This has been an especially busy time at the shop, with sev-eral projects moving ahead concurrently. Work on Opus129, a three-manual, 45-stop instrument is well underway,

with pipework, windchests and many case parts completed. TheGreat and Pedal chest assembly and the Swell box presently dom-inate the workshop and soon all will be assembled in the erecting room. The organ, destined for the stunningmulti-use Performing Arts Center atCalifornia Polytechnic State Universityin San Luis Obispo, is scheduled to beshipped in June.

Taking up every inch of remaining spacein the shop are the case and front pipes forOpus 130. They will be shipped to CostaMesa, California, in April for installationin the new Orange County PerformingArts Center, designed by Pelli ClarkePelli, Architects, and Artec, AcousticalConsultants. The rest of the organ will beshipped in the summer of 2007. Byinstalling the façade ahead of the organ,the more sensitive organ parts will bespared the dust from work on the hallitself and we will have the advantage of anacoustical analysis of the room which willprecede the voicing of the pipework.Both the hall and the organ are designedto have a silvery luster, achieved by aluminum leafing. For almost ten days inFebruary members of the renownedGilders’ Studio worked in our shop, apply-ing 2,600 sq. ft. of aluminum leaf to thecasework and to the eight huge woodenpipes of the 32' Montre. It was fascinatingto watch the gilders at their craft and tosee the matte undercoat transformed intoa glowing reflective surface.

Our Opus 132, a two-manual, 30-stop instrument for KobeInternational University (Yashirogakuin), was delivered inJanuary. The chapel there is located on a large man-made islandin Kobe harbor. With the help of Dola Kawachi, our colleaguefrom the Yokohama installation (Opus 110), all went smoothly,affording time for our crew to explore Kyoto, Himeji, and otherhistoric sites. Each workday ended with another exploration, sam-pling the wonderful cuisine that helped to keep everyone fit andin fine spirits during their tours of duty. Voicing commenced inFebruary with the arrival of David and Morgan Pike. Now NamiHamada, back in her native country, leads the voicing, aided by

Rick Isaacs. Stephen Kowalyshyn, Steve Malionek, and Mika Oba(also a native of Japan) follow, to complete the tonal finishing.When Steve Dieck visited in February, two stops were already insuch fine tune that he was able to demonstrate the instrument tothe great delight of university dignitaries.

Two other instruments have recentlybeen completed, bringing to nine thenumber of Fisk organs in NorthCarolina. Opus 126 at St. Paul’sEpiscopal Church in Greenville, NorthCarolina, was dedicated in Novemberwith concerts by Janette Fishell andColin Andrews, and there has been afull concert schedule ever since. Opus131, built in collaboration with our for-mer employee, John Schreiner, ofSchreiner Pipe Organs, Ltd., at St.Paul’s Episcopal Church Chapel inWinston-Salem was dedicated in aService of Evening Prayer in February.Opus 127 at St. John’s EpiscopalChurch in Tallahassee, Florida, is virtu-ally complete and we look forward to itsdedication in May.

We had a visit from our good friendCalvin Didier in February. He was at thehelm of House of Hope PresbyterianChurch in St. Paul, Minnesota, at thetime we built Opus 78 (the largest instru-ment we had built to date). He took greatpersonal interest in the organ project, fol-lowing its progress daily and endearinghimself to everyone at C. B. Fisk. Cal wasin Gloucester to deliver the keynoteaddress for the 200th Anniversary of thefirst Universalist Church in America,where our Opus 36 resides.

We have received the very sad news that Janice Waddell died inFlorida on March 1. She had worked here at the shop and in theoffice for a number of years, always willing to help out wherevershe was most needed and taking great interest in all of the employeesand their families. She was the wife of Dave Waddell, one of theshop’s original employees and our longtime foreman, and wealways looked forward to spring when the two of them would driveup from Florida for an extended stay on Cape Ann. Dave wouldreturn to his bench in the woodshop and the two of them would‘catch up’ with family and friends here. We will miss Janice.

