Salt Lake Tabernacle organ

Alexander Schreiner, John Longhurst

The organ of the Salt Lake Tabernacle ( Salt Lake City ) is used to accompany the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Choir of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints.

Architectural History

The original organ was built by the Australians Joseph Ridges. The exterior of the instrument was built as far as possible from local materials. The pipes of the organ are made of wood, zinc and various alloys of tin. The first design was powered by a hand bellows, later was changed to water energy. Today, she runs electrically.

Although the organ has been rebuilt several times and enlarged during its 135- year history, the original housing and some of the pipes remained preserved. The current organ is mostly the work of the former organ company of G. Donald Harrison in the 1940s.

It is used to accompany the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir during his weekly radio and television broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word (English music and the spoken word), and in recordings and other concerts. The organist is every day a 30-minute foreplay.

The organ was used until 2000 in order to support the semi- annual General Conference of the Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ LDS musical. Since 2001, a conference in the nearby Convention Center Salt Lake City is held.

Planning since 1988

Specifications

Organists

Permanent organist

Guest musicians

• 2007: Dame Gillian Weir
• 2007: Daniel Kerr, Professor of Organ Studies, Brigham Young University
• 2008: Felix Hell