Ukraine, Odessa Music Academy

Ukraine issued this postal envelop in 2013 to mark the 100th anniversary of the national music academy in Odessa. The facility is named for Antonia Nezhdanova, a very famous soprano singers in the early years of the last century.

The Academy has a well fleshed-out website that translates into English. The page describing the history of the academy is fascinating reading, even in translation. It seems that Alexander Manilov, a professor at the school 1968-1971 was instrumental in getting the Sauer organ installed in 1970. I could find no more information about the instrument.

The envelop shows an exterior shot of the Academy as the stamp image. The cachet shows the interior of the main hall stage, with organ (partially shrouded by drapes) and piano.

 

Today I was able to find more information about the organ including a stoplist.

Одеса Диспозиція органа Державної музичної академії W. Sauer, Frankfurt/Oder, op. 1909, 1970 рік, 22 рег.
Pedal C—f’		Hauptwerk C—g’’’		Swellwerk C—g’’’
Subbas	16’	Holzgedackt	8’	Quintade	16’
Gemshorn	8’	Rohrflöte	4’	Principal	8’
Rohrpommer 4f		Principal	2’	Spillpeife	8’
Fagott	16’	Sifflöte	1’	Oktave	4’
Posaune	8’	Sesquilter 2f		Spitzflöte	4’
		Scharf 3f		Rohrnasat	2 2/3’
		Krummhorn	8’	Nachthorn	2’
		Tremulant		Mixtur 5-6f
				Zymbel 3f
				Trompete	8’
ManualKoppel, I/P, II/P, II/I, PedalKoppel

Estonia: Organ festival

This post updates and corrects information in my original post about this stamp. I've left the old post in place despite its errors of fact.

Some years ago organists in Estonia began an international organ festival. Andres Uibo was instrumental in bringing about this event. In 2006 that nation's postal authority issued a stamp to promote the 20th anniversary of that event. The stamp features a close-up of a few organ pipes on the right side, and a view of the facade of the cathedral organ in Tallinn. It is denominated in both Estonian kroons and Euros.

The organ has an interesting history (click on toomkogudus, click on muusikatoo, lick on orel in left column.). It was built by Ladegast in 1878, 3 manuals and 48 ranks. It was refurbished in 1914 by Sauer, adding new ranks (now totaling 71 ranks), replacing the mechanical action with a pneumatic action, while preserving the winding system and the facade.

In 1994 a campaign was begun to preserve the instrument. Funds were raised and work began in 1998 by Scheffler. The organ was re-dedicated in late-1998.

This site has good information about the organ also. Google translate seems to do a decent-enough job with the Estonia originals.