Southern Methodist University

Janke Tracker 1974

Rübsam practice organ donated to Southern Methodist University.

Wolfgan Rübsam, the most recorded organ virtuoso of all time, purchased, in 1974, a small tracker organ from the Janke firm as a practice instrument and placed it in his barn on his farm near Valparaiso, Indiana. Rübsam is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, and, when he and his wife Jan relocated to a new home, the organ was given to his alma mater. The Buzard firm was entrusted with its removal and cleaning. In addition, the team polished the façade, and installed a tremulant operated by a hitch-down pedal identical to the coupler hitch-downs. We then transported it to Dallas and and re-assembled the tracker instrument in its new practice room home.