instrument, tillverkat av Robert Gustavssons Orgelbyggeri AB i Härnösand och har intonerats av Mads Kjersgaard, Uppsala. Orgelfasaden har utformats utifrån tidig barockstil (början av 1600-talet) men är inte en kopia av något särskilt instrument. Vissa erfarenheter från "Övertorneåprojektet" (Högskolan i Luleå) har kunnat tillämpas i denna orgel. T ex är fasadens övre pipfältsornament i samma stil som och innehåller motiv från Övertorneåfasaden. Övertorneåorgeln är ursprungligen från Tyska kyrkan i Stockholm, byggd 1608 av P. Müller. Samtliga principalstämmor i Gustavsson-orgelns inre(Octava, Qvinta, Superoctava och Octava i huvudverket jämte Octava i bröstverket) är tillverkade enligt en enhetsmensur som användes vid mitten av 1600-talet av George Herman och Philip Eisenmenger. I detta instrumentet är mensuren transponerad en halv ton ned till vår tonhöjd, a1 = 440 Hz. För att principalstämmorna ändå inte skall låta helt lika har olika uppskärningshöjder tillämpats. Alla orgelns öppna metallpipor är "kapade på ton", dvs de har exakt längd i förhållande till sin tonhöjd och inga stämrullar. I stället för registerskyltar finns registerbeteckningarna textade/målade på dekorativt sätt på registerpanelen ovanför varje andrag - på typiskt 1600-talssätt är latinska namn skrivna med latinska bokstäver och germanska med frakturstil. Förkortningar är använda för att möjliggöra stor stil, och på tidsenligt sätt är fottalen utelämnade (dessa behövs inte på en liten orgel utan framgår av stämmornas sammansättning).
Orgelhuset är tillverkat i massiv kvistren furu medan luftlådor och mekanik är av ek. Samtliga pedalstämmor är också av trä (furu, ek) och orgeln är utvändigt målad i oljefärg.

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Updated 1999-09-29
by Alf Åslund aaslund@musik.gu.se