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Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders, Tacoma, WA, has built
an organ for the office and test kitchen of Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet, in
Seattle, WA. Inspired primarily by the organ built by Esias Compenius in 1616
now located in the Frederiksborg Slotskirke, Denmark, the organ has ten stops,
all but one of wood. The front pipes (Quintadena 8') are made of vertical grain
maple with ebony inlay and are fitted with carved walnut mouths. The three reed
stops are closely modeled after the pipes of the Compenius organ and are also
primarily of wood. The Rankett 16' stands at the feet of the façade, the
Krummhorn 8' is inside at the rear of the case and the Geigend Regal 4' is
placed just above the keyboards behind the carved panel. Playing these three
reeds together makes a grand chorus that is satisfying in a relatively small
room. Wood helps the flues to produce a delicate yet full sound.

Inside the walnut casework also stand the wooden Pedal
Bourdon 16' pipes.

The organ is winded by a blower mounted in a soundproofing
enclosure that stands to the side of the case. The bellows is of the weighted
hinged type located in the base of the case. Tuning is modified meantone.

The commissioning of this organ was uncomplicated: we were
given a budget, the number of manuals and a ceiling height not to exceed. Every
other decision was left entirely to us. This kind of trust between builder and
client enabled the project to include worthwhile elements of organ building
seldom attempted today. We are grateful for the opportunity to build this
instrument.

Stanford University has commissioned an organ of similar
design with one manual and 8 stops to be tuned in meantone temperament and
installed in Memorial Church.

--Paul Fritts

MANUAL I

                        8'
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Gedackt
(wood)

                        4'
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Blockflöte
(wood)

                                                Nasard/Cornet
II

                        2'
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Gemshorn
(wood)

                        16'
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Rankett
(wood)

                        8'
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Krummhorn
(wood)

MANUAL II

                        8'
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Quintadena
(wood)

                        4'
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Geigend
Regal (wood)

PEDAL

                        16'
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Bourdon
(wood)

                        8'
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Gedackt
(wood)

Manual II/Manual I

Manual I/Pedal

Manual II/Pedal

Variable Tremulant

Bedient Pipe Organ Co.,
Lincoln, NE, has built a new organ, opus 39, for Epiphany Episcopal Church,
Atlanta, GA: 9 stops, 11 ranks, 605 pipes; case of white oak; mechanical key
and stop action; pipe shades of red gum. Dedication recitalist was David Dahl;
organist of the church is Mark Matthews.

                                                GREAT

                        8'
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Rohrflute

                        4'
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Octave

                        2'
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Octave

                                                Mixture
II-III

                                                SWELL

                        8'
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Gedackt

                        4'
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Spitzflute

                        2'
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Flute

                                                Cornet
II

                                                PEDAL

                        16'
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Subbass

                                                Gt/Ped

                                                Pos/Ped

                                                Pos/Gt

                                                Tremulant

The Faucher Organ Company of Biddeford, ME has recently completed their Opus #10 for St.
Malachy's Church, Sherburne, NY. The church's former 4-rank Buhl
organ was suffering from badly deteriorated electrical contacts and leather. It
was also handicapped by a limited tonal design whose few stop registers were
almost all at 8' pitch. Faucher added new chests and four additional
ranks: Trumpet, Rohrflute, Quint, and Tierce. Most of the original pipework was
rescaled, revoiced, and incorporated into the new tonal scheme. The console was
completely rebuilt and a new custom solid-state switching and coupling system
was built and installed by the Faucher firm. The ailing basement blower was
disconnected and a new blower was installed in the gallery chamber. The
organ's 8 ranks are distributed over 34 stop registers. Craftsmen on this
project included Larry Ouellette, shop foreman; Dan Labrie & Tom Kovacevic,
solid state; Steve Leighton, console; Kevin Lindsay, technician. Tonal
finishing was performed by Robert Faucher, president and artistic director.

                                                GREAT

                        16'
          Violone

                        8'
              Open
Diapason

                        8'
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Rohrflute

                        8'
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Dulciana

                        4'
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Octave

                        4'
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Rohrgedeckt

                        22/3'
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Twelfth

                        2'
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Principal

                        2'
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Piccolo

                        22/3'
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Sesquialtera II

                        11/3'
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Mixture IV

                        8'
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Trumpet

                                                Chimes

                                                SWELL

                        8'
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Stopped
Diapason

                        8'
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Viol

                        8'
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Viol
Celeste

                        4'
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Principal

                        4'
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Gedeckt

                        4'
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Violina

                        22/3'
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Nazard

                        2'
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Fifteenth

                        13/5'
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Tierce

                        11/3'
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Quintflute

                        1'
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Fife

                        8'
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Trumpet

                                                Tremolo

                                                PEDAL

                        16'
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Bourdon

                        8'
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Principal

                        8'
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Bass
Flute

                        8'
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Violoncello

                        51/3'
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Quintbass

                        4'
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Choralbass

                        4'
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Flute

                        22/3'
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Mixture III

                        8'
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Trumpet

                        4'
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Clarion

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Lauck Pipe Organ Company, Otsego, Michigan

Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights,
Illinois

Trinity Christian College is a four-year liberal arts college founded in
1959 and located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles southwest of
Chicago. It is dedicated to providing students with a quality higher education
in the Reformed Christian tradition. The college has grown extensively in
recent years with many new buildings erected. In 2001, the college dedicated a
new 1,200-seat auditorium: The Martin and Janet Ozinga Chapel. The chapel is
also the home of the college's music department with faculty offices, rehearsal
rooms, a recital hall, a music computer lab, and practice rooms. An organ for
the auditorium was envisioned from the building's conception.

Under the chairmanship of music department chair Helen Van Wyck, a committee
was formed to choose a builder for the organ. Paula Pugh Romanaux was selected
as the consultant to work with the committee. After visiting several of our organs,
Lauck Pipe Organ Company was chosen to build the organ. Working with the
builder, the committee decided that the instrument would be located at the back
of the stage and would occupy the central position. The committee felt that an
organ with a detached console would prove more flexible, especially when used
with orchestra and to accompany small ensembles.

Several designs for the organ case were prepared ranging from traditional to
contemporary, the latter being chosen. The proportions of the case are generous
in order to fill the expansive rear wall of the stage area. The façade
consists of the 16' Principal, 8' Pedal Octave and the 8' Great Diapason,
with  pipes of polished tin. The
casework is arranged so that the Pedal division occupies the center and two
outer towers. Between the left and center tower is the Great Principal chorus
with the Choir division above. Between the right and center towers are the
Great flutes and reed with the Swell division above. A shallow case with
expression shades capable of a full range of motion allow for excellent egress
of sound. The emblem at the top of the center tower is the college's logo done
in relief and gilded.

Over the past 30 years, we have built many French-terraced consoles with
curved terraces, but Marilyn Mulder, the school's organ instructor, suggested a
console based on a design she saw at Chicago's Orchestra Hall. From her
photograph, we designed and built a console with straight, oblique terraces.
The woodwork is of cherry to match other furnishings in the chapel. The
terraces, keycheeks, manual and pedal sharps, and drawknobs are all of
rosewood. The manual naturals are of bone. Peterson supplied the MIDI system
and combination action. Lauck manufactured the coupler and relay systems, as
well as the electric expression servos.

The room, alas, suffers from insufficient reflection of sound. As we worked
with the acoustician and architect, the organ committee and I realized we would
not be able to have all of our requests granted; the acoustician was more
interested in absorbing rather than reflecting sound. The architect and
building committee did agree that the expansive drywall ceiling would be well
supported and made up of a double layer glued together so as to not absorb the
lower frequencies. Preliminary acoustical tests of the room proved that we
needed a lot of sound to fill it. The organ had to be scaled very boldly, with
variable scales and higher cut-ups being freely employed. In addition, generous
wind pressures, especially in the reeds, would be used. Our tonal concept was
to establish well-developed Principal choruses in each division, colorful and
contrasting flute choruses, and chorus reeds that bind together well. This goal
was achieved and supplemented by colorful solo reeds and strings with character
and variety.

