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Jude Fritts
Wood Carving & Sculpture 
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Wood Carving Resources and References
- North Bay Forge, www.northbayforge.com
In my 25 years of professional carving, I've made thousands of stop cuts with knives from North Bay Forge. Not once has the tip ever broken or the blade come loose from the handle. I don't have to sharpen that often as the blades stay extremely sharp.
- The book on carving that I recommend is "Manual of Traditional Wood Carving" edited by Paul N. Hasluck. It was first published in 1977 and is a republication of the classic text Cassell's Wood Carving, originally published in 1911.
Weblinks for Pipe Organs with Jude's Carvings
- 2010 St Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston, TX (Delivered January 2010, To be dedicated in April 2010)
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- St Philip posted photos from Paul Fritts as the organ was being built at his shop in Tacoma, WA
and from Jude Fritts as she worked on the carvings in Olympia, WA.
http://www.saintphilip.net/ministries/st-philip-pipe-organ
- This great video series shows the assembly of the new pipe organ for St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston TX
in January 2010 as filmed and narrated by Chuck Johnson. Chuck discusses many of the intricacies and mechanics of
the organ as he films making this the best video series on pipe organs from the inside that there is.
For the complete series of 29, see Corgipower85's YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/Corgipower85
Day 0 begins with the arrival of the truck on site and members of the congregation helping to carry pieces into
the church. See the progress made day by day. By Day 14 the organ has four ranks of pipes (stops) installed, enough
for the congregation to be lead in worship. By Day 28 half of the stops are tuned and ready. The rest will be tuned in February.
Photos of the Organ * In Progress Photos * YouTubes (4) * Menu
- 2006 St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, OH
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 25
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus025.htm
- YouTube: See a slide show of photos as the organ at St Joseph Cathedral was being built, first in Paul's shop in Tacoma, WA and
then being reassembled at the Cathedral with assistance from the congregation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6a60ZsNVN0 - St. Joseph Cathedral Music
http://www.cathedralmusic.org - Saint Joseph Cathedral Music is on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-Joseph-Cathedral-Music/24165778445 - Pipe Dreams
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/gallery/us_midwest/ohio/columbus_st-joseph_fritts.shtml - YouTube: Listen to the organ at St Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, OH (still image only)
- Gothic Catalog
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/category_s/824.htm - Mighty delicate SOUNDS: With pipe organ complete, cathedral's music to reach new heights
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-155717884.html - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=25131
More on the O'Malley Organ * YouTubes (2) * Discography * Menu
- 2004 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 24
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus024.htm - University of Notre Dame, Department of Music:
http://music.nd.edu/about/facilities/organ-images.shtml - University of Notre Dame, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Facilities,
http://performingarts.nd.edu/?page=fac&nav=6&fac=4 - YouTube: Organist Craig Cramer celebrates the musical works of Dieterich Buxtehude on the O'Malley organ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro7B7gvV8QQ - YouTube: Organist Craig Cramer plays the organ at St Joseph Cathedral Cathedral in Columbus, OH and the O'Malley organ at The University
of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN. The Notre Dame concert begins about midway through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmAwLmAUFOc - "National conference marks first year of O'Malley Organ", September 12, 2005,
http://al.nd.edu/about-arts-and-letters/news/national-conference-marks-first-year-of-omalley-organ/ - Pipedreams Organ Profile:
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/gallery/us_midwest/indiana/notredame_universityfritts.shtml - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=19600
More on the St. Marks Organ * Menu
- 2003 The Marion Camp Oliver Organ at St Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 22
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus022.htm - St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Marion Camp Oliver Organ
http://www.saintmarks.org/Worship/Music/Oliver.php - St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, More Information about the Marion Camp Oliver Organ
http://www.saintmarks.org/Worship/Music/OliverTechnical.php - Gothic Catalog
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Seattle_WA_St_Mark_s_Cathedral_Fritts_organ_2003_s/668.htm - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=19598
- 2002 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 23
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus023.htm - Dedicatory Recitals, 2003
http://music.vassar.edu/docs/frittsorgan.pdf - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=19599
- Lippincott Residence, Cape Cod, MA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 21
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus021.htm - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=19597
Photos of the Organ * On YouTube * Menu
- 2000 Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NY
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 20
