Friday, 20 August, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 1—INTRODUCTION
Student Preparation
None
Class Agenda
Introductions / Student Information
Course Overview
Video: Voices in the Wind [video ML550 .V65 1986]
Lecture: Introduction to Organ Construction/Pipes
Friday, 27 August, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 2—PIPES
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 8, pp. 109-128
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 9, pp. 129-150
View: Pipe Making Part 1: Casting Metal - Pouring and Preparing
View: Pipe Making Part 2: Casting Metal, Cutting and Rolling Metal
View: Pipe Making Part 3: Hammering, Sizing, Calculating and Cutting
View: Pipe Making Part 4: Cutting, Marking and Scribing
View: Pipe Making Part 5: Bevelling, Rolling and Soldering
View: Pipe Making Part 6: Voicing
View: Pipe Making: Reed Pipe Part 1
View: Pipe Making: Reed Pipe Part 2
View: Pipe Making: Reed Pipe Part 3
Outline the pipe-making process viewed above
Class Agenda
Turn In Outlines
Quiz
Discussion: Readings and Pipe-Making Videos
Lecture: Winding (Bauer handouts)
Friday, 3 September, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 3—WIND
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 2, pp. 14-24
Read & Outline: Fisk, “The Organ’s Breath of Life”
Review class handouts
Class Agenda
Turn In Outlines
Quiz
Discussion: Readings on Winding
Lecture: Chests and Actions (Bauer handouts)
Friday, 10 September, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 4—CHESTS AND ACTIONS
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 5, pp. 62-82
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 3, pp. 25-43
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 4, pp. 44-61
Review class handouts
Class Agenda
Turn In Outlines
Quiz
Discussion: Readings on Chests and Actions
Video: The Wind at One’s Fingertips [video ML552 .W75 1986]
Lecture: Placement and Cases (Bauer handouts)
Friday, 17 September, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 5—CASES
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 10, pp. 129-150
Read & Outline: Bicknell, “The Organ Case” (handout)
Read: Bedient, “Bedient Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska” (handout)
Class Agenda
Turn In Outlines
Quiz
Discussion: Readings on Placement and Cases
Lecture: Pasi, Opus 14
Friday 24 September, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 6—NEBRASKA MINI-TOUR
Student Preparation
Read: Vogt, The Embodiment of Harmony, 1-5, 61-146, 173-200 [CD]
Tour Itinerary
9:00 am - Depart Lawrence
12:15 pm - Arrive in Lincoln / Lunch in Lincoln
1:30 pm - Bedient Organ Company
Examination of Organs in Shop
Demonstrations in pipe-making, voicing and tuning
3:30 pm - Cornerstone Church, Lincoln—Gene Bedient, Opus 8
4:30 pm - Depart Lincoln
5:30 pm - Arrive in Omaha / Dinner in Omaha
6:45-10:00 pm - Saint Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha—Martin Pasi, Opus 14
Overnight in Omaha (free host homes near Cathedral)
Saturday, 25 September, 2:00 p.m.
NEBRASKA MINI-TOUR (continued)
Tour Itinerary
7:00 am Depart from Omaha
10:30 am Return to Lawrence
Friday, 1 October, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 7—ACOUSTICS
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Fleisher, “An Acoustician’s View" (handout)
Read & Outline: Kirkegaard, “Organ Acoustics" (handout)
Read & Outline: Taylor, “An Organ Builder’s View" (handout)
Class Agenda
Turn In Outline(s)
Quiz
Discussion: Readings on Acoustics
Lecture: Room Acoustics (Bauer handouts)
Review for Exam I
Friday, 8 October, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 8—MID-TERM EXAM
Student Preparation
Bibliographic Search on Organ Building and Construction
Review: Required Readings
Review: Reading Outlines and Class Notes
Class Agenda
Exam I
Friday, 15 October - No Class
FALL BREAK
Friday, 22 October, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 9—ORGAN DESIGN
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Fesperman, The Organ as Musical Medium (reserve)
Read & Outline: Fesperman, Two Essays on Organ Design (reserve)
Bibliographic Search on Organ Design
Class Agenda
Turn In Outline(s)
Quiz
Discussion: Readings on Organ Design
Video: The Organs of E. & G. G. Hook [video ML561.6 .O74 2001]
Lecture: Organ Design (Bauer handouts)
Friday, 29 October, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 10— ORGAN CRAWL
Student Preparation
Readings TBA (related to upcoming organ crawl)
Class Agenda
Locations and Organs TBA
Friday, 5 November, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 11—ORGAN CRAWL
Student Preparation
Readings TBA (related to upcoming organ crawl)
Class Agenda
Locations and Organs TBA
Friday, 12 November, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 12—MAINTENANCE
Student Preparation
Read & Outline: Shannon, Chapter 11, pp. 162-172
Class Agenda
Hand In Outline
Quiz
Discussion: Reading on Organ Maintenance
Demonstration: Tuning and Simple Maintenance
Assign: Organ Design Essay Exam
Friday, 19 November, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 13—CONSULTING
Student Preparation
Organ Design Essay Exam (take-home)
Read: Brombaugh, “Size and Specification" (handout)
Class Agenda
Turn in Organ Design Essay Exams
Lecture: Organ Consulting (Dr. Bauer)
Friday, 26 November - No Class
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Friday, 3 December, 2:00 p.m.
SESSION 14—DEMONSTRATING
Student Preparation
Listening: William Porter demonstration of Pasi, Opus 14
(improvised; on reserve in Music Library)
Outline:
(1) What you heard in the Porter demonstration recording;
(2) How you would demonstrate the Bales organ (including
references to repertoire excerpts that you think would best
demonstrate the organ). Bring enough copies of outlines for
the entire class.
Finalize Bibliographies and Organ Documentation Paper
Class Agenda
Turn in Bibliographies and Organ Documentation
Discuss Listening Assignment and Outlines
Review for Final Exam
Day TBA, 13-17 December, Time TBA
FINAL EXAM
Student Preparation
Review: Reading Outlines
Review: Exam I
Review: Exam II Essay Questions
