Charles Brenton Fisk was an American organ builder who continued to innovate in organ building, although he also was inspired by very old instruments. He was born on February 7, 1925 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He initially followed a university degree in physics, but in 1950 he decided to become an organ builder. He joined John Swinford, studied organ building with the Holtkamp Company in Cleveland, and became an organ maker in Methuen, Massachusetts in 1955. The company became its property in 1958, and in 1961 he moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts where he became C.B. Fisk, Inc. started. Charles Fisk died after a long period of illness on December 16, 1983. After his death, his widow, Virginia Lee Fisk, continued the business. He is considered one of the most important American organ builders of the twentieth century. He was also one of the first to use mechanical drag drawers in America again.
New organs |
Year | Town / Building | Opus |
1961 | Baltimore, Maryland (USA), Mount Calvary Episcopal Church | 35 |
1962 | Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA), Wellesley College, Jewett Arts Center | 37 |
1963 | Boston, Massachusetts (USA), King's Chapel - Unitartian | 44 |
1965 | Westerly, Rhode Island (USA), Christ Episcopal Church | 45 |
1965-1967 | Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA), Harvard University - Memorial Church | 46 |
1965 | Boston, Massachusetts (USA), Boston University - School of Arts | 47 |
1965 | Greencastle, Indiana (USA), St. Paul's Catholic Church | 48 |
1965 | Greencastle, Indiana (USA), De Pauw University School of Music | 48a |
1967 | Belmont, Massachusetts (USA), First Church of Christ, Scientist | 49 |
1968 | Winchester, Massachusetts (USA), First Congregational Church | 50 |
1968 | Sounderton, Pennsylvania (USA), Zion Mennonite Church | 51 |
1968 | Evansville, Indiana (USA), University of Evansville | 52 |
1967 | Boston, Massachusetts (USA), St. Stephen's Catholic Church | 53 |
1970-1971 | New Haven, Connecticut (USA), Center Church | 54 |
1970 | Boston, Massachusetts (USA), Old West Church | 55 |
1971 | Collinsville, Connecticut (USA), Trinity Episcopal Church | 56 |
1972 | Willamantic, Connecticut (USA), Saint Paul's Episcopal Church | 57 |
1969 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina (USA), North Carolina School of the Arts | 59 |
1970 | Falmouth, Massachusetts (USA), St. Barnabas Church | 59a |
1973 | Ipswich, Massachusetts (USA), Ascension Memorial Episcopal Church | 62 |
1970 | Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), Univesity of Minnesota School of Music (sinds 2000 in Medford, Massachusetts) | 64 |
1973 | Winchester, Massachusetts (USA), Church of the Epiphany | 65 |
1973 | New Haven, Connecticut (USA), Yale Univeristy School of Music | 66 |
1974 | Boston, Massachusetts (USA), New England Conservatory | 66a |
1976 | Huntingon, Indiana (USA), Central Christian Church | 67 |
1975 | Burlington, Vermont (USA), Univeristy of Vermont, Recital Hall | 68 |
1974 | Marblehead, Massachusetts (USA), St. Michael's Episcopal Church | 69 |
1975 | Cazenovia, New York (USA), First Prebyterian Church | 70 |
1976 | Westfield, Massachusetts (USA), First Congregational Church | 71 |
1981 | Wellesley, Massachusetts (USA), Wellesley College, Houghton Chapel | 72 |
1977 | Providence, Rhode Island (USA), St. Peter's and St. Andrew's Church | 74 |
1977 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina (USA), North Carolina School of Arts | 75 |
1978 | Durham, North Carolina (USA), Duke University School of Music | 76 |
1978 | Princeton, New Jersey (USA), Westminster Choir College | 76a |
1978 | Durham, North Carolina (USA), Duke University School of Music | 77 |
1978 | Charleston, South Carolina (USA), Private Residence | 77a |
1979 | St. Paul, Minnesota (USA), House of Hope Presbyterian Church | 78 |
1980 | Charleston, West Virginia (USA), First Presbyterian Church | 79 |
1981 | Storrs, Connecticut (USA), Storrs Congregational Church | 81 |
1982 | Greensboro, North Carolina (USA), Christ United Methodist Church | 82 |
1983 | Rochester, New York (USA), Downtown United Presbyterian Church | 83 |
1984 | South Hadley, Massachusetts (USA), Mount Holyoke College, Abbey Chapel | 84 |
1984 | Stanford, California (USA), Stanford University Memorial Church | 85 |
1985 | Pacific Palisades, California (USA), Patish Church of Saint Matthew | 86 |
1985 | Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA), University of Michigan School of Music | 87 |
1986 | Woodberry Forest, Virginia (USA), Woodberry Forest School | 88 |
1986 | New Bern, North Carolina (USA), First Presbyterian Church | 89 |
1987 | Portola Valley, California (USA), Jacques Littlefield's Residence | 91 |
1988 | New York City, New York (USA), Church of the Transfiguration | 92 |
1988 | Niantic, Connecticut (USA), St. John's Episcopal Church | 93 |
1989 | Dayton, Ohio (USA), St. George's Episcopal Church | 94 |
1990 | Buffalo, New York (USA), State University of New York, Slee Hall | 95 |
1989 | Gloucester, Massachusetts (USA), St. John's Episcopal Church | 97 |
1991 | Evansville, Indiana (USA), First Presbyterian Church | 98 |
1991 | Houston, Texas (USA), Palmer Memorial Church | 99 |
1992 | Dallas, Texas (USA), Meyerson Symphony Center | 100 |
1993 | Dallas, Texas (USA), Southern Methodist University | 101 |
1993 | Greensboro, North Carolina (USA), Greensboro College, Finch Chapel | 102 |
1995 | Dorchester, Massachusetts (USA), All Saints (Ashmont) | 103 |
1994 | Tampa, Florida (USA), St. Andrew's Episcopal Church | 105 |
1995 | Pittsburg, Kansas (USA), Pittsburg State University | 106 |
1993 | Dover, Massachusetts (USA), Dover Church | 107 |
1997 | Houston, Texas (USA), Rice University | 109 |
1998 | Yokohama (Japan), T.R.Y. 90 Concert Hall | 110 |
1999 | Norman, Oklahoma (USA), University of Oklahoma | 111 |
1999 | Richmond, Virginia (USA), St. James' Episcopal Church | 112 |
2000 | Seattle, Washington (USA), Benaroya Hall - Seattle Symphony | 114 |
2000 | Macon, Georgia (USA), Christ Church | 115 |
2001 | Oberlin, Ohio (USA), Oberlin College, Finney Chapel | 116 |
2001 | Claremont, California (USA), Pomona College | 117 |
1999 | Houston, Texas (USA), Rice University - Studio Organ | 118 |
| Gainesville, Florida (USA), First Presbyterian Church | 119 |
2000 | Lausanne (Zwitserland), Cathédrale | 120 |
| Greenville, South Carolina (USA), Furman University | 121 |
| Shoreview, Minnesota (USA), Shepherd of the Hills, ELCA | 122 |
| Chicago, Illinois (USA), St. Chrysostom's Church | 123 |
| Roanoke, Virginia (USA), Christ Church Episcopal | 124 |
| Snowmass, Colorado (USA), Snowmass Chapel | 125 |
| Greenville, North Carolina (USA), St. Paul's Church | 126 |
| Tallahassee, Florida (USA), St. John's Church | 127 |
| Lexington, Virginia (USA), Lexington Presbyterian Church | 128 |
| San Luis Opisbo, California (USA), Performing Arts Center | 129 |