Gabriel Kney Organ, Opus 57 (1972)
​Organ Studio, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

The Gabriel Kney Studio Organ, Opus 57, was originally built in 1972 and installed in the Recital Hall/Rehearsal Room in Powers Hall which then housed the Department of Music. In 1977, it was moved to a dedicated organ studio in Powers Hall where it lived until the summer of 1997. At that time, the organ was dismantled yet again and moved to the organ studio in the School of Music’s new building. In 2010, Gabriel Kney, assisted by Dr. Mary Lou Nowicki, lowered the wind pressure, revoiced the instrument, added swell shades to create an “expressive” Manual II/Swell, and made some changes to the original specification including a new Rohrschamei 8’ in the Swell. The organ was dedicated on October 3, 2010, and featured in a recital performed by Dr. Mary Lou Nowicki (Kney), former C.M.U. Professor of Organ (1964-1976) and Dr. Steven Egler, Professor Emeritus of Organ at C.M.U. (1976-2020). Click on the links below for information about Gabriel Kney and a photo with the specification of the Kney Studio Organ at C.M.U.

www.gabrielkney.com
http://gabrielkney.net/specs_CMUStudioMP.html

Photo used by permission of Gabriel Kney.

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Casavant Fréres Organ, Op. 3756 (1997)
Staples Family Recital Hall, School of
Music, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

The Casavant Fréres Organ at Central Michigan University was designed by the late Michael Perrault in the early 1990’s in collaboration with Dr. Steven Egler, Professor of Organ. Mr. Perrault supervised the installation of the organ which began in October of 1997 and was completed in January 1998. The inaugural
recital was performed in January 1998 by the late Robert Glasgow, Professor of organ at The University of Michigan, who described the C.M.U. organ as, “one of the best organs in the U.S.” The inaugural series continued with a recital in February 1998 by Dr. Marilyn Keiser, Professor of Organ at Indiana University, and a recital in March 1998 by Dr. Steven Egler. Dr. Egler’s recital included the premiere of Moonyeen Albrecht’s “Variations on Engelberg,” which he commissioned for  this performance. Dr. Albrecht is Professor Emerita of Theory and Composition at C.M.U.

Click on the links below for photos and the specification of the C.M.U. Casavant organ.

https://www.casavant.ca/english/our-instruments/in-concert-halls/
https://www.casavant.ca/english/discography/
https://www.pipedreams.org/episodes/year/1999/page/3
**Scroll down for Program #9908, Mount Pleasant Pleasures.