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The Tabernacle organ is considered to be one of the finest examples of the American Classic style of organ building. [4] [5] The casework was inspired by the design of the Boston Music Hall organ (which is now housed, since 1909, at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall), the original organ was built in 1863-1867 by an Englishman, Joseph Ridges ...
The organ was completed in 2003. It is composed of 160 speaking stops spread over five manuals and pedals. Along with the nearby Salt Lake Tabernacle organ, it is typically used to accompany the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Schoenstein & Co.'s president and tonal director, Jack Bethards, describes it as "an American Romantic organ" that ...
Clay Christiansen (/ k r ɪ s ˈ t iː æ n s ɛ n / krist-EE-an-sen) [citation needed] is an American organist who previously played for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Choir), often on the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ. He accompanied the Choir in Salt Lake City and when it was on tour.
The organ has been rebuilt several times with the total pipe count being 11,623, making the Tabernacle organ one of the largest pipe organs in the world. The current organ is the work of G. Donald Harrison of the Aeolian-Skinner organ company, and was completed in 1948. The organ was renovated and restored in 1989 with a few minor changes and ...
An early factory (no longer used by Schoenstein & Co.) in San Francisco is one of the few factories built for organ-building and the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, under the name "Schoenstein and Company Pipe Organ Factory" since 1978; [3] [2] and is listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark, under the name ...
The Salt Lake Tabernacle organ in Utah is among the largest church organs in the United States and is considered to be one of the finest examples of the American Classic style of organ building. [44] [45] Inspired by the design of the Boston Music Hall organ (now in Methuen, Mass.), the original organ was built in 1867 by Joseph Ridges. At that ...
Joseph John Daynes (April 2, 1851 – January 15, 1920) [1] was the first organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle and for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Daynes was born in Norwich, England, to John Daynes and Eliza Miller. The Daynes family later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and then immigrated to Utah ...
He was appointed a Tabernacle organist when Robert Cundick retired in 1991. In addition to accompanying the Tabernacle Choir and giving recitals at Temple Square , Elliott has recorded many organ pieces with various labels and occasionally gives organ recitals at various locations across the United States.