Meantone organs in North America
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Pipe organs that are tuned in meantone temperament are very rare in North America. They are listed here, by type of temperament and sorted by date of construction. North America is defined here as Canada, the United States of America and Mexico. All instruments listed are playable but unplayable instruments may be added with a note.
Historic organs
- University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY). Anonymous, ca. 1700/1770.[1] Originally from Naples region or Tuscany.
- Tlacochahuaya, Convent of San Jerónimo (San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, Mexico). Anonymous, ca. 1725–1730.[2] Colonial Spanish style.
- Zautla (San Andrés Zautla, Oaxaca, Mexico). Anonymous, 1726.[3] Colonial Spanish style.
New organs
- Wellesley College, Houghton Chapel (Wellesley, MA). C. B. Fisk Inc., Opus 72, 1981.[4] Instrument includes sub-semitones or split keys. North German, Danish and Dutch 16th- and 17th-century style.
- Augustana College (Rock Island, IL). Bedient Organ Company, Opus 16, 1981.[5] Italian 17th-century style.
- Oberlin College, Fairchild Chapel (Oberlin, OH). John Brombaugh, Op. 25, 1981.[6][7] 17th-century North German style.
- Southern Adventist University (Collegedale, TN). John Brombaugh, Op. 27, 1983.[8][9] Two-manual organ with sub-semitones and short octave.
- Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, OH), formerly at University of California, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Chapel (Berkeley, CA). Greg Harrold, Opus 11, 1989.[10] Spanish early 18th-century style.
- Mission San Jose (San Jose, CA). Rosales Organ Builders, 1989.[11] 18th-century Spanish and Mexican style.
- St. Barnabas Episcopal Church (Berlin, NH). Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Opus 37, 1993.[12] Originally built as a residence organ for Susan Ferré in Kingston, OK.
- Duke University, Memorial Chapel (Durham, NC). John Brombaugh, Op. 34, 1997.[13][14] Great (lower manual keyboard) primarily in Tuscan-Italian Renaissance style, with 17th-century North German elements at rear; upper manual is 17th-century North German style Brustwerck. Pedal entirely transmitted from Great.
- St. Cecilia Cathedral (Omaha, NE), Pasi Organ Builders, Opus 14, 2003.[15][16] Instrument is dual temperament, alternatively Well-Tempered. North German, Italian and French 17th- and 18th-century style.
- Yale University, Marquand Chapel (New Haven, CT). Taylor & Boody Organbuilders, Opus 55, 2007.[17] Instrument includes sub-semitones (split keys). North German and Dutch 17th-century style.
- Stanford University, Memorial Chapel (Palo Alto, CA). Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders, Opus 17, 1995.[18][19] Danish 16th-century style, one manual/8 stops.
- Musée de l'Amérique Française (Museum of French America)[20] (Quebec, QC), Juget-Sinclair, Opus 35, 2010.[21] 18th-century French style.