The Great is based on a 16' Principal. The 8' extension of the Principal can
be used as a second Diapason and creates a rich fond d'orgue with the open and
stopped flutes. Mutations provide for a Great Principal Cornet. To ensure a
bold, full pedal, the 16' Diapason is really a 16' open wood located in the
central tower of the case. The Great 16' Principal is also available in the
Pedal for use in lighter textures, while the 8' Octave and 4' Choralbass are
independent. The Trumpet-en-Chamade is made of tin and is voiced on 10 inches
of wind pressure using domed parallel shallots. The Pedal Trombone unit is also
voiced with domed parallel shallots on 8 inches of wind pressure. The Swell
reeds are on 6 inches of wind with the Bassoon/Oboe having tapered shallots and
the Trumpet/Clarion parallel shallots. The Swell Gamba and Gamba Celeste are
slotted with rollers throughout. It is a well-developed string tone with good
strength and carrying power; however, the expression boxes and shades are
heavily built and can make the strings evaporate when desired. The Swell also
has a Flute Celeste, which is built as a Ludwigtone; basically, two wood pipes
built with a common middle wall on one foot. The Choir Viola and Viola Celeste
are of about equal power to the Swell strings but are not slotted and are of a
broader tone quality. They are voiced to work together perfectly yet retain
their individual colors.

The Lauck employees that built Opus 55 include: Craig Manor, console design
and construction, wood pipes; Ken Reed, pipemaker, office manager; Ben Aldrich,
design, windchests, foreman; Bob Dykstra, windchests, wood pipes, casework;
Dick Slider, windchests, lower casework; Dan Staley, circuit board
manufacturing, wiring; Jim Lauck, design, voicing, tonal finishing; Jonathan
Tuuk; tonal finishing.

--Jim Lauck

Lauck Opus 55, 2002

3 manuals, 46 ranks, electric action

GREAT

16' Principal  (61 pipes)

8' Diapason (61 pipes)

8' Principal (12 pipes)

8' Rohrflute (61 pipes)

8' Flute Harmonique (61 pipes)

4' Octave (61 pipes)

4' Principal (12 pipes)

4' Flute Octaviante (12 pipes)

22/3' Quint (61 pipes)

2' Superoctave (61 pipes)

13/5' Tierce (61 pipes)

IV Fourniture (244 pipes)

8' Trumpet (61 pipes)

8' Trumpet-en-Chamade (61 pipes)

                        Great
to Great 4

                        Swell
to Great 16-8-4

                        Choir
to Great 16-8-4

                        Zimbelstern

SWELL

16'  Bourdon (12 pipes)

8' Bourdon (61 pipes)

8' Gamba (61 pipes)

8' Gamba Celeste (49 pipes)

8' Flute Celeste (49 pipes)

4' Principal (61 pipes)

4' Spitzflute (61 pipes)

2' Blockflute (12 pipes)

V Mixture (293 pipes)

16' Bassoon (61 pipes)

8' Trumpet (61 pipes)

8' Oboe (12 pipes)

4' Clarion (12 pipes)

Tremulant

Swell to Swell 16-UO-4

CHOIR

8' Gedeckt (61 pipes)

8' Viola  (61 pipes)

8' Viola Celeste (49 pipes)

4' Principal (61 pipes)

4' Koppelflute (61 pipes)

22/3' Nazard (61 pipes)

2' Octave (61 pipes)

2' Flautino (12 pipes)

13/5' Tierce (61 pipes)

11/3' Larigot (5 pipes)

III Scharff (183 pipes)

8' Cromorne (61 pipes)

8' Trumpet-en-Chamade (Gt)

Tremulant

Choir to Choir 16-UO-4

Swell to Choir 16-8-4       

PEDAL

32' Sub Bourdon (electronic ext)

16' Diapason (open wood) (32 pipes)

16' Principal (Great)

16' Subbass (32 pipes)

16' Bourdon (Swell)

8' Octave  (32 pipes)

8' Principal (Great)

8' Bass Flute (12 pipes)

4' Choralbass  (32 pipes)

II Rauschquint (64 pipes)

II Mixture  (24 pipes)

32' Contra Bassoon (electronic ext)

16' Trombone (32 pipes)

16' Bassoon (Swell)

8' Trumpet (12 pipes)

4' Clarion (12 pipes)

4' Cromorne (Choir)

Great to Pedal 8-4

Swell to Pedal 8-4

Choir to Pedal 8-4

Lauck Pipe Organ Company

92 - 24th Street

Otsego, MI 49078-9633

Telephone: 269/694-4500

Fax: 269/694-4401

<[email protected]>

Cover photo by Richard Lanenga

 

Paul Fritts and Co., Tacoma,
Washington, has built a new organ for Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
The mechanical-action pipe organ is installed in the 500-seat Mary Anna Fox
Martel Recital Hall of the Belle Skinner Music Building. It contains 34 stops
distributed over two manuals (Hauptwerk and Positiv) and Pedal.

The tonal design reflects both the North and Middle German schools of
organbuilding from the first half of the eighteenth century. North German
features include fully independent manual and pedal divisions with
well-developed upper work; a full spectrum of mutation stops (two on double
draws); and seven reed stops, 20% of the registers. Middle German building is
represented by a variety of six manual 8' flue stops; the “gravity”
of 16' stops in each manual division and four 16' pedal stops; a Tierce rank
which can be added to the Hauptwerk Mixture; and the inclusion of the Positiv
division in the main case, rather than positioned to the rear of the player.

The northern features pay homage to the seventeenth-century style of Arp
Schnitger and the middle German school points more to the pre-Romantic
eighteenth-century styles of Wender, Trost, Hildebrandt and others. The new
Vassar organ is well-suited for music of J. S. Bach with its cosmopolitan
mixture of northern, middle, and southern European traits. Other literature
from the sixteenth-century through the works of Mendelssohn will also sound to
advantage.

The new organ is placed centrally in a gallery nine feet above the stage
floor in the front of the hall. The case has a bright burgundy enamel finish.
Gold leaf highlights the gray painted pipe shades. The case and many internal
parts are crafted from popular. 
Many other woods were chosen for their various properties, including
mahogany, oak, maple, ebony, redwood and sugar pine.

Along with the new organ came alterations to the organ gallery and stage
area significantly improving acoustics, and a climate control system for the
recital hall. The Marian and Speros Martel Foundation Inc. donated funds
covering both the organ and hall improvements. Glenn D. White recommended
acoustical improvements, and Richard Turlington designed architectural plans
for the room. Frances D. Fergusson, President of Vassar College, initiated the
project. George B. Stauffer was consultant.

To inaugurate the new instrument, Merellyn Gallagher, James David Christie,
and Joan Lippincott played solo recitals in February and March 2003.

HAUPTWERK

16' Principal

8' Octava

8' Rohrflöte

8' Viol di Gamba

4' Octava

4' Spitzflöte

Nasat/Cornet II*

2' Superoctava

Mixture Tierce

Mixture IV–VI

16' Trompet

8' Trompet

POSITIVE

8' Geigenprincipal

8' Gedackt

8' Quintadena

4' Octava

4' Rohrflöte

2' Octava

2' Gemshorn

11/3' Quinte

Quint/Sesquialtara II*

Mixture IV–V

16' Fagotto

8' Dulcian

PEDAL

16' Principal**

16' Violon

16' Subbass

8' Octava***

8' Bourdon***

4' Octava

Mixture V–VII

16' Posaune

8' Trompet

4' Trompet

* Double draw

** Bottom octave transmission from Hauptwerk

*** Extension

Couplers

                        Positiv
to Hauptwerk

                        Hauptwerk
to Pedal          

                        Positiv
to Pedal

Manual/Pedal compass: 56/30, flat pedalboard

Burnished tin front pipes

Solid wood casework with pipe shades carved by Judy Fritts

Suspended key action

Mechanical stop action

Variable tremulant

Three bellows fitted with pedals for foot pumping

Wind stabilizer

Pitch: A 440

Temperament: Kellner

Wind pressure: 74 mm. (ca. 3≤)

Fabry Pipe Organs, Inc., of Fox
Lake, Illinois, has completed the 5-rank antiphonal division added to the
original Möller organ in Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Homewood,
Illinois.

Fabry Inc. installed the original M.P. Möller instrument (2 manuals, 19
ranks) in 1980 in the rear balcony of the sanctuary and has been maintaining
the organ since that time. The console was prepared for an antiphonal division.
On many occasions while tuning the instrument, the organist, Mrs. Phyllis
Silhan, would always say, “I hope I get to see this instrument completed
before I retire.” Twenty-two years later, the church elected to add the
antiphonal division.

