Though the organ was built for an Italian church bombed during WWII, it escaped damage. The church was later taken down but the organ was purchased and taken to Austria. A U.S. organ builder restored it, having only to replace one of its 300 pipes.

“Although small, the Traeri organ encompasses a full harmonic spectrum, and its six registers deliver rich sounds of great variety,” Kimberly Marshall, associate director of the School of Music explains.

“The music of Cavazzoni, Gabrieli and Frescobaldi will be recreated [in Arizona] with the same accuracy as it can be heard on any historical instrument in Italy today.” The inaugural organ concert is planned for late September.

The school’s website provides more information:
http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/music/e-Notes/spring2006/organ.htm