With pipes staggered to mirror the jagged peaks of Provo’s mountains, BYU’s new pipe organ—the crowning jewel of the Music Building’s Concert Hall—is ready for its first performance.
The organ includes 4,603 pipes, custom crafted in Quebec from tin, yellow poplar, mahogany, and sugar pine. The instrument can be played either from the main stage alongside an ensemble or from an elevated console nestled among the pipes.
Organ professors R. Don Cook (BMu ’80, MMu ’82) and Neil A. Harmon (BMu ’92) worked with builders at Létourneau Organs to craft the sound. “We wanted a warm, powerful instrument that is beautiful musically and visually striking,” says Cook. “The public will love it, and our students will be enthralled by it.”