The new antiphonal division was installed in October of 2002. The original
specification for this division--8' Gedeckt, 4' Gemshorn, 2' Flautino, II
Mixture--was changed to 8' Gedeckt, 4' Octave, 4' Harmonic Flute, 2' Fifteenth,
and 8' Oboe. A new solid-state relay was provided that is totally prepared for
the addition of a small antiphonal console.

Fabry Inc. would like to thank the organist, Mrs. Phyllis Silhan, and
Reverend Dr. Timothy Knaff, who coordinated the entire project. David G. Fabry
built all the chestwork and new casework. Crew leader Joseph Poland handled the
installation.

GREAT

8' Principal

8' Bourdon

4' Octave

2' Super Octave

IV Fourniture

8' Trompette (Sw)

SWELL

8' Rohrflote

8' Viola

8' Viola Celeste

4' Spitz Principal

4' Rohrflote (ext)

2' Hohlflote

III Scharf

8' Trompette

ANTIPHONAL (new division)

8' Gedeckt

4' Octave

4' Harmonic Flute

2' Fifteenth

8' Oboe

PEDAL

16' Contra Bass

16' Rohr Bourdon (ext)

8' Principal (Gt)

8' Rohrflote (Sw)

4' Nachthorn

16' Bombarde (ext)

4' Clarion (Sw)

COUPLERS

                        Gt
& Sw to Ped 8

                        Sw
to Gt 16-8-4

                        Gt
4

                        Sw
16-UO-4

                        Antiph
to Ped 8

                        Antiph
to Gt 8

                        Antiph
to Sw 8

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A. David Moore, North Pomfret, Vermont, Opus 27

The home of George Becker and Christo Bresnahan,

San Francisco, California

From the builder

Opus 27 is a compact two-manual organ designed to give the player the
greatest number of stop combinations and colors from a small stoplist. The
lower keyboard controls the Great, the upper the Positive. The manual compass
is 56 notes, and the straight pedalboard has 30 notes. Couplers include
Positive to Great, Positive to Pedal, Great to Pedal. The tremulant affects the
entire organ.

The Great has an 8' Clarabella, a 4' Principal in the display, Twelfth,
Fifteenth and Seventeenth. The Clarabella is scaled after examples found on
early Hook organs. The bass octave is stopped. Pipes from tenor C are of open
wood and of English style construction with the windway carved into the cap.
They are similar to early New England-style Stopped Diapason pipes without the
stopper. The blocks have a little step down after the front edge next to the
windway, which helps a great deal with the speech of the pipes. Provision of an
8' open stop on the Great allows for a rich plenum with a strong fundamental.
The Clarabella, drawn alone, serves as a distinctive foil to the 8' Stopped
Diapason. The Clarabella must not be confused with the Melodia, also an open 8'
stop. (The Melodia typically has an inverted mouth, a cap that protrudes over
the front of the pipe, more nicks, and a block, the top of which is curved
forward in various degrees depending on the builder.) Twenty-one Principal
pipes are in the display above the keyboards. The treble pipes are in the case,
followed, front to back, by Fifteenth, Twelfth and Seventeenth. Initially
conceived as a double draw Sesquialtera, it was thought better to separate the
two ranks to allow greater freedom of registration.

The Positive has an 8' Stopped Diapason of wood, a 4' Flute and an 8'
Trumpet. The Stopped Diapason is quite literally an open wood diapason which is
stopped, in the manner of early Hook and English examples. The speech has a
hint of quint and a subtle chiff. The Flute is of open wood pipes. The bass of
the Trumpet has wooden resonators, wooden blocks and shallots.
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The blocks and shallots are turned (on
a South Bend lathe) from a single piece of wood. The inside bore of the shallot
is tapered. The tongue is held in place with a hardwood cleat and two small
wood screws. The opening in the shallot is tapered and milled into the wooden
face. The dimensions of shallot opening, bore, taper and resonator inside
diameters are close to eighteenth-century North European practice. The use of
wood for the shallot avoids the need for lead-faced shallots or leathered
shallot faces. The wood face, in terms of hardness, is somewhere between lead
or brass and a leathered surface. The brass tongues are fairly wide, thick, and
tapered. The lowest octave has wooden resonators which impart a strong
fundamental and circumvent concerns about collapse. Metal resonators are used
from 4' C with wood shallot-blocks; at middle C the resonators are metal, the
blocks lead and the shallots brass, much like an old North European Trumpet.
The Trumpet has a brightness of speech as well as a distinct and prominent
fundamental throughout. The Trumpet can be played either from the upper manual
or from the pedal, or on both manuals and pedal simultaneously. It is useful
for a cantus firmus, or for an independent pedal line when used with the 8' and
4' Positive stops against the lower manual plenum, and is satisfying as a solo
register.

The Pedal contains the 16' Subbass of butternut wood; the lowest six pipes
flank the manuals. The butternut, like most of the wood in the organ, was
felled on the North Pomfret Moore property. The logs were sawed into boards of
various thicknesses on a WoodMizer thin-kerf band sawmill. Much of the wood is
quarter sawn.

Metal in the Principal is lead with 28% tin. Smaller amounts of antimony,
bismuth and copper are added to the metal alloy. The melting pot holds 700 lbs
of metal. To this is added 1.25 lbs of antimony, .25 lbs of bismuth and 2.5 lbs
of copper. Copper seems to give the alloy a nice ringing sound. Antimony is
added to prevent metal collapse. Pipe metal was poured, hammered and fashioned
into pipes all in the Moore workshop. (A Dom Bédos-type hammering
machine, made by Dave Moore, graces the workshop and is used "once in a
while.") A new hammering machine that can automatically hammer a full
sheet of metal as it is taken from the casting table is now used. This machine
has 17 metal hammers that are raised and dropped onto the metal all at once,
covering the whole width of the sheet. The sheet is then advanced a fraction of
an inch and the hammers move over slightly. Metal hammered with this machine
prevents the "bacon effect" (caused by sheets of metal being hammered
on the edges more than in the middle, thus the sheet starts to get wavy like a
piece of cooked bacon). Hammering pipe metal is an old practice that hardens
the metal, optimizes pipe resonance and imparts a richness of timbre not
otherwise obtainable.

The metal pipework is voiced with fairly wide windways and regulation at the
toe hole for most stops. The toe holes are closed down until the volume of the
pipe is just right. In essence, an Open Diapason register would have pretty
much open toes in the mid range and then the treble pipes would be regulated a
bit at the top register. Toe regulation is important in stops above 4' pitch.
Thus with a 2' stop the windways are kept just right in the top octaves and the
volume is controlled at the toe. This keeps the top ranges of the stop from
being too loud and overpowering. This style of voicing, with moderate nicking,
is just about what the early New England organ builders practiced. One can
often find this type of voicing in various European styles. The pipes are cone
tuned.

The action is suspended, and is provided with easily accessible adjustment
nuts. Trackers are of wood with rolled threaded brass ends and wood or leather
nuts for adjustments. Some tracker ends have wires into the wooden trackers
that go through unbushed metal rollerboard arms. The pedal action has some felt
bushings and washers but the manual keyboards do not.

Winding for the organ is controlled by a small curtain valve. A small
single-fold reservoir is located at the bottom inside the case and feeds air to
three windchests through solid wood trunks in the manner of old instruments.
Pressure is 211/16 inches. Winding is flexible in that a sustained note in one
part of the keyboard is influenced by a moving passage in another part of the
register. The blower is a quiet operating Laukhuff. The tremulant is of the
tremblant doux type described by Dom Bédos and found on early French and
New England organs. A leather-covered door is poised at an angle in a horizontal
section of the main wind trunk. When the tremulant is engaged, the door
oscillates back and forth, creating fluctuation in the wind pressure and a
tremulant effect that varies depending on what is being played.

--A. David Moore

From the owner

I first met Dave Moore in 1970 when he was renting an apartment in the
Pigeon Cove house of Charlie and Ann Fisk. David apprenticed in the then small
Fisk shop before establishing his own workshop in North Pomfret, Vermont, where
he has been designing and building historically informed mechanical action
organs for over three decades. This unique builder has traveled extensively and
studied some of the finest old (and some new) organs of Germany, France, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Italy and England. He has a working knowledge of the
treatises of Clicquot and Dom Bédos. Living and working in New England,
he has acquired a knowledge, both intimate and scholarly, of the 18th- and
19th-century New England builders. His association with the likes of John Fesperman,
Barbara Owen, Fenner Douglass, Mark Brombaugh and Kevin Birch (to name but a
few) has contributed to his understanding of the organ and its music. (Indeed,
David himself is a quite respectable organist.)

