Online Resources

The following online resources will be helpful to you during the first weeks of the course as we focus on the the physical and mechanical aspects of the organ and the process of construction:

Organ History
by James H. Cook of Birmingham Southern College

Pipe Making
Demonstrations by Martin Pasi of Pasi Organbuilders

Part 1: Casting Metal - Pouring and Preparing
Part 2: Casting Metal, Cutting and Rolling Metal
Part 3: Hammering, Sizing, Calculating and Cutting
Part 4: Cutting, Marking and Scribing
Part 5: Bevelling, Rolling and Soldering
Part 6: Voicing
Part 7: Reed Pipes I
Part 8: Reed Pipes II
Part 9: Reed Pipes III

Welcome!

Students enrolled in or auditing ORGN 800 - Organ Building and Design, welcome!  This site is a point of reference for this course.  Please bookmark it for your use during our time of study together.

First Class
I look forward to meeting with you for the first time on Friday, August 19, 2:00-4:30 p.m. in Murphy Hall Room 454 (the organ studio).

First Things First
I will have a course syllabus for you in class and posted on this site on Friday, August 19.  You will find already posted here a list of required and recommended books for the course, as well as an announcement about an overnight, out-of-state class field trip coming up at the end of September.

It is my great pleasure and privilege to be your guide for this adventure in organology!  I wish you all the best for a good academic year.

Sincerely,


Kevin Vogt, DMA
Lecturer