Volume 17, Number 1 Spring 2006

PipelineTHE

A NEWSLETTER FROM

Kathleen H. Adams, Editor

Notations

Open Shopfor

C.B. Fisk Op.129

San Luis ObispoPerforming Arts Center

May 20 � 2–6 p.m.

NEW RELEASES OF FISK ORGANS ON COMPACT DISC

Jean-Christophe GeiserLe Récital Inaugural

OPUS 120La Cathédrale de LausanneLausanne, SwitzerlandBruhns: Prélude en mi mineurJ.S. Bach: Prélude et fugue en mi mineur, Richard Wagner: Prélude de “Tristan und

Isolde” (transcription, Gottschalg)Guy Ropartz: Prélude funèbreBrahms: Prélude et fugue en sol mineurMaruice Duruflé: Prélude et fugue

sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7Gallo CD 1143

An Open DoorThe Choir School, Robert Nicholls, DirectorJohn Schwandt, Organist

OPUS 98First Presbyterian ChurchEvansville, IndianaJack Burnam: God Has Gone Up with a ShoutRobert Nicholls: How Did My Heart RejoiceSt. Denio: Immortal, InvisibleBurnam: An Open door

An Endless AlleluiaAs the Deer Longs for the Waterbrooks

Down Ampney: Come Down, O Love DivineNicholls: And I Saw a New Heaven

Rise Up, My LoveJames and John

Burnam: I Am the Bread of LifeWilliam Boyce: All the Ends of the WorldStuttgart: O My Soul, Bless Your RedeemerSamuel Sebastian Wesley: Lead Me, LordL.J. White: A Prayer of St. Richard of ChichesterJ.S. Bach: O Mensch beweinNicholls: Peace at the LastRichard Proulx: Fanfare for Organrobertn@firstpresevansville.com

Robert ParrisLand of Rest

OPUS 115Christ Episcopal ChurchMacon, GeorgiaBuxtehude:

Praeludium in CGott der Vater, wohn uns beiJesus Christus, unser Heiland

J.S. Bach:Sonata VI in GWir glauben all an einen Gott, VaterToccata and Fugue in d minor, Dorian

Franck: Fantasie in ASowerby: Prelude on Land of RestDupré: Variations on a Noel Op. 20Loft LRCD 1080

Claudia DumschatIn the Old World and the New

OPUS 92The Church of the Transfiguration“The Little Church Around the Corner”New York City

W.A. Mozart: Fantasia in F minorBuxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Ciacone Sweelinck: Echo FantasiaJ.S. Bach:

Prelude and Fugue in A minor Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt waltenWenn wir in höchsten Noten sein

Ned Rorem: Fanfare and Fugue fromOrganbook III

Joan Tower: AscentMarcel Dupré: Variations on a NoelCharles Ives: Variations on “America” Pro Organo CD 7198

Christa RakichThe Leipzig Chorales

OPUS 55Old West Church, Boston, MassachusettsJ.S. Bach:

Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger GeistTrio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wendSchmücke dich, o liebe SeeleNun danket alle Gott Von Gott will ich nicht lassen Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Trio super Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

Fritts Opus 18, Pacific Lutheran Univ., TacomaKomm, Heiliger Geist Jesus Christus, unser Heiland Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her An Wasserflüssen BabylonO Lamm Gottes, unschuldig Vor deinen Thron tret ich Loft 1078/79

✦ Read Greg Bover’s “Japan Journal”✦ Hear sounds from “An Open Door”

and more sounds from ✦ Opus 124, Roanoke, VA (Tom Baugh)

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ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH � GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