Opus 27 was built almost entirely from trees harvested by David Moore on his
Vermont farm, from lead and tin melted, poured and hammered, and from cow
bones, fashioned into keys and stop labels, all in his workshop. When I visited
the shop in 2000 to see the progress of the instrument, boards for the Subbass
still had bark on them! Wood in the organ includes butternut, black cherry,
maple, ash, walnut, pine and oak. Basswood is used for the tableboards of the
windchests. Sliders are made of poplar. Pipe shades were designed by Tom Bowen
and carved by Dave Laro.

Working out the stoplist was an exciting process involving frequent e-mails,
conversations and a number of changes. The goal was to create an instrument of
character (Moore character) with a light, responsive suspended action, stops of
distinctive color, resilient winding, and a case which bespeaks its New England
roots.

Dave Moore and Thad Stamps drove the organ from North Pomfret to San
Francisco in 72 hours! Christo and I helped them unload pipetrays, blower and
organ parts into the modestly sized music room of our San Francisco Victorian.
Over the next three weeks the organ was erected and Dave completed tonal
finishing. The organ has an unmistakable character reflecting David's vision,
his New England craftsmanship and his musical genius. Opus 27 was celebrated
with a dedication recital played in January 2003 by Charles Krigbaum. At that
time Dave Moore gave a brief demonstration of the organ to an appreciative
audience.

Dave Moore prefers to avoid the term eclectic for his organs:

. . . the organs I've made have
a certain sound to them. Pretty full, quite a lot of fundamental, good solid
bass to most things, upperwork designed along the lines of early American
organs . . . I prefer not to have them labeled in any one way. If you say,
"This is an organ constructed after French principles," some people
think that all you can play on it is French music. I prefer to keep the stop
nomenclature in English, so that if someone comes along and says, "Aha!
This is very much like the old Dutch organs, it's perfect for that," they
play that music on it and they're very happy . . . You're much better off if
you can accept an instrument for what it is and play what you can on it.1

Although I have found the organ especially appropriate for playing Bach,
Sweelinck and their contemporaries (having myself played many old organs of
Holland and North and Central Germany), opus 27 does admirably well with the
likes of Franck, Hindemith, Pinkham and Hampton. David Moore and his co-workers
Tom Bowen and Thaddeus Stamps have created a cohesive, harmonious and
imminently musical organ in a little shop in rural Vermont. The sheer joy of
playing this splendid and modestly elegant instrument is, for me, as good as it
gets.

--George Becker, M.D.

Notes

1. Quoted from the essay "A. David Moore, Organ Builder: An Account of
His Work (1971-1994)" by Kevin Birch, music director of St. John's R.C.
Church, Bangor, Maine.

A. David Moore Opus 27 can be heard at the following website
. Dr. Becker, an orthopaedic surgeon, is assistant organist
at the Old First Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Contact: George
Becker, M.D., 1375 Sutter St., Suite 304, San Francisco, CA 94109;
415/563-7383 . Cover photo: Sean Vallely

GREAT

8' Clarabella

4' Principal

22/3' Twelfth

2' Fifteenth

13/5' Seventeenth

Tremulant
(affects entire organ)

POSITIVE

8' Stopped
Diapason

4' Flute

8' Trumpet

PEDAL

16' Subbass

8' Trumpet

Couplers

Gt/Ped

Pos/Ped

Pos/Gt

30-note, straight pedalboard

Kellner temperament

A = 440

Fabry, Inc., Fox Lake, Illinois, has
completed the renovation of the organ at Zion Lutheran Church, Marengo,
Illinois, originally built in 1960 by Haase Pipe Organs of Chicago as three
manuals and 40 ranks. In 1986 the congregation demolished their old church and
built a new one on the same site. The organ was dismantled, stored, and then
installed in the new building. Over time, the organ deteriorated to the point
where some major work was necessary.

In February 2002, Fabry was engaged to repair, refurbish, and enlarge the
organ. Phase one, completed in October 2002, included a new three-manual
console with movable platform built by Fabry. The new console was fitted with a
Peterson MSP-1000 combination action, multiplex coupler relay and chamber
relay, and is prepared for MIDI. Phase two, completed in February 2003,
included the addition of six ranks of pipework, several additional windchests,
four new wind supply reservoirs, four electric tremolos, a Zimbelstern, and
complete revoicing and re-regulation of the entire instrument. Some of the
existing pipework was repaired and re-racked, and one rank was relocated. David
G. Fabry built all the chestwork, three-manual console, and movable platform.
Joseph Poland handled the installation.

GREAT

16' Quintadena

8' Principal

8' Bourdon

4' Octave

4' Gemshorn

2' Fifteenth

V Mixture

8' English
Trumpet (new)

Chimes

Tremolo

Gt/Gt
16-UO-4, Sw/Gt 16-8-4, Pos/Gt 16-8-4, MIDI/Gt

POSITIV

8' Quintadena

8' Wood
Flute (new)

8' Wood
Flute Celeste (new)

4' Rohrflote

2' Principal

11/3' Larigot

1' Sifflote

III Scharf

8' Trumpet
(Gt)

8' Cromorne

Zimbelstern
(new)

Tremolo

Pos/Pos
16-UO-4, Sw/Pos 16-8-4, MIDI/Pos

SWELL

8' Rohrgedeckt

8' Gamba

8' Gamba
Celeste (TC)

4' Principal

4' Spitzflote

22/3' Nazard

2' Koppelflote

13/5' Tierce
(new)

IV Mixture

16' Chalumeau
(new)

8' Trompete

4' Schalmei

Tremolo

Sw/Sw
16-UO-4, Pos/Sw, Gt/Sw,

MIDI/Sw

PEDAL

32' Acoustic
Bass (resultant)

16' Principal
(new)

16' Subbass

16' Quintadena
(Gt)

8' Principal

8' Nachthorn

4' Choral
Bass

II Rausch
Pfeife

32' Bombarde
(resultant)

16' Chalumeau
(Sw)

16' Posaune

4' Schalmei
(Sw)

Gt/Ped
8-4, Sw/Ped 8-4,

Pos/Ped
8-4, MIDI/Ped

Bedient Pipe Organ Company

Roca, Nebraska

First Presbyterian Church

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

The challenge to Bedient was to maintain the integral parts of an 1889
Steere and Turner, update and expand the organ, while at the same time make the
organ user-friendly and accessible. Opus 72 at First Presbyterian Church,
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (II/30) accomplished just that. In 2003, much of the
organ was dismantled and moved to our Lincoln, Nebraska shop where it was
reassembled, and old and new were interlaced.

New additions to the organ are 11 ranks of pipes (including a new speaking
façade drawn from the Principal 8' and Pedal Principal 8'), a new,
enlarged Swell windchest, electro-pneumatic stop action, solid-state
combination action, electro-pneumatic Pedal key action, wind system components,
both keyboards, the pedalboard and an adjustable height organ bench. Retained
and modified were the Great windchest and Pedal Bourdon wind-chest, some of the
façade casework (necessitating the stripping of old paint and careful
matching of cherry wood finish on both old and new parts), and structural parts
of the organ. The entire organ was revoiced to accommodate the newly renovated
sanctuary and blend the old and new pipes to be as one. The new stops are
indicated in italics.

--Gene Bedient

GREAT

16' Bourdon

8' Principal

8' Dulciana

8' Melodia

4' Octave

4' Flute
d'Amore

2' Fifteenth

Mixture
III-V

8' Clarinet

8' Trompete

SWELL

8' Open
Diapason

8' Salicional

8' Voix
céleste (tc)

8' Stopped
Diapason (new pipes 13-58)

4' Spitzflute

22/3' Nazard

2' Doublette

13/5' Tierce

Mixture
II (1980s addition)

8' Oboe

8' Trumpet
(1980s addition)

PEDAL

16' Bourdon

8' Principal

8' Bourdon
(ext)

4' Octave
(ext)

16' Fagott

Couplers

Great/Pedal

Swell/Pedal

Swell/Great

Tremulant

New Organs

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John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, IL, has built a new organ for First Congregational Church, Crystal Lake, IL: opus 16, 18 stops, 24 ranks. Although the original church was built in 1867, this is the congregation's first pipe organ. The first instrument was a reed organ which served faithfully for nearly 100 years. The reed organ's handsome case was made into the church's pulpit, still in use today. A Hammond electronic instrument followed, which the new pipe organ replaces.

