Pipe Organ Curator
2771 Monument Road
Suite 29, #215
Jacksonville, Florida 32225
(904) 446-8863
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Pipe Organ Tuning – Contrary to popular conception, tuning
a pipe organ is not a mysterious art. While effective pipe organ tuning
requires an understanding of the use of the organ and the environment in which
it is installed, an instrument stabilized according to common practice is
easily and cost effectively maintained with regularly scheduled touch-up
tuning.
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Pipe Organ Maintenance – Pipe organs are built to last
decades, if not centuries. Regular pipe organ maintenance assures the longevity
of the instrument while deferring the need for major repair work.
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Pipe Organ Service – When repairs are needed, they may
range from a broken tracker to the trouble shooting of a solid state switching
system. In every case, an effective plan is developed to perform the work in a
way that is most productive, yet at the same time, least intrusive to the
instrument and the budget.
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Pipe Organ Rebuilding
– The underlying
beauty of the pipe organ is its durability. If an instrument has become
undependable, there is nothing that cannot be either fixed or replaced with
modern materials. A rebuilding project will necessarily involve careful
coordination, but will represent an efficient and cost effective use of
materials.
Tom Cashen has been involved in the
Pipe Organ industry since 1976. After serving an apprenticeship with Philip J.
Swartz (who eventually became vice-president of The Reuter Organ Company), he
spent several years as a staff tuner for Klug and Schumacher Organ Company of
Lakeland, Florida. When the organ
building bug bit, he trained with Pieter Visser at Visser-Rowland Associates,
and has since worked in the drafting rooms at Austin Organs, Inc., and The
Reuter Organ Company as a designer and project coordinator. Since relocating to his hometown of
Jacksonville, Florida, he is providing first quality pipe organ service to
Florida and Georgia.