EROI or the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative is a project run by the Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music

The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...

 with the goal of creating a unique collection of organ instruments

Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...

 in Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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. The director of the project has been Hans Davidsson

Hans Davidsson

Hans Davidsson is a Swedish organist and teacher. He was one of the driving forces behind establishing the organ research center GOArt in Göteborg, Sweden...

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The first phase

The initial phase of EROI consists of three organs coming from three very different aesthetic traditions, an Italian baroque organ, a German late baroque organ and an American orchestral organ.

The Italian Baroque organ

The first milestone of the project was the acquisition of an original Italian baroque organ. The instrument was restored by German organbuilder Gerhard Woehl and installed in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery

Memorial Art Gallery

The Memorial Art Gallery is the civic art museum of Rochester, New York. Founded in 1913, it is part of the University of Rochester and occupies the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus...

, a museum of University of Rochester

University of Rochester

The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...

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Specification

The instrument has one manual, pull down pedals and is tuned in meantone.

Manual (compass: CDEFGA – c3)

• Principale bassi/soprani (8')
• Ottava (4')
• Decimaquinta (2')
• Decimanona (1 1/3')
• Vigesima Seconda (1')
• Vigesima Sesta e Nona (1/2' and 1/3')
• Flauto in ottava (4')
• Flauto in duodecima (2 2/3')
• Flauto in XVII (1 3/5', from f1)
• Voce Umana (from d1)
• Tromboncini bassi/soprani (8')

Pedal: pull-down (compass: CEFGA – g#)

• Contrabassi 16

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

Vilnius

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

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. The replica was built by the GOArt

GOArt

GOArt is a research center based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The institute conducts research in organ building and organ performance from a wide variety of angles....

 research center and is installed in Christ Church, Rochester, New York

Christ Church, Rochester, New York

Christ Church, in Rochester, New York, is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. It is located at 141 East Avenue.The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008....

. The dedication took place in October 2008 during the yearly EROI festival. Munetaka Yokota was responsible for the voicing of the pipes and Monika May oversaw the painting and gilding

Gilding

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 of the case.

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 1 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=465Hz
• Temperament: Modified Neidhart 1732, Dorf

The Ernest Skinner organ

The third instrument of the first phase will be the restoration of the 1921 Ernest Skinner organ in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music.