The church expanded its crowded chancel to accommodate the
large music program and the new organ, installed front and center as a backdrop
for the worship space. The project incorporated the organ's design into the
greatly expanded chancel, harmonizing with the stately American colonial
architecture of the building.

The tonal design is a contemporary adaptation of American
organbuilding styles prevalent when the church was originally built. One notes
a large percentage of wood pipes as in earlier times. There are more open and
harmonic stops than one might typically see in new "eclectic"
instruments. The disposition of the flute choruses, large-scaled Great Open
Diapason, and plaintive English Oboe are also reminiscent of many 19th-century
organs. The inclusion of mixtures on both manuals, a full battery of Swell
reeds, employment of contemporary voicing techniques and classic scaling
concepts provides a contemporary sound for leading hymn singing, accompanying
choral and instrumental ensembles, and rendering a wide variety of solo
literature.

The Great division is located in the left side of the organ
case, with the Swell enclosed on the right side. The Pedal is divided between
both the Great and Swell. Facade pipes are from the Pedal 8' Octave and Great
8' Open Diapason, made from lightly polished English tin. Members of the Buzard
staff include: Phillip Campbell, Brian K. Davis, Stephen Downes, Charles Eames,
Michael Fisher, Charles R. Leach, Stuart Martin, Jay Sallmon, and Ray Wiggs.
Eva Wedel is minister of music of the church; Barbara Thorsen is organist.

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Diapason (tin - facade)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Melodia
(open wood)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flute
d'Amour (wood)

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Fourniture IV

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Minor
Trumpet (Sw 16')

                                    Cymbalstern

                                    Gt
16-UO-4

                                    Sw
16-8-4

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Diapason (wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicional

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Voix
Celeste (TC)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Flute (open metal)

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flageolet
(harmonic)

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Plein
Jeu IV

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(ext 16')

                                    Tremulant

                                    Sw
16-UO-4

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass
(1-12 elect ext Bourdon)

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (1-12 elect ext Gt)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(wood)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (Gt)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
(tin - facade)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bass
Flute (ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
Flute (Gt)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choral
Bass (ext)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trombone

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(Sw 16')

                                    Gt
8-4

                                    Sw
8-4

B. Rule & Co.,
New Market, TN, has recently completed a four-stop practice organ for a
residence in Knoxville, TN. A simple mechanical action of cherry backfalls and
correctly-sized pallet valves ensure a responsive touch, including a definite
sense of "pluck." The action compensates for seasonal humidity
changes. Several ranks of 19th-century pipework, small-scaled and gently
voiced, were incorporated into the organ. 
The old Vox Humana was revoiced into a regal-type reed. The Principal
4', made by Paul Byron of York, ME, has eight polished tin pipes in the facade.
The customer, who has experience with building harpsichords from kits, was able
to do some of the work, including painting the case, recovering the recycled
keyboards (c. 1865) with boxwood, and cutting out the patterns in the
ornamental center door panels. Windpressure 23/4"; temperament 1/6 comma,
after van Biezen; compass 56/30; couplers I/Ped, II/Ped, II/I.

MANUAL I

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Chimney
Flute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

MANUAL II

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Vox
Humana

PEDAL

                                    I/Ped

                                    II/Ped

The Schlicker Organ Company, Buffalo, NY, has built a new organ for Forest Park United Methodist
Church, Fort Wayne, IN: three manuals, 36 ranks. The new organ replaces an
instrument that was severely damaged by fire. Some of the pipework was
restored, rescaled, and revoiced in keeping with the concept of the new instrument.
The 3-manual English style console is moveable, and the choir has flexible
seating, allowing a variety of performance possibilities. Chest design is
electric slider with a solid state combination action.

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Gemshorn
(prep)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Hohl
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
(ext, prep)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spitz
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Mixture

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompete

                                    Chimes

                                    Zimbelstern

SWELL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viole

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Doublette

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quint

                  III
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Scharf

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Oboe/Bassoon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe
(ext)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(ext)

                                    Tremolo

CHOIR

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flute
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohr
Flute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce

                  III
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Cymbal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarinet

                                    Tremolo

FANFARE (prep)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trompeta
(tc, ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompeta

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompeta
(ext)

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Resultant
(Gemshorn & Bourdon)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Principal

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Gemshorn
(Gt, prep)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
(ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
(Gt, prep)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Posaune

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Oboe/Bassoon
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Posaune
(ext)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe
(Sw)

John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders,
style='font-weight:normal'> Champaign, IL, has built a new organ for First
United Methodist Church, Park Ridge, IL: Opus 15, 34 stops, 42 ranks. The
church is a brick structure designed in the 1920s by a member of the
congregation. Of Tudor influence, the exterior features patterned brickwork,
interesting chimney treatments, and lavish half-timber work. The sanctuary's
interior features heavy hand-adzed dark oak beams, almost square windows, and
low arches.

The organ's cases were inspired by the oldest extant pipe
organ, in Sion, Switzerland. The heavy embattlement crenelations and mouldings
atop the towers and flats match details in the room and in architecture of the
period. The arched facade openings match the stained glass window frames and other broad arches elsewhere in the building. The casework of white oak is stained to harmonize with other furnishings. A simple universal pattern woven into circles is used for the pipeshades.

Tonal design was inspired by English cathedral organbuilding
style. A straight 3-manual organ would not fit within the available space or
projected budget, but the organ had to have a wide variety of unison colors,
complete choruses, mutation stops, reed stops for the Full Swell, a profound
pedal, and a high volume solo stop. A two-manual, divided swell concept was
developed to offer accompanimental flexibility and eliminate duplicate stops
needed to fill out a complete third division. Although inspired by English
examples, it is not an English romantic organ. A light articulation in the
speech of appropriate stops, moderate wind pressures, and inclusion of mutation
and mixture stops serve to make this an American organ of the 1990s.

Because of limited space in the balcony, the Great division
is housed in a free-standing case in front of the balcony rail; the Swell and
Pedal are in the balcony behind matching casework. The Great case is supported
by columns extending to the nave floor. English tin of 75% was used for the
facade pipes, incorporating the Great 8' Open Diapason, 4' Principal, and Pedal
8' Octave. Great flutes are 50% tin with relatively small mouths. Reed pipes,
with the exception of the low octave of the Pedal Trombone, are made entirely
of 50% tin, and utilize English shallots with varying degrees of opening and
taper. The Tuba 8' is horizontally mounted atop the swell box, just behind the
flats. The pipes retained from former instruments were thoroughly rebuilt and
revoiced for the new tonal concept. The Buzard staff included: Brian Davis,
voicer, pipe repair, tonal finishing; Stephen Downes, windchests, winding
system, framing, installation; Charles Eames, engineering, windchests,
electrical system, management; Michael Fisher, pipe repair, tonal finishing;
Charles Robert Leach, case, framing, installation; Stuart Martin, case,
framing, installation; Jay K. Salmon, office and Zen management; Ray Wiggs,
windchests, console, installation.

--John-Paul Buzard

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt*

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flute
a Biberon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Dulciana*

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Koppel
Flute*

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Twelfth*

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Seventeenth*

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Fourniture IV

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Minor
Trumpet (Sw 16')

                                    Tremulant

                                    Cymbalstern

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Major
Tuba

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Tuba
Solo (C25-C61)

SWELL "A"

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Narrow
Diapason*

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicional*

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Voix
Celeste*

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal*

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Plein
Jeu IV

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(from 16')

                                    Tremulant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Major
Tuba (Gt)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Tuba
Solo (C25-C61, Gt)

SWELL "B"

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Diapason*

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Wood Flute Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Traverse
Flute*

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard*

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Block
Flute

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce*

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Larigot

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarinet

                                    Tremulant

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass
(1-12 electonic)

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (1-12 electr)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Contra
Bass*

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Violone
(wood)*

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(wood)*

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (Gt)*

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
(tin facade)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Violoncello
(ext)*

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
Flute (ext Bourdon)*

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choral
Bass*

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Mixture
III*

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trombone

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
(ext)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(Sw 16')

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Major
Tuba (Gt)

* denotes old pipework

Austin Organs, Inc.,
Hartford, CT, has recently completed its Opus 2759 for Christ Church UCC
Congregational, Brockton, MA. The new building is octagonal in shape with the
organ situated 90° from the chancel. This position places the choir in
front of the organ with the solid-state drawknob console centered. The room
enjoys a favorable acoustic. The entire Choir division is prepared for. The
facade is composed of pipes from the Great 8' Principal, Great 8' Harmonic
Flute, Pedal 16' Principal, and Pedal 8' Octave. Director of music and organist
is J. Kimball Darling.