C. B. FISK OPUS 126

SPECIFICATION FOR OPUS 12644 Voices, 57 Ranks, 3,119 pipes

GRAND ORGUE, 61 NOTESManual I

Montre 16'Montre 8'Salicional 8'Flûte conique 8'Flûte harmonique 8'Prestant 4'Flûte ouverte 4'Quinte 2 2/3'Doublette 2'Tierce 1 3/5'Plein jeu harmonique II-VIPlein jeu II-VIBombarde 16'Trompette 8'Trommeten 8'Clairon 4'

POSITIF EXPRESSIF, 61 NOTESManual II enclosed

Principal 8'Cor de Nuit 8' Prestant 4'Flûte douce 4'Nasard 2 2/3'Doublette 2'Tierce 1 3/5'Plein jeu IVCromorne 8'Tuba Mirabilis 8'

RÉCIT EXPRESSIF, 61 NOTESManual III enclosed

Bourdon 16'Viole de gambe 8'Voix céleste 8'Flûte traversière 8'Bourdon 8'Flûte octaviante 4'Octavin 2'Plein jeu IV-VCornet III (G0 - d3)Basson 16'Trompette 8'Hautbois 8'Clairon 4'

PÉDALE, 32 NOTESBourdon 32' ext. of Sw.Contrebasse 16'Montre 16' from Gt.Bourdon 16' from Sw.Octave 8'Salicional 8' from Gt.Flûte conique 8' from Gt.Octave 4'Contre Bombarde 32' ext. of Gt.Bombarde 16' from Gt.Posaune 16'Trompette 8' from Gt.Trommeten 8' from Gt.Clairon 4' from Gt.

COUPLERS: Positif expressif to Grand OrgueRécit expressif to Grand OrgueRécit expressif to Positif expressifGrand Orgue to PédalePositif expressif to PédaleRécit expressif to PédaleRécit expressif to Pédale 4’Octaves graves

ACCESSORIES:Tremulant Grand Orgue

and Positif expressifTremulant Récit expressifVent flexibleClochettes

Balanced Positif expressif and Récit expressif Pedals

KEY ACTION:Direct mechanical (tracker),except for the largest pipes ofthe organ, which are pneumati-cally controlled. A Kowalyshyn ServopneumaticLever provides a pneumaticassist to the couplers to theGrand Orgue key action.

COMBINATION ACTION:Solid state action withsequencer and multiple levels of memory

CASEWORK: Appalachian red oakBurnished tin front pipes

The journey that led to our beloved Opus 126 started and ended as a spiritual quest. As inall such pilgrimages, the ‘devil of doubt’ is never far away. We were not sure that we couldraise the funds, engage the necessary parties, or persuade our wider constituency. We foughtthose doubts by establishing a non-profit foundation that united church, university and com-munity in the common aim of funding an organ that would be the cornerstone of our centralmission: educating future organists and church musicians and inspiring congregants and audi-ences. This created a synergy that increased the number of grants and gifts we could attractand transformed the way people in our area think about arts funding. Impatient by nature, I had not wanted to wait until all these things were in place. But thedecade spent on this project was too rich an experience to hurry. Using a theological metaphor,it began with Musical Advent, in which both building and organ were ideas on paper, and itled to Musical Incarnation, where a stunning sacred space embodies both the organ’s soundand the building’s silence.Accountants and attorneys, Bohemian professors and Ladies-Who-Lunch, retired folk, and uni-versity students…all have embraced the organ because of the exquisite workmanship and artistryof C.B. Fisk and the vision and talent of our architects and acoustician. To have an organ of suchvocal expressivity and sheer excitement in a room with superb acoustics can change lives by say-ing, "Look what is possible – now go dream your own dream."

