How the bellows work on Cornell U.'s new baroque organ

Richard Parsons, owner and president of Parsons Pipe Organs, explains how the bellows work on Cornell University's new baroque organ, for which his company built the wind system.

The new majestic baroque organ in Cornell University's Anabel Taylor Chapel required over seven years of research in an international, collaborative effort by Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences and the Gothenburg Organ Art Center (GOArt) at the University of GÖTEBORG, Sweden, under the direction of designer Munetaka Yokota.

The instrument re-creates the tonal design of the celebrated Charlottenburg organ in Berlin, handmade in 1706 by master organ builder Arp Schnitger and tragically destroyed during WWII. The interdisciplinary effort to understand the many aspects of this historic organ's construction included experts in fluid dynamics, electro-acoustics, and metallurgy, as well as craftsmen and musicians.

For more information: baroqueorgan.cornell.edu

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