Instruments

Organs

A broad array of instruments is available for weekly lessons, performances, and regular practice. Some of these instruments are owned by ESM/University of Rochester, while others are available to ESM students through collaborative agreements with local institutions. Students who have church jobs also practice on the instruments in their churches.

Organs of the Eastman School

The Craighead Saunders Organ at Christ Church

GOArt/Yokota (2008), II/39

Modeled after the 1776 Adam Gottlob Casparini Organ in Vilnius, Lithuania)

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The Italian Baroque Organ in the Memorial Art Gallery

Anonymous builder (c. 1770)

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Hook & Hastings Organ at Christ Church

Op. 1573 (1893), III/30

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Hook & Hastings organ at St Mary’s Church

Op. 1697 (1896), II/9

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Van Daalen-Dobson Organ, Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Organ Recital Hall

Built in 1978; restored by Dobson Organ Company (2000)

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Kilbourn Hall Organ

Skinner Organ Company, Op. 325 (1922); Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 325-B (1951)

awaiting restoration

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ESM Practice organs

14 practice organs by builders including Aeolian-Skinner, Andover, Flentrop, Fritts, Goetze and Gwynn, Holtkamp, Möller, Schlicker, Wahl, and Wangerin, located on the fourth floor of Eastman’s Main Building

Organs of the University of Rochester, River Campus

Interfaith Chapel, University of Rochester—River Campus

Casavant Frères Ltée., Opus 3053 (1969), III/46

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Strong Auditorium, The University of Rochester—River Campus

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 953 (1937), IV/88

awaiting restoration

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Organs in Rochester Churches used regularly by Eastman organ students

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Paul Fritts & Company Op. 26 (2008), III/53

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Downtown United Presbyterian Church

C. B. Fisk, Inc., Op. 83 (1983), III/56

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Church of the Ascension

E. M. Skinner, Op. 711 (1928), IV/56

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The Episcopal Church of St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene

E. M. Skinner, Op. 517 (1925), III/34

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St. Paul’s Church

E. M. Skinner, Op. 655 (1927), IV/68

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Asbury First United Methodist Church

Austin Organ Co., Op. 2215 (1956), IV/70

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Third Presbyterian Church

Austin Organ Co., Op. 2180 (1952/1991), IV/79

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St. Mary’s Church

Austin Organ Co., Op. 2186 (1953/1995), III/50

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St. Michael’s Church

J. W. Steere and Son (1903), II/33

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Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word

Holtkamp Organ Co., (1962), III/45

Samuel Bohler (1869), I/7

Holtkamp Specification | Bohler Specification

First Universalist Church

Hope-Jones, Op. 2 (1908), III/13

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First Presbyterian Church, Pittsford

Taylor and Boody, Op. 57 (2008), II/22

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Other Rochester organs used by Eastman organ students

Auditorium Theatre

Wurlitzer, Op. 1951 (1928), IV/23

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Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center

Wurlitzer, Op. 1492 (1926), III/12

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George Eastman House

In 2013, the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film will inaugurate what will be the world’s largest residence organ, an Aeolian of four manuals and more than 120 ranks; Eastman students will have the opportunity to practice and perform on it.