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The organ at center stage is by the American organbuilder
C.B.Fisk,Inc.
The case is of mahogany from Honduras,with seagull carvings
for maritime Yokohama touch. The instrument has been nicknamed
"Lucy," which derivers from the Latin word for "light"-a
name that matches the brilliant tones that it produces. This
organ is the emblem of Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall. |
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The design of the instrument aimed to create an
ideal organ for a contemporary concert hall, allowing works
by composers from the period before Bach through our own times
to be performed with tone qualities appropriate to each.
Also, scince the design of Main Hall was carried out from the
very start with the acoustics of the organ in mind, the entire
chamber reverberates like a single instrument, giving listeners
in their seats the sense of being enveloped by the tones of
the organ.
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The organ has a total of 4,623 pipes. In addition
to those visible inn the facade,pipes of various materials and
sizes fill the interior of the instrument, 3.6meters deep and
four stories high. The wooden pipes are made of poplar, the
metal ones of lead-tin alloy.
The second rank includes a celesta.
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Sixty-two different stops allow the organist
to produce a tremendous variety of tones. A built-in computer
memory records the organist's custom registration(combination
of stops) for case of performance. |
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C.B.Fisk, Inc.
C. B. Fisk, Inc. is a pioneer organization among American organbuilders.
It was founded in 1961 by Charles Brenton Fisk in the Massachusetts
town of Gloucester, located on the seashore north of Boston.
It has built organ for churches, conservatories, and concert
halls in both the United States and other countries, including
Switzerland and Japan. The organ at Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall,
which is Fisk's Opus 110 was designed and built by a team under
Steven A. Dieck, who has been with the company since 1973 and
who is now serving as its third president. After starting their
work in 1991, members of the team spent seven years creating
the instrument, including over a year of on-site voicing after
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- Size: 12m (H) * 12m (W) * 3.6m (D)
- 62 voices, 87 ranks, 4,623 pipes
- All front pipes of polished 70% tin
- Pitch: a1 = 442Hz
- Equal temperament
- Builder: C.B.Fisk, Inc
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