Janette Fishell

fromVoid toVoix Celeste: a personal reflection on Opus 126

CONCERTS � AND � RECITALS � ON � FISK � ORGANS

MACON, GA � OPUS 115, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHSeptember 15, 7:30 pm Robert Parris, Recital

MARBLEHEAD, MA � OPUS 69, ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCHMay 14, 5:00 pm Mark Englehardt, Recital

NEW YORK, NY � OPUS 92, CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATIONA Little Midday Music (Tuesdays at 12:30 pm)

April 18 Claudia Dumschat, Organ with Marie Dalby, ViolMay 2 Daniel Sullivan, OrganMay 9 Claudia Dumschat, Organ with Judith Davidoff, ViolJune 13 Claudia Dumschat, Organ with Lucy Bardot, ViolMay 5, 7:30 Music for Men’s Voices, Claudia Dumschat, Director

PITTSBURG, KS � OPUS 106, PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITYMarch 31, 7:30 pm James David Christie, Masterclass and Recital

PROVIDENCE, RI � OPUS 74ST. PETER’S & ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHOctober t.b.a. Adam Schneider, Recital

RICHMOND, VA � OPUS 112, ST. JAMES’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHApril 2, 5:00 pm Evensong with Women’s Chorus, College of William & MaryJune 4, 5:00 pm Canterbury Evensong. St. James’s ChoirJune 12, 7:30 pm Choir of Girls & Men, Washington National CathedralJune 15, 5:00 pm EvensongJune 21, 7:00 pm Etienne Walhain

ROANOKE, VA � OPUS 124, CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHSummer Festival of Organ Music (Tuesdays in July at 7:30 pm)

July 11 Peggy Haas Howell • July 18 Erica Johnson • July 25 James Leland

ST. PAUL, MN � OPUS 78, HOUSE OF HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMusic at Four Series 2003-2004

April 14, 7:30 pm Good Friday Vespers Service. Nancy Lancaster, organ(Merklin/Fisk) Fauré Requiem

April 23, 4:00 pm John Butt, Recital. All-Bach program

SEATTLE, WA � OPUS 114, THE SEATTLE SYMPHONYWATJEN CONCERT ORGAN, BENAROYA HALL

Fluke/Gabelein Organ Recital SeriesMay 1, 7:30 pm Alan Morrison, Recital

SOUDERTON, PA � OPUS 51, ZION MENNONITE CHURCHApril 2, 9:00 am Marian Archibald, Organist. Zion’s Adult Choir & Soloists.

Dubois’ Seven Last Words of ChristApril 9, 4:00 pm Mark Cole, Organist with Woodcrest UCC Gospel Choir,

Cheryl Brittingham, DirectorMay 21, 7:00 pm Marian Archibald, Organist. Christopher Dock High

School Touring Choir, Rodney Derstine, Director

WESTERLY, RI � OPUS 45 CHRIST CHURCH, WESTERLYMarch 31, 7:30 pm Kimberly Marshall, Recital. Newman, Bertoldo,

Frescobaldi, Schlinck, Bruna, and Alain

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN � OPUS 110, MINATO MIRAI HALLDollar Concerts at 12:10 pm

April 26 Ai YoshidaMay 24 Naoko Asao and Aya Tanaka

June 28 100th Dollar Concert AnniversaryHatsumi Miura & Osamu Takahashi (Trumpet)

July 26 Yuuichiro ShiinaAugust 23 Miho HasegawaSeptember 27 Junko Ito

Recital SeriesJuly 6, 7:00 pm Michael Kleinschmidt, Recital. J. S. Bach, Hampton,

Mozart, Lefébure-Wely, Pärt, Dupré, ImprovisationAugust 2 Workshops for Children and AdultsAugust 5 Workshop for Children

BOSTON, MA � OPUS 44, KING’S CHAPELKing's Chapel Music at Noon Series (Tuesdays at 12:15 pm)

April 4 David Owens, organ; Deborah Charness, flute. Bach & Woodman April 11 Brunhilde Engelhardt, organ. Bach Sei gegrüßetMay 9 Shaun Ramsay, euphonium; Heinrich Christensen, organJune 27 10th Annual Young Organists Initiative Showcase July 4 Leonardo Ciampa, organAugust 8 Ben Hoadley, bassoon; Heinrich Christensen, organAugust 15 Gail Archer, organ