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Violone
(Ped-Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Violoncello
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flûte
à Cheminée

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Twelfth

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Fourniture

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Hooded
Trumpet

                                    Tremulant

                                    Chimes

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Violoncello

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cello
Celeste

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Chimney
Flute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Flute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nasard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Zauberflote

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Plein
Jeu

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Hautbois
(ext)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clairon
(ext)

                                    Tremulant

CHOIR (prep)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Dulciana

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Prestant

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Coppel
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Principal

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Larigot

                  II
style='mso-tab-count:1'>             
Scharf

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne

                                    Tremulant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
(Gt)

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Resultant

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Principal
(ext Gt 8')

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Violone

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (prep)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Violoncello
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
(Ch, prep)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choral
Bass (ext)

                  II
style='mso-tab-count:1'>             
Fourniture

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Contre
Basson (ext)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trombone
(ext Gt 8')

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne
(Ch, prep)

T. R. Rench and Co., Racine, WI, has completed a new organ for Coon Valley Lutheran Church, Coon Valley, WI. This is the third pipe organ in this Norwegian Lutheran church, and replaces a theatre organ installed in the 1950s. (The style 135 Wurlitzer is being re-installed in its original theatre in nearby Viroqua, WI.) Containing 17 sets of pipes (19 ranks), the new organ is of electro-pneumatic construction, and all windchests are of the unit type. Windpressures are 5" for the 16' Trumpet and 33/4" for the organ in general. The stoplist reflects 19th-century American and German Romantic tonal styles. However, a Cornet group is provided and the Swell division contains the basic elements of a Positive division. The layout of the instrument has the Swell in the organ chamber and the Great in front, contained by casework of walnut and mahogany. The front display pipes are from the church's first organ, restored to the original stencil designs and colors. Consultant to the church council was John Henley of Sauk City, WI.

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Sub
Diapason (ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Melodia

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Dulciana

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Wald
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                                    IIIMixture

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne
(Sw)

SWELL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicional

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Flute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Piccolo

13/5'      Tierce

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Larigot (ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne

                                    Tremulant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
(Gt)

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Sub
Bass

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Bass

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choral
Bass (ext)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trumpet
(ext)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne
(Sw)

The Schlicker Organ Company, Buffalo, NY, has built a new organ for First United Methodist Church,
Green Bay, WI. The 29-rank organ is located in divided cases in the rear
gallery, allowing it to speak clearly into the nave. The tonal concept provides
a complete 2-manual organ with 8' Principal choruses in each division. In order
to increase tonal flexibility for solo literature as well as accompanying the
choir, three Swell stops were given a separate manual and couplers as a Solo
division. This allows them to be used as part of the Swell chorus or in
contrast to it. The three-manual, terraced drawknob console is prepared for a
future antiphonal division, playable from the Solo manual. Schlicker's artistic
director, J. Stanton Peters, designed the specification and scaling to include
broad scaled principals with high cut-ups and a wide spectrum of colors, producing
a vocal quality and versatility in its liturgical function.

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohr
Flute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  II
style='mso-tab-count:1'>             
Sesquialtera

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Mixture

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gamba

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Celeste
FF

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Doublette

                  III
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Scharf

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Trumpet

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe

                                    Tremolo

SOLO (enclosed with Swell)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Geigen
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne

                                    Tremolo

ANTIPHONAL (prep)

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Resultant

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Principal

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Mixture
(prep)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trumpet
(ext Gt)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
(Gt)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe
(Sw)

Visscher Associates,
Santa Cruz, CA, has built a new organ for Trinity United Methodist Church,
Chico, CA. Casework is of California walnut and Eastern black walnut. Facade
pipes in the towers are of polished copper, with the center pipe in each
"point" having a "flamed" upper lip of polished tin. Facade
pipes in the flats are of 75% tin. Key and stop action are mechanical. Swell
shades immediately behind the facade pipes provide expression for the manual
stops except the 8' Prestant. The depth from the wall to the front of the case
is 60 inches, which allows choir members to stand in front of the organ when
singing. To make the organ this shallow, bottom octave pipes of the Pedal 16'
Subbass and 16' Bassoon were located in recesses on the back wall to either
side of the main case. Having only space and funds for a smaller organ of 14
stops, the decision was made to opt for what is basically a single manual division with "either-or" registration, allowing any of the manual stops to be played on either keyboard. The option not taken, of dividing the stoplist between two independent divisions, would significantly decrease registration possibilities. Manual stop levers move up to the "on" position for the upper keyboard, to a detent in the middle for off, and down to the "on" position for the lower keyboard. The bottom 12 pipes of the 16' Contra-Bassoon are unique in that they employ "Haskell" miters for
the bottom octave. The two-piece resonator has a half-length "cap" of
parallel proportions fitting over a half-length, tapered bass, creating a
continuous taper, full-length, 16' resonator in nine feet. Dr. David Rothe was
consultant and played the dedication recital. Molly Wadsworth was chair of the
organ committee, and Ellen Rowan is Pastor of the church. Visscher Associates'
staff involved in building this organ included Lorraine Emery, Bret Smith,
Timothy O'Brien, Ernesto Sustaita, Gwen Shupe, and William Visscher.

MANUAL I or II

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Prestant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viol
(1-4 from Gedeckt)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Celeste
(TC)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spindle
Flute

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quint

                  III
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Mixture

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet

                                    Chimes

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Bass (ext)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Contra-Bassoon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bassoon
(ext)

 

Accessories

Tremulant

16' Contra-Bassoon reversible

I/Ped reversible

II/Ped reversible

II/I reversible

J.F. Nordlie Company,
Sioux Falls, SD, has built a new organ for Edina Community Lutheran Church,
Edina, MN: an electro-mechanical action instrument of six ranks. The free
standing case and open keydesk are constructed of rift sawn red oak. The low 20
pipes of the Principal 8' are made of polished aluminum and make up the facade.
The console is connected to the organ by a single fiber optic cable allowing
flexibility in placement. The integrated combination/relay action as built by
Matters, Inc., allows complete programmable control over the switching system
and a sophisticated combination action complete with transposer and player
mechanism. Carsten Slostad is Music Director for the church and served as
consultant on the organ project. The organ was built in the Nordlie shop by
craftsmen John F. Nordlie, Paul E. Nordlie, Trintje Nordlie, David L. Beyer,
Martin D. Larsen, Eric Grane, James Greenwald, and Beth MacDonald.

Analysis

A Bourdon 16' 85 pipes, 13-85 enclosed, 1-24 wood, variable
scale, 1-40 Gedackt, 41-54 Rohrflöte, 55-85 Blockflöte

B Principal 8' CC-g'' 44 open metal pipes unenclosed, 1-20
aluminum facade

C Octave 4' c°-g'''' 56 open metal pipes unenclosed

D Gemshorn 8' 85 pipes, enclosed, variable scale

E Quinte 11/3' CC-d''' 51 pipes, enclosed, variable scale

F Terz 13/5' c°-d''' 39 pipes, enclosed

G Trumpet 16' prepared

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
A

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
B

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedackt
A

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
D

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
C

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohrflöte
A

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quint E

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
C

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Terz F

                  1'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Mixture
II-III D&E

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trumpet
G (prep)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
G (prep)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clairon
G (prep)

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedackt
A

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
D

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohrflöte
A

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
D

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quinte E

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
C

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
D

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Terz F

                  11/3
style='mso-tab-count:1'>      
Quint E

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trumpet
G (prep)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
G (prep)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clairon
G (prep)

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
A

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
B

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedackt
A

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
D

                  51/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quint A

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
C

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedackt
A

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
C

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Mixture III
C&E

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Harmonics
D

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trumpet
G (prep)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
G (prep)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clairon
G (prep)

MIDI

Eight programmable stops x nine levels memory for a total of
72 MIDI stops. All stops with choice of coupling or non-coupling and accessible
in any division. Connections for MIDI in, MIDI out, and MIDI thru.

