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The RISTER STUDIO PIPE ORGAN
LATEST EVENTS: MUCH IS HAPPENING!! Boy, is this pic gonna change! WHATTA MESS!! The Whitney Console is presently undergoing renovation. The Robert Morton combination action is being completely refurbished, and the new specification is being put in place (via new stop order, and some new stops). The specification itself has also been revised, and the new spec will be uploaded here when "finalized" (are they ever?). The Main chamber is awaiting painting, and I am now determining the final windchest selection and layout. The studio proper is largely completed, with mostly detail work (and some wall-tiling) left to do. As the organ goes up, the warehouse empties! I need room! You can find a number of things up for sale on eBay (go to ebay.com). Type in "pipe organ" for the category, and look for items being auctioned off by "strangenoises". There are some real bargains here! ! Welcome To My Workshop! This website is dedicated to my ongoing project: the installation of a 4 manual, 24-rank pipe organ in my residential recording studio (which is also being constructed around the organ!). The project is designed in phases, allowing the organ to be used (with a two-manual console) as installation progresses. I intend to begin using it for recording work as soon as phase one is completed (very soon!). The core of the instrument is actually the 1923 Robert-Morton theatre pipe organ formerly installed in the Beverly Hills mansion of Charlie Chaplin. All that remained of the instrument when I acquired it was eight ranks of chestwork, a very large bellows (wind pressure regulator), and the following ranks of pipes: Salicional, Dulciana and Melodia. The specification also originally included a Tibia Clausa, Oboe Horn, Vox Humana, Open Diapason and Stopped Diapason, but when the organ left the mansion and found its way into a church in Lodi, California, its resources were drastically altered. It also lost its original console. The Tibia Clausa ultimately found its way into the late George Wright's famed Hollywood Philharmonic organ (now dismantled and dispersed), and the Vox, Oboe and Stopped Diapason simply disappeared. The Diapason was very badly damaged in storage and was not retained for this installation. The replacement Diapason (by Artcraft) is of the same scale, and also made by a pipemaker who wound up working for Robert Morton! As I currently envision it, the instrument is destined to be a 24-rank organ in three chambers, controlled by dual two-manual and four-manual Robert Morton consoles. See "The Plan" (look under "Home") for more details. Greg Rister
On February 7th, 2008, my old friend SaxonDog reached the end of the trail (14 years, 3 months and 7 days). I'll always miss you, buddy. . .
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