Hand Carved Ornament and Sculpture, Sun Devil (Sparky), Pipe shade carving, Fabulous Fritts pipe organ, Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, ASU  Hand Carved Ornament, flower, Pipe shade carving, Fabulous Fritts pipe organ, ASU Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
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Hand Carved ornament, cherubs & instruments, Pipe shade carving, Fabulous Fritts pipe organ, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

Fabulous Fritts pipe organ, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, carver Jude Fritts

Carvings by Jude Fritts for

The "Fabulous Fritts"
Arizona State University
Herberger College School of Music
Tempe, Arizona
1991


The pipe shade carvings of the Fritts organ at Arizona State University "combine classical European and desert themes. Desert flowers, including the yucca, were used as symbols of renewal and endurance through the harsh desert climate. They are an appropriate complement to an organ built to last through the centuries. Seashells on the central tower are both a classical organ theme and representative of Arizona's ancient past when ocean covered that area. Also included are cherubs, a traditional organ case ornament, and a trio of gargoyles protecting the organ from evil spirits - a sea monster, a goat/satyr, and Sparky, the school mascot."     More...


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Fabulous Fritts pipe organ, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, carver Jude Fritts


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Hand Carved Ornament and Sculpture, Carved goat, pipe shade carving, Fabulous Fritts pipe organ, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ



Carving the ASU pipe shades, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, wood carver Jude Fritts      Carving the ASU pipe shades, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, wood carver Jude Fritts      Carving the ASU pipe shades, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, wood carver Jude Fritts     

Carving the ASU pipe shades, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, wood carver Jude Fritts      Carving the ASU pipe shades, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, wood carver Jude Fritts      Carving the ASU pipe shades, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, wood carver Jude Fritts     

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For more about the Fritts Organ at Arizona State University

Visit Arizona State University's website:
Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders (Opus 12):
Listen to concerts on the ASU organ on YouTube:
On the Radio:
Other Sites:
Discography of Performances on the Fritts Organ Opus 12:
  • Jonathan Biggers, "Bach on the Fritts"
  • Kimberly Marshall, "Bach encounters Buxtehude"
  • Robert Clark and John David Peterson, "Bach's Orgelbuchlein and more"
  • Robert Clark, "Bach and Friends"
  • Robert Clark, "Organ works from the land of Bach"
  • Joan Lippincott, "Bach: Preludes & Fugues",
  • Christa Rakich, "J.S. Bach: The Leipzig Chorales"
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About Jude Fritts

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Jude Fritts is a woodcarving artist with twenty six years of experience working in a wide variety of styles and woods. Jude's custom carving includes carved doors and panels, wall art, carved ornament, and sculpture. Jude has designed and carved large scale pipe shade carvings for organs built by Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Charles M. Ruggles Pipe Organs, Rosales Pipe Organ Services and Schlicker Organ Co. She is currently working on carvings for the new pipe organ at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston, TX, which will be delivered January 2010.

Jude has created designs ranging from renaissance to contemporary and has worked in oak, Douglas fir, cherry, Honduran mahogany, western red cedar and basswood. Individual works vary in size from 5 to 65 panels totaling 12 to 250 square feet of carving. Carvings for an organ typically take a year to complete. Large organs, like for Pacific Lutheran University, have taken more than two years. Small organs may require only three months.



Featured Pipe Shade Carvings by Jude Fritts for Pipe Organs at:

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1998

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1991

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2004

St. Marks Cathedral, Seattle, WA, 2003


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