Opus 41 Pipe Organ
Basic information | Opus
41 in the press | Comments from Organists | Disposition
of stops
Temperament | History of GC organ program | From
the organbuilders
The Rieth Recital Hall organ, designed by Taylor and Boody, is based upon 18th century North German organbuilding principles. It features more than 1600 pipes, and a case of carved solid white oak. The key and stop action are mechanical (tracker), with two manuals and a flat pedalboard. The temperament is a hypothetical reconstruction of Johann Sebastian Bach's preferred system, as specified on the title page of the Well-Tempered Clavier, 1722. This tuning method was re-discovered by GC alumnus Bradley Lehman ('86) in 2004 and published in the February and May 2005 issues of Early Music. This is the first organ since the 18th century to employ this tuning in its construction.
The organ was dedicated in a series of concerts and events May 1 through May 8, 2005.
Opus 41 in the Press
- Opus 41 was featured on the front cover of the May, 2005 issue of The Diapason
- Click below to read articles in the Goshen College Bulletin about Opus 41
- Bach ground: Unique tuning of new Goshen College organ reverberates through classical music world – March 22, 2005, Elkhart Truth
- New Goshen College organ tuned to new system -- March 22, 2005, WHAS11.com, Louisville, KY (Associated Press-distributed article)