New Organs

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Steven Cook, Edmonds, WA

Our Saviour's Lutheran
Church, Bremerton, WA

From the consultant:

A new, encased mechanical action organ, by builder Steven
Cook, was installed in March of 2000, at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church,
Bremerton, Washington. The organ, located in the rear gallery of the nave, has
21 stops derived from 21 ranks, playable on two manuals and pedal.

The design of the organ posed some unique problems. The
former organ (a small two manual electro-pneumatic Estey) had been enclosed in
an attic chamber over a small choir loft at the front of the church. A more
optimal position for both choir and organ was chosen at the rear of the nave,
where a small balcony for overflow seating existed. The balcony, however, could
not provide sufficient height and space for both organ and choir. The creative
solution was to build the base of the organ on the floor of the nave,
straddling the center aisle and with a tunnel through the middle. The impost of
the organ aligns itself with the floor of the balcony, with tuning access
through doors at the back, accessed from the balcony. The keydesk is located on
one side of the case, raised 18" off the floor, giving clear sight of the
activity in the church. The choir is located on risers in the rear corner on
the same side as the keydesk. 
Visually and aurally the position of organ and choir has resulted in a
major improvement in the projection of sound into the nave.

Steven Cook, a native of Washington State, is a relatively
new organ builder for the Pacific Northwest, opening his shop in 1992. The new
organ for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church is his largest instrument to date, following
seven prior instruments. Mr. Cook, who has spent time working in the organ
shops of John Brombaugh and Paul Fritts, manufactures virtually all component
parts of his organs in his shop in Edmonds, Washington, including all metal
casting and pipe making, casework, keyboards and actions, windchests, and case
carvings. Several members of his family have been among the shop staff.

Metal pipework for principal and flute ranks are made from 28%
tin/lead alloy. Reed pipes are also made by the builder. Casework is made from
fumed white oak.

David Dahl

Organ consultant for the project

  

From the builder:

The organ for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church posed some
interesting challenges. The original plan was for a reversed, detached console.
However, after concerns were raised about the amount of floor space lost to the
organ, I suggested a keydesk on the end of the case. The organist expressed
concerns about being able to see the front of the church over people's heads,
so we elevated the keydesk 18" off the floor. This has proved satisfactory
in all ways. The key action is quite simple: it rises to action squares above
the keys, then fans out to C- and Cs chests.

The church has extremely poor acoustics, owing to the
presence of acoustical paneling on the ceiling and carpet on the floor! After
installing the organ, we were faced with a situation of too much brightness at
the back of the church, and too little presence in the front. Among several solutions
employed was the removal of the case tower tops, to allow sound to reflect off
the ceiling over the organ (the only bay in the ceiling replaced with
sheetrock)  and the lowering of the
wind pressure from 91 to 86 mm.

The organ has seven stops of 8' pitch on the manuals, which
allows for a good range of tonal variation and volume. The pedal stops come
from three ranks, each playing at two pitches. This is accomplished with
mechanical duplexing chests, of a design I have used in three organs. The concept
is the use of a grid bar, rather than a channel, with holes drilled through it
for each stop. The pallet then seals against the individual holes, preventing
feedback to the octave note.

The wind is supplied via a small wedge bellows in the Cs
pedestal. Loading is divided equally between weight and spring tension. It was
deemed difficult to provide mechanical stop action in the space available due
to the transverse C and Cs chests, so I chose to use very simple double acting
pneumatic motors to operate the sliders. These utilize a pouch-type primary.
Default is off, a slight positive pressure inflates the primary and operates
the stop motor the 25 mm needed to shift the slider.

The dedication event was played by David Dahl and Jeanette
Pilgrim on June 11, 2000, and included a program of traditional German and
French music as well as contemporary pieces and hymn singing. For information:
750 Edmonds St., Edmonds, WA 98020; 425/774-0631.

Steven R. Cook

 

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Stopped
Flute (1-12 from Ped.                                                                      Subbass)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Flute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Chimney
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                                    Mixture
III

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet

POSITIVE

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Chimney
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gamba

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  22/3'
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Quint

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Block
Flute

                  13/5'
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Tierce

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarinet

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
(1-12 from Great)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Flute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon
(tapered wood resonators)

                  8'
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Bassoon

 

usual couplers and tremulant to whole organ

organ tuned to Kellner temperament

 

Fabry Pipe Organs, Inc., Fox Lake, Illinois, has completed
the final phase of the total rebuild project for the 1951 Möller organ at
the Evangelical United Methodist Church, Racine, Wisconsin: 3 manuals, 37
ranks. The Wadewitz Memorial Organ was re-dedicated on May 7 in a ceremony
featuring music for organ, piano, and the church’s Chancel Choir.
Organist and choir director of the church is Dr. James McKeever. The entire
project took four years to complete. The first phase included solid state
conversion of the console and relay system; second phase was re-leathering the
entire organ; and final phase included tonal additions and changes. Among the
changes was a new trumpet stop named the “Evangelical Trumpet,”
MIDI resource system with sequencer, 99 memory combination action, new manual
keyboards of maple and walnut, maple drawknobs and rocker tablets, maple and
walnut pedal key tops, and wood engraved indicator plates. (Photo by
Photographic Design, Carol Hansen, Racine, WI.)

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Principal
(new treble end)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Gemshorn

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Hohl
Floete

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Gemshorn

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Bourdon
(Ch)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Hohl
Floete

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>   
Quinte

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Octave

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>   
Tierce (used pipes)

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Mixture
(new pipes and chest)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Evangelical
Trumpet (Ch)

                                    Chimes

                                    Gt
16-UO-4

                                    Sw/Gt
16-8-4

                                    Ch/Gt
16-8-4

                                    MIDI

SWELL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Rohr
Bourdon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Geigen
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Chimney
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Viole
de Gamba

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Viole
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Geigen
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Koppel
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Koppel
Flute

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Plein
Jeu

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Contra
Fagotto

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Trumpet

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Oboe

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Vox
Humana

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Clarion

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Evangelical
Trumpet (Ch)

                                    Sw
16-UO-4

                                    Ch/Sw
8-4

                                    MIDI

CHOIR

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Bourdon
(new treble end)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Concert
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Bourdon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Erzahler

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Erzahler
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Octave
(new pipes & chest)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Nachthorn

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Erzahler

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>   
Nazard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Octave
(new pipes & chest)

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Nachthorn

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>   
Tierce

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>   
Larigot (new pipes &
chest)

                  IV
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Cymbal
(13-73 from Gt)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Clarinet

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Evangelical
Trumpet (new)

                                    Sw/Ch
16-8-4

                                    Ch
16-UO-4

                                    MIDI

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Untersatz
(new, digital)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Diapason

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Bourdon
(Ch)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Gemshorn
(Gt)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Rohrbourdon
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Octave

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Bourdon
(Ch)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Gemshorn
(Gt)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Rohrbourdon
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Rohrbourdon
(Sw)

                  III
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Mixture
(wired)

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Contra
Fagot (new, digital)

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Grand
Cornet VII

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Double
Trumpet

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        
Fagot
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Evangelical
Trumpet (Ch)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>           
Evangelical
Trumpet (Ch)

                                    Gt/Ped
8-4

                                    Sw/Ped
8-4

                                    Ch/Ped
8-4

                                    MIDI

 

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The Faucher Organ Company of Biddeford, ME has recently completed their Opus #9 for St.
Catherine of Siena Church in Preston, CT. It replaced an electronic. Budget
limitations and lack of available floor space almost precluded the option of a
pipe instrument. Faucher designed the main organ case to be completely hung off
the concrete wall allowing for head clearance for the choir members. The 16'
Bourdon chest was also symmetrically hung. Blower, reservoir and the firm's own
solid-state switching system are discreetly installed within the central window
well, housed within matching casework. The oak rolltop console is equipped with
a multi-level combination action. The 8' Principal basses comprise the facade
which screens the structural swell box housing the rest of the pipes. The
compact main chest was computer designed by the firm's own proprietary CAD
program. The organ's six ranks allow true quint and tierce mutations, string
and celeste, flute and principal tone families. The tonal outcome was enhanced
by lack of church carpeting. Craftsmen on this project included Larry Ouellete,
shop foreman; Tom Kovacevic, solid-state; Steve Leighton, console; Ron Goulet,
P.E., engineer; Tom Snow, technician. Design and tonal finishing were performed
by Robert Faucher, president and artistic director. Pastor of the church is
Rev. James P. Carini.

