The McMyler Memorial Organ
The McMyler Memorial Organ has been heard in the Cleveland Museum of Art since 1922. The first instrument (a gift of Mrs. P. J. McMyler and her daughters in memory of their husband and father, built by E. M. Skinner, and dedicated by Archibald T. Davison) has undergone several rebuilds as concepts of organ design have developed. Organ-builder Walter Holtkamp, Sr., and former Curator Walter Blodgett, were responsible for much of this evolution. Many of the world's outstanding organists, including Arthur Quimby and Melville Smith (also former curators), Albert Riemenschneider, Albert Schweitzer, Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, Lynwood Farnam, Fernando Germani, E. Power Biggs, André Marchal, Gillian Weir, Marie-Madeleine Duruflé, and Jean Langlais, have appeared here.
Recitals by Curator of Musical Arts Karel Paukert and guest musicians take place Sundays at 2:30 pm from October through April. In addition, there are numerous summer recitals by the curator, often with guest artists. Audiences hear a wide range of compositions from all eras on a myriad of keyboard instruments.