BOSTON, MA � OPUS 55, OLD WEST CHURCHInternational Artist Series

May 5, 8:00 pm Mamiko Iwasaki, Recital. Mendelssohn, Mizogami, and BachMay 6, 10:00 am Mamiko Iwasaki,Lecture, “A Tale of Three Organs in Tokyo”

Old West Organ Society Summer Evening Recitals, 8:00 pmJune 20th Carl Klein June 27th George BozemanJuly 11th Louise Mundinger July 18th Leo AbbottJuly 25 Yuko Hayashi & Jon GillockAugust 1 Boston Organ Academy ParticipantsAugust 8 Barbara Bruns w/Richard Given (trumpet), Phil Swanson (trombone)August 15 Libor Dudas

BUFFALO, NY � OPUS 95, UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, SLEE HALLMarch 31, 8:00 pm Roland Martin, Recital. Couperin’s Messe pour les Paroisses

CHICAGO, IL � OPUS 123, ST. CHRYSOSTOM’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHMarch 29 and April 5, 7:00 pm David Schrader, Recital.

Dupré’s Les Chemins de la CroixMay 21, 2:30 pm Thomas Wikman, Recital

CLAREMONT, CA � OPUS 117, POMONA COLLEGEApril 9, 3:00 pm William Peterson, Recital. Music of the World War I Era:

Vierne, Saint-Saens, Quignard, Ibert, Ropartz, Defosse

DALLAS, TX � OPUS 101SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, CARUTH AUDITORIUMApril 10, 7:00 pm Simon Menges, Artist Certificate Recital. Bach, Liszt,

DurufléApril 22, 6:00 pm Shi-Ae Park, Artist Certificate Recital. Bach, Franck,

Paulus, Ah-Young KimSeptember 11, 8:00 pm Larry Palmer, Organ & Harpsichord. L. Couperin, Bach,

Howells, DeGrigny, F. Couperin, Bovet, Mozart, Martinu

DAYTON, OH � OPUS 94, ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHJune 4, 10:30 am Richard Benedum, Organist with Chorus. Credo from

Mozart’s Mass in C, K. 258

EVANSVILLE, IN � OPUS 98, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHUniversity of Evansville Organ Series

April 23 4:00 pm Vincent Dubois, RecitalSeptember 5, 7:00 pm Geoffrey Webber w/ Choir of Gonville and Caius College

GAINESVILLE, FL � OPUS 119, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMay 21, 4:00 pm Heather Kirkconnell, RecitalJune 4, 4:00 pm Mark Coffey, Recital

GLOUCESTER, MA � OPUS 97, ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHApril 2, 4:00 pm Mark Nelson and Mika Oba, Organists. Lenten Vespers.

Duruflé Prélude from Suite Opus 5; Bach Aus tiefer Not

GREENSBORO, NC � OPUS 82CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHApril 21, 8:00 pm Charles Boyd Tompkins, Recital

GREENVILLE, NC � OPUS 126, ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCHMarch 31, 7:30 pm Colin Andrews, RecitalJuly 14 , Janette Fishell, Recital. RSCM Event

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND � OPUS 120LA CATHÉDRALE DE LAUSANNEMarch 31, 8:00 pm Francesco Filidei & Humberto Salvagnin, Organists.

Ligeti, Vaglini, Feldman, Kagel, Florentz, XenakisApril 7 & 14, 8:00 pm April 16, 5:00 pm Choeur Faller, Choeur Pro Arte,

Sinfonietta de Lausanne, Pascal Mayer, Director. FrankMartin’s Golgatha

June 4, 5:00 pm ‘Concert de Pentecôte.’ Jean-Christophe Geiser, organ,Elizabeth Sombart, piano. J.S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue

July 22, 8:00 pm Douglas Cleveland, Recital. Elgar, J.S. Bach, Sowerby,Mulet, Decker, and Jongen

August 4, 11, 18, 25 at 8:00 pm and August 24 at 9:00 pm AndrzejChorosinsky, Recitals. Bach, Surzynski, Sawa, Mussorgsky

September 1, 8, 15, and 29 at 8:00 pm Emanuele Cardi, Recitals. Bossi and WidorOctober 6, 8:00 pm Chorale du Brassus, Jean-Francois Monot, Director.

