Pipe Organs of Greenland

A Research Project by Randall Harlow

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Eastman School of Music's Organ Department

Nanortalik (pop. 2200)

Greenland’s southernmost municipality, Nanortalik is home base for adventurers seeking some of the world’s best mountain climbing in the fjords around Greenland’s cape. The town sits on a small island buffeted from the northern winds by a large mountain. The distinctive white church is all the more unique as the home of Greenland’s oldest organ, built by the Danish firm Gregersen in 1861. The organ was recently restored through a project sponsored by Nanortalik’s sister city in Denmark.

Gregersen, 1861, 4 stops

One Manual: CC – c''

Gedackt 8'

Fugara 8' (from G)

Principal 4'

Octav 2'

Listen to Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Tempo di Valse, recorded on the Gregersen Organ.

Listen to Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Monastic Melody, recorded on the Gregersen Organ.

Fjords Near Greenland's Southern Tip

Gregersen Organ Pipework

Inside the Alluitsoq Church

More Southern Fjords - Picture the Rockies Submerged to about 9,000 feet

Nanortalik Church with the Little Red House Where the Author Lived for a Week

Nanortalik Church at Dusk

Nanortalik from Above

Nanortalik Church Interior

Nanortalik Church's Gregersen Organ

The Author Atop a Mountain, Overlooking the Fjord

Nanortalik Church

Nanortalik Town


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