Management Personnel
Jason Overall works in tonal design and project development. His main duties involve coordinating the various design components on proposals, acting as the main contact on new projects and working with the staff voicer on onsite tonal finishing for new instruments. Mr. Overall also oversees various advertising and promotional efforts as well as assists in Goulding & Wood’s active service department. Mr. Overall began organ study while in high school under Dr. Nancy Ypma at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois.
He went on to study organ with Dr. Charles Tompkins at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, where he received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Composition/Theory cum laude. After graduating, Mr. Overall studied at the Florida State University, receiving a Master’s of Music in Composition under Dr. John Boda and continuing organ study under Dr. Michael Corzine. While at the Florida State University, he completed courses in organ design and instrument history. Mr. Overall is also organist/choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of All Saints and has served in Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Episcopal congregations. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians.
Brandon Woods is the firm’s primary voicer for all pipework, including flues and reeds. Duties include tonal design on new instruments, final specifications for all new pipework, voicing of all pipework and leading all onsite tonal finishing. In 1969, Mr. Woods began employment with the firm of E. H. Holloway, Inc. concentrating in the fields of maintenance and tuning, later becoming the main voicer on staff. Mr. Woods joined the staff of Goulding & Wood, Inc. in 1984 and has voiced and finished all new instruments and renovations since that time. These projects have varied widely from new chamber instruments in chapels to large organs in reverberant halls and historical restorations of significant instruments. Prominent jobs include new organs in cathedrals at New Orleans and Atlanta, academic institutions including the 69-rank opus 45 at the new Sursa Performance Hall at Ball State University and the 70-rank opus 47 at Madonna della Strada Chapel of Loyola University of Chicago, Saint Meinrad Benedictine Archabbey, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church of Dallas, and the tonal restoration of the 120-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ at East Liberty Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
Mark Goulding serves as Project Manager and Shop Supervisor, working closely with the shop personnel in the fabrication and installation of all projects. Mr. Goulding began employment with the company in 1986 where he apprenticed under his father, founder John Goulding.
In 1994, Mr. Goulding became superintendent of the windchest department, overseeing the layout and construction of the electro-pneumatic slider-and-pallet windchests used exclusively by Goulding & Wood, Inc. He has served as general shop superintendent since 2001 and has overseen all onsite installation since 2002. Mr. Goulding is a member of the American Institute of Organbuilders and the American Guild of Organists.
Kurt Ryll provides casework and mechanical design and detailing, working closely with the architects, builders, committees, musicians, project managers, and Goulding & Wood’s shop personnel in the design, fabrication, and installation of all projects. Mr. Ryll is instrumental in the development of the visual design of each instrument, taking great care to incorporate key elements of the surrounding room. He studied at the Indiana University Herron School of Art and Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts concentrating in fine woodworking and furniture design.
While active as a self-employed custom woodworker in southeastern Alaska, Mr. Ryll won two design projects for the Wrangell Alaska Public School System that included design, construction, and installation of artwork on school campuses. Since this time, he has been active for over twenty-five years in the Indianapolis area as a custom woodworker, draftsman/designer, research and development manager, and project manager. In addition, Mr. Ryll maintains an active home studio where he continues to build custom furniture and speaker cabinets.
Robert Duffy designs and builds casework for all new instruments, including carving of ornament and statuary. Mr. Duffy studied at the University of Texas before pursuing work full-time as a harpsichord builder. He worked for several years at the firm of Hubbard Harpsichords, Inc. of Framingham, Massachusetts, where he served as Musical Finisher. From there, he worked as cabinet maker with Eric Herz of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mr. Duffy began working with Goulding & Wood, Inc. in 1986, overseeing the production of all casework, consoles and wooden pipework. He has designed and built facades in a wide variety of styles, including Contemporary, Federalist, Gothic, Tudor, and Baroque. In addition to his activities at the organ shop, Mr. Duffy continues to operate Robert Duffy Harpsichords from his home shop, where he builds a variety of historical instruments as well as period furniture reproductions.
Robert Heighway • Master Craftsman
David Sims has a variety of duties in the shop, including service work, electrical and system wiring, and voicing. David joined Goulding & Wood after earning a Master’s of Music in Organ Performance from Indiana University, Bloomington under Larry Smith. While at IU, he assisted retired G&W co-founder Tom Wood in taking care of IU’s collection of organs.
David earned his Bachelor of Music in Church Music/Organ from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where he studied organ with Catherine Rodland and John Ferguson. He serves as Director of Music at North Christian Church in Columbus, IN and is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians.