Pre-Conference Tours
Special tour of the Newberry Organ, Woolsey Hall
Friday, November 4
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Meet inside Woolsey Hall
Curators will take
you inside the organ chambers to explain the technology
of this magnificent musical instrument, one of the most renowned Romantic
organs in the
world. According to University Organist Thomas Murray, "the instrument
possesses what could accurately be called an electro-pneumatic 'computer'
which captures combinations of all the stops and couplers on the instrument
chosen by the performer, using hard-wired electric circuitry with electro-magnets
and utilising the pressurized air in the organ to perform the physical
work. This technology is exemplified in its perfected form and is entirely
in its original 1928 state." The tour will conclude with a
demonstration of its musical qualities and capacities.
Special tour of new buildings and projects on Science Hill
Friday, November 4
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Meet in front of Watson Hall,
51 Prospect Street
Yale architects
and planners will guide alumni through three new projects:
the new engineering and chemistry buildings on Prospect Street,
and a new undergraduate
observatory in Farnam Gardens. Antique astronomical instruments
will be on display in the observatory. You will also have
an opportunity to see the Yale Sustainable Food Project garden
near the
observatory,
and to walk through the central quadrangle on Science Hill.
Buses will be available for the long trek up Prospect.
