Explore Rochester's antique Italian organ: Where Baroque art and music merge

Mar 06, 2024 1204

The Memorial Art Gallery, located on University Avenue in Rochester, is home to North America's only full-size antique Italian organ. The organ was discovered in Florence around 1980 by a German craftsman who restored instruments. It was almost disassembled and sold as pieces of home furnishings.

Now owned by the Eastman School of Music, it is fully restored. With 600 pipes and unique artistic details, the organ is the focus of an installation comprising 30 Baroque-period paintings and sculptures.

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