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus020.htm - YouTube: Organist Joan Lippincott plays Bach's Art of Fugue and takes you on a tour of the organ at the Princeton Theological Seminary
in Princeton, NJ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEPr15HDh0g - Pipe Dreams
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/gallery/us_northeast/new_jersey/princeton_seminaryfritts.shtml - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=18413
- 1999 Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Seattle, WA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 19
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus019.htm - The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Magnolia, "Music at Ascension"
http://www.ascensionseattle.org/worship.html - Gothic Catalog
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Recital_at_Ascension_Harald_Vogel_p/rzcd-5001.htm - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=25880
More on the PLU Organ * In Progress Photos * Discography * Menu
- 1998 The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 18:
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus018.htm - Pacific Lutheran University Campus Tours, Campus Artwork:
www.plu.edu/about/tours/art9.html - The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ:
http://www.plu.edu/~tegelspa/gottfried-mary/home.html - Pacific Lutheran Scene, "Builder completes magnificent Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ", Fall 1998,
http://www.plu.edu/scene/issue/1998/fall/organ.html - Pacific Lutheran Scene, "New pipe organ is one of region's largest", Spring 1997,
http://www.plu.edu/scene/issue/1997/spring/news.html#pipe - "Heavenly Pipes: Organ Maker Paul Fritts Pulls Out All The Stops For Plu's $937,490 Baroque Fantasy", Seattle Times, 11/1/98
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19981101&slug=2781133 - "Grand Debut for Unfinished PLU Organ", Seattle Times, 5/15/97
http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1997/9705150108.asp - "Each Organ Is His Opus", Tacoma News Tribune, 5/18/08
Article - Pipedreams Featured Organ:
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/listings/2000/2017/ - Technical Details on Eskimo.com:
http://www.eskimo.com/~sfox/ORGANS/plufritt.htm - Audio Engineering Society - Pacific Northwest, Photos from their visit to Paul's shop and the PLU organ, February 2000
http://www.aes.org/sections/pnw/pnwrecaps/2000/organ/photos.htm - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=24811
- 1995 Stanford University Memorial Chapel, Stanford, CA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Pipe Dreams
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/gallery/us_west/california/palo_alto_stanford_fritts.shtml - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=19595
- 1993 St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, OR
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 15
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus015.htm - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=8527l
- 1993 Bethany Lutheran Church, Tulsa, OK
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 16
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus016.htm - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=8527
Photos of the Organ * In Progress Photos * Discography * Menu
- 1992 Grace Lutheran Church in Tacoma, WA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 13:
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus013.htm - Grace Lutheran Church: The Fritts Organ
http://gracelutherantacoma.org/fritts.html - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=8525
More on the ASU Organ * In Progress Photos * YouTubes (5) * Discography * Menu
- 1991 The "Fabulous Fritts", Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 12
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus012.htm - ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, "Instruments"
http://music.asu.edu/organ/about/instruments.php - Specification of the Fritts Organ at Arizona State University
http://music.asu.edu/facilities/images/organspecs.pdf - Listen on the radio
- KBAQ Radio: http://www.azpbs.org/kbaq/fritts.asp
Listen to the "Fabulous Fritts" radio show every Saturday at 7 pm by going to the website of KBAQ 89.5 FM. Click on "Listen Live". - KJZZ Radio": http://kjzz.org/inside/newsletter/200402/fabulousfritts
- KBAQ Radio: http://www.azpbs.org/kbaq/fritts.asp
- Pipedreams Organ Profile
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/gallery/us_west/arizona/tempe_statefritts.shtml - See a 360 degree view of the recital hall in the QuickTime movie at http://music.asu.edu/percussion/facilities/organ.php
- YouTube: Listen to the organ at Arizona State University (still image only)
- OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=8586
Photos of the Organ * In Progress Photos * Menu
- 1989 Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI
Organ Builder: Schlicker Organ Co.
Pipe shades designed and carved by Jude Fritts.
- OHS Pipe Organ Database, Instrument Details
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=9552
Photo of the Organ * In Progress Photos * Menu
- 1987 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon
Organ Builder: Rosales Pipe Organ Services
Pipe shades designed by John Eric Noran and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Rosales Organ Builders, Opus 11
http://www.rosales.com/instruments/op11/index.htm - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
http://www.trinity-episcopal.org/08TrinitySite/sections/music_arts/organ_specs.html - Pipe Dreams
http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/gallery/us_west/oregon/portland_trinityrosales.shtml - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=4978
- 1986 All Soul's Episcopal Church, San Diego, CA
Organ Builder: Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders
Pipe shades designed by John Eric Noran and carved by Jude Fritts.
