A broad array of instruments is available for weekly lessons, performances, and regular practice. Some of these instruments are owned by ESM/University of Rochester, while others are available to ESM students through collaborative agreements with local institutions. Students who have church jobs also practice on the instruments in their churches.
Organs of the Eastman School
The Craighead Saunders Organ
at Christ Church
GOArt/Yokota (2008), II/39
Modeled after the 1776 Adam Gottlob Casparini Organ in Vilnius, Lithuania)
Specification
The Italian Baroque Organ in the Memorial Art Gallery
Anonymous builder (c. 1770)
Specification
Hook & Hastings Organ at Christ Church
Op. 1573 (1893), III/30
Specification
Hook & Hastings Organ at St Mary’s Church
Op. 1573 (1893), III/30
Specification
Van Daalen-Dobson Organ, Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Organ Recital Hall
Built in 1978; restored by Dobson Organ Company (2000)
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Kilbourn Hall Organ
Skinner Organ Company, Op. 325 (1922); Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Op. 325-B (1951)
awaiting restoration
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ESM Practice organs
14 practice organs by builders including Aeolian-Skinner, Andover, Flentrop, Fritts, Goetze and Gwynn, Holtkamp, Möller, Schlicker, Wahl, and Wangerin, located on the fourth floor of Eastman’s Main Building
Organs of the University of Rochester, River Campus
Interfaith Chapel, University of Rochester—River Campus
Casavant Frères Ltée., Opus 3053 (1969), III/46
Specification
Strong Auditorium, The University of Rochester—River Campus
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co., Op. 953 (1937), IV/88
awaiting restoration
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Organs in Rochester Churches used regularly by Eastman organ students
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Paul Fritts & Company Op. 26 (2008), III/53
Specification
Downtown United Presbyterian Church
C. B. Fisk, Inc., Op. 83 (1983), III/56
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Church of the Ascension
E. M. Skinner, Op. 711 (1928), IV/56
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The Episcopal Church of St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene
E. M. Skinner, Op. 517 (1925), III/34
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St. Paul’s Church
E. M. Skinner, Op. 655 (1927), IV/68
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Asbury First United Methodist Church
Austin Organ Co., Op. 2215 (1956), IV/70
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Third Presbyterian Church
Austin Organ Co., Op. 2180 (1952/1991), IV/79
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St. Mary’s Church
Austin Organ Co., Op. 2186 (1953/1995), III/50
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St. Michael’s Church
J. W. Steere and Son (1903), II/33
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Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
Holtkamp Organ Co., (1962), III/45
Samuel Bohler (1869), I/7
Holtkamp Specification
Bohler Specification
First Universalist Church
Hope-Jones, Op. 2 (1908), III/13
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First Presbyterian Church, Pittsford
Taylor and Boody, Op. 57 (2008), II/22
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Konzelman Organ at St. Anne’s Church
Built in 1995
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Other Rochester organs used by Eastman organ students
Auditorium Theatre
Wurlitzer, Op. 1951 (1928), IV/23
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Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center
Wurlitzer, Op. 1492 (1926), III/12
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George Eastman House
In 2013, the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film will inaugurate what will be the world’s largest residence organ, an Aeolian of four manuals and more than 120 ranks; Eastman students will have the opportunity to practice and perform on it.