Jean-Christophe Geiser, Organ. Mendelssohn, Cornelius,and Rheinberger

Opus 127St. John’s Episcopal Church ❖ Tallahassee, Florida

Service of DedicationMay 7, 10:00 am

Inaugural Concert – Michael Corzine, OrganistMay 7, 4:30 pm and May 8, 7:30 pm

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himself making an ornate, panelledcolumbarium for St. Mary’s EpiscopalChurch in Rockport.

Opus 114 for the Seattle Symphony wasunder construction when Joshua firstarrived, and he launched into the workat hand, then signed up for the installa-tion, learning quickly how the instru-ments work. In 2003 he spent a monthin Lausanne working on Opus 120,sharing in the adventure of installing aninstrument cantilevered from the highgallery of the Cathedral.

Joshua bought a 100-year-old house inSalem, full of challenges even for onewho, at one time, had restored brown-stones for a living. Changes to thehouse have the mark of an artist…andof an imaginative person. A bathtubconsigned to the backyard brought onanother Goldberg variation: he turnedthe tub into a barbeque pit and invitedus to a cookout, commanding the grill

with ease, having worked as a line cook after high school. He’s afine skier, and often leaves for a couple of days this time of year tohelp harvest the maple syrup on a cousin’s farm in Vermont.

Windchest design brought Joshua into the drafting room recentlyto work at one of the CAD (computer aided design) stations. Hemoves smoothly between the computer and his bench in thewoodshop, building case parts for Opus 129, the Performing ArtsCenter at San Luis Obispo in California. The organ’s style res-onates with the contemporary design that distinguished Joshua’searlier work. There’s a jewelry box on his bench, too, somethinghe’s making for a cousin’s birthday. He unrolls a drawing thatshows how it is conceived. It’s exquisite, unique, and maybe it willtake a trip to a gallery before he gives it away.

~ Kathleen Adams, Editor

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PERMIT NO. 40In 1999, our ad for a woodworker in

Woodshop News caught the eye ofJoshua Goldberg. He was unsure

whether to apply as he had no particu-lar experience in music, but he came infor an interview, anyway. One look athis resumé revealed a man who excelledat artisanry in wood, exhibiting inmuseums and galleries, appearing innational shows and publications thatfeatured his studio furniture, architec-tural interior work, and objets d’art. He had his own shop in East Boston atthe time, but he missed the collegialityhe had enjoyed as a student at the Swain School of Design and as a Studio Assistant to the renownedMattia/Somerson Studio in Westport,Massachusetts. Roseanne Somerson,Professor in the Furniture Departmentat the Rhode Island School of Design,and Alphonse Mattia were mentors toJoshua, reinforcing and expanding hiskeen aesthetic and skill. When he graduated from Swain, he became Somerson’s Primary Builder, managing projects and supervising the Studio Assistants for thenext five years.

The shop here looked good to Joshua. He admired its organiza-tion, the scale of it, the ease with which one could move from onetask to another without re-arranging everything. “It was luxuri-ous,” he says, “a revelation for somebody who had worked in aone-person shop.” Thus began his tenure (now seven years) withC. B. Fisk. When casework involves especially complex geometryor must reveal the deepest beauty of a piece of wood, it is oftenJoshua who is called upon to work the magic. Many an exactingpiece of fine joinery has emerged from his bench. Word gotaround Cape Ann soon after he came on board, and he found

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PROFILE: JOSHUA GOLDBERG

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