- Paul Fritts & Company Organ Builders, Opus 5
http://www.frittsorgan.com/opus005.htm - All Soul's Episcopal Church website
http://www.all-souls.com/AllSouls/406art.jsp#organ - OHS Pipe Organ Database
http://organsociety.bsc.edu/SingleOrganDetails.php?OrganID=6683
- St Philip posted photos from Paul Fritts as the organ was being built at his shop in Tacoma, WA
Photos of the Organ
* In Progress Photos
* Workshop Videos
* Installation Videos
* Menu
Discographies
- 1998 Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
- William Porter, "Bach: One of a Kind/Porter", Oregon Historical Society Catalog
http://www.ohscatalog.org/poratfritorp.html
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Bach_One_of_a_Kind_Porter_p/lrcd-1025.htm - Joan Lippincott, "Bach: Preludes & Fugues", Gothic Catalog
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Bach_Preludes_Fugues_Lippincott_p/g-49202.htm - Christa Rakich, "J.S. Bach: The Leipzig Chorales"
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Bach_Leipzig_Chorales_Rakich_2_CDs_p/lrcd-1078-79.htm - Susan Ferré, "Preludes & Postludes for the year beginning 9-11-2001/Ferré"
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Preludes_Postludes_beginning_9_11_2001_Ferr_p/g-49211.htm - Robert Bates, "In Recital at Lagerquist Hall"
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/In_Recital_at_Lagerquist_Hall_Bates_p/rzcd-5006.htm - Craig Cramer, "Dietrich BUXTEHUDE"
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Feb06/buxtehude_organ_vol4_naxos8557195.htm - Choral Arts, "A Scandinavian Christmas"
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/Scandinavian_Christmas_Choral_Arts_p/lrcd-1017.htm - George Ritchie, "J.S. Bach: Organ Works Complete", Volume V
http://www.georgeritchie.com/Recordings.html
More on the O'Malley Organ * YouTubes (2) * Weblinks * Menu
- 2004 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
- Joan Lippincott,
"J.S. Bach: Weimar Preludes and Fugues",
http://www.gothic-catalog.com/J_S_Bach_Weimar_Preludes_and_Fugues_Lippincott_p/g-49260.htm - Craig Cramer", "Fritts Organ at the University of Notre Dame",
http://www.pipeorgancds.com/froratunofno.html
Photos of the Organ * In Progress Photos * Weblinks * Menu
- 1992 Grace Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA
- Craig Cramer, Tenth Organ Anniversary CD
Available from Grace Lutheran Church: http://gracelutherantacoma.org/fritts.html
More on the ASU Organ * In Progress Photos * YouTubes (5) * Weblinks * Menu
- 1991 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Jonathan Biggers, "Bach on the Fritts"
- Joan Lippincott, "Bach: Preludes & Fugues",
- Christa Rakich, "J.S. Bach: The Leipzig Chorales"
- 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"
- Robert Bates, "In Recital at Lagerquist Hall"
- William Porter, "Bach: One of a Kind/Porter", Oregon Historical Society Catalog
More on the PLU Organ
* In Progress Photos
* Weblinks
* Menu
Wood Art Weblinks
- Wood Carving Magazine, How to Magazine for Carvers
- Artspan Contemporary Art
Organizations Related to Pipe Organs
- American Guild of Organists
http://www.agohq.org/home.html - American Institute of Organbuilders
http://www.pipeorgan.org/ - The Associated Pipe Organ Builders of American
http://www.apoba.com/ - Organ Clearinghouse
http://www.organclearinghouse.com - International Society of Organ Builders
http://www.internationalorganbuilders.com/ - Organ Historical Society
References on Pipe Organs
- "Paul Fritts and Company, Organ Builders: The evolution of the
mechanical-action organ in the United States during the 20th century with historical
emphasis on the instruments of Paul Fritts", by Tamara G. Still, doctoral dissertation
submitted for Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Washington, 2005.
Order from Dissertation Express: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/disexpress.shtml
- "The Organ: An Encyclopedia", by Douglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel, Routledge Press, 2006
- "All the Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters", by Craig R. Whitney, Public Affairs Press, 2004
- "Organa Britannica: Organs in Great Britain 1660-1860 : a Complete Edition of
the Sperling Notebooks and Drawings in the Library of the Royal College of Organists"
By James Boeringer, Bucknell University Press, 1983
- "The Art of Organ-building" by George Ashdown Audsley, Dover Publications, April 1988
- "The Organ of the Twentieth Century" by George Ashdown Audsley, Dover Publications, May 1919
- "Halls for Music Performance: Another Two Decades of Experience", 1982-2002 By Ian B. Hoffman, Ian Hoffman, Christopher Storch, Timothy Foulkes, Editors, Published by Acoustical Society of America, 2003
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