Gothenburg Organ Art Center
GOArt (Göteborg Organ Art Center) is a research center based in Göteborg, Sweden under Göteborg University. The institute conducts research in organ building and organ performance from a wide variety of angles.
GOArt was founded by among others Hans Davidsson in the late 1980s. In 2000 it became a department within Göteborg University's Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts.
Several organs has been built at GOArt's organ building workshop. Organs have been delivered to Cornell University, Korean National University of Arts and an organ is currently being built for the Eastman School of Music[1]. The workshop also produces clavichords.
Research projects
COLLAPSE
GOArt acts as the coordinator of COLLAPSE, a research project working to find ways to protect historical organ pipes from corrosion. [2] The title of the project is an acronym for Corrosion of Lead and Lead-Tin Alloys of Organ Pipes in Europe.
References
- ^ The Craighead-Saunders organ, Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative website
- ^ Saving the Materials of Music, Science, 26 November 2004