GREAT

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohrgedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Dulciana

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Twelfth

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Sesquialtera II

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Mixture III

                                    Chimes

SWELL               

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viol

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viol
Celeste

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Violina

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Piccolo

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quintflute

                  1'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fife

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedecktbass

                  51/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quintbass

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choralbass

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Mixture III

The Roche Organ Company of Taunton, MA, has built a new mechanical action organ, its opus 35, for the Westminster Unitarian Church in East Greenwich, RI. The eight-rank, one manual and pedal instrument is located in the rear corner of the square-shaped room and is diagonally opposite the pulpit. The V-shape of the case top and pipe facade was suggested by the minister, The Rev. Frederick E. Gillis, to complement the period and architectural lines of the 1963 concrete and wood building, which seats 80. The case is of red oak and the facade pipes are of polished 75% tin. The manual keyboard has natural key platings of grenadilla, and pear wood sharps with bone tops. Barbara Owen served as consultant for the church. The dedicatory recital was played by Lee Ridgway. The Stopped Flute is made of wood; the Principal is 70% tin; Viola, Octave, and Quint are 50% tin; Spire Flute, Nazard, and Tierce 30% tin. Compass is 56/30.

MANUAL

                  8'
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Stopped
Flute Treble/Bass

                  8'
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Viola
Treble

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
Treble/Bass

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Flute Treble/Bass

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard Treble

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
Treble/Bass

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce Treble

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Quint Treble/Bass

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(ext)

Visser Rowland Associates, Inc.,
style='font-weight:normal'> Houston, TX, has built a new organ for Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, Gainesville, FL. The 40-stop organ was built in 1994 and
installed in January and February of 1995. Pieter Visser designed and voiced
the entire organ and supervised its construction. The organ is split in two
cases: the south case houses the pedal and the north case houses the manual
divisions. Chest layouts in the manuals are the company's standard tierce
layout and the pedal chest is diatonic. The wind system has two wedge bellows,
one for the pedal and one for the manuals and wooden wind trunks throughout;
the wind has a gentle living character. The mechanical action for the pedal has
a thirty-nine foot run; mechanical key action has a traverse roller board
mounted under each wind chest built entirely out of wood. The console is
detached from the organ case so the organist can play and direct the choirs.
Consultant was the church music director David Benson.

RUGWERK Manual I

                  8'
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Praestant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedekt

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octaaf

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spitsfluit

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nasard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Superoctaaf

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Terts

                  1'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Kleinmixtuur
III

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Kromhoorn

                                    Tremulant

HOOFDWERK Manual II

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Praestant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Roerfluit

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octaaf

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Nachthoorn

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Kwint

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Woudfluit

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Sesquialter II

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Mixtuur
V

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompet

ZWELWERK Manual III

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Holpijp

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshoorn

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshoornceleste

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicionaal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Praestant

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Koppelfluit

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octaaf

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Scherp V

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Fagot

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompet

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Klaroen

                                    Tremulant

PEDAALWERK

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbas

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Praestant

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Gedektbas
(12 pipes)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octaafbas

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedekt
(12 pipes)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Koraalbas
(12 pipes)

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Mixtuur IV

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Posaune

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompet

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Schalmei

COUPLERS

                                    I
+ II

                 
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                 
III
+ II

                                    III
+ I

                                    I
+ Pedaal

                                    II
+ Pedaal

                                    III
+ Pedaal

J F. Nordlie Company,
Sioux Falls, SD, has built a new organ for Ferris University, Yokohama, Japan.
The firm's opus 29 is a practice organ for the ground floor classroom of Ferris
Hall on the Yamate Campus. The organ is inspired by romantic "catalog
organs" of the last century, specifically Hooks from the 1870s and 1880s,
prompted by growing interest in 19th-century performance practice and
repertoire. (Ferris has neo-classic organs by the Noack and Taylor & Boody
workshops.) The century-old school has over 90 organ students. Tonal and visual
designs were limited by budget and low ceiling. Sharing the Bourdon between
manuals (a common feature of the smaller Hook catalog organs) and using stopped
basses of differing scale for the 8' open ranks allows encasement and
expression via a balanced Swell pedal. No pipes stand in the facade; rather,
swell shades and a black walnut screen echo the shape of a 19th-century
art-glass window found in Ferris' Old Main. The Prestant-Diapason duplex is an
either/or register; drawing one retires the other stop. Mechanical key and stop
actions; steady wind by box reservoir, curtain valve, and high speed electric
blower; WP 75 mm; casework of oiled white ash with black walnut trim; ebony and
boxwood-plated sugar pine keyboards; eight engraved bone-plate labelled boxwood
drawknobs; oak pedal keys with maple and walnut plates; pedalboard form and
console dimensions are taken from Cavaillé-Coll. Metal pipework is of
traditional tin/lead alloys (flue pipes, Andreas Grunemann, Be-theln; Oboe by
Roland Killinger, Stuttgart); wood pipes were made in the Nordlie workshop of
black walnut and poplar; 9 stops, 6 ranks, 310 pipes; compass 56/30; tremulant
and ventil for Flute and Oboe by foot treadles; I/Pedal, II/Pedal, II/I by foot
treadles. Principal organ instructors at Ferris are Professors Yuko Hayashi and
Tomoko Miyamoto. University Chancellor Seigo Nakajima approved the project
after meeting with Nordlie Co. designer David Beyer. Shipping, delivery, and
set-up were coordinated by Masami Ishida of Ferris' Business Office. Installers
were John Nordlie and David Beyer, with assistance from Miss Nami Hamada, a
prep student. Builders of the organ included Donald,  Dale, Paul & Trintje Nordlie—immediate family of
John; Eric Grane, Martin Larsen, and David Beyer, technical staff; Christian
Boy and Jason Hankin, apprentices; and Gloria Ochsner, office staff.

MANUAL I

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Diapason/or

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Prestant
(duplex)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon

MANUAL II

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(shared with Man I)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicional

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
SubBass

Bedient Pipe Organ Co., Lincoln, NE, has built a new organ, opus 42, for St. Mary's on the Harbor Episcopal Church, Provincetown, MA. The three-stop, three-rank instrument has a case of white oak, pipe shades of red gum, and features mechanical key and stop action. The organist is Gary Miles; pastor is The Rev. George Wells.

MANUAL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedackt

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohrflute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Praestant

PEDAL

                                    Manual/Pedal

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Our Savior's Lutheran Church,
Rockford, Illinois

Buzard Pipe Organ Builders,
Champaign, Illinois

Opus 23

 

Builder's statement

It has been a high honor to build the new organ for Our Savior's
Lutheran Church. The congregation is actively engaged in musical expression at
every service and their participation is extraordinarily high. The new organ is
a part of the congregation's ongoing growth and recent construction of a new
church building.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America is an inclusive,
living tradition which embraces diversity and newness, while fostering
liturgical expression through the Lutheran Book of Worship and its incredibly
rich musical tradition. It is truly a catholic, inclusive tradition, as are its
musics and requirements for an organ. Therefore, a balanced eclecticism must be
embraced when designing the organ. However, it is only through a single
artistic vision that such eclecticism can have integrity as the organbuilder's
individual style.

Our instruments are first and foremost accompanying organs.
Their primary roles are accompanying choirs, leading hymn-singing and lending
grandeur to ceremonial occasions. They are liturgy-spirited, but
literature-minded as well. A wide variety of solo literature played for
voluntaries and recitals is an essential requirement of an organ and is given
careful consideration when designing all our instruments. The true test of such
an instrument is its ability to sensitively accompany choral repertoire,
colorfully illuminate textual subtleties in the hymns and canticles, and
musically render the Bach "Magnificat" fugue at the close of service.

The abundance of 8-foot stops creates a blended full sound,
made more intense by each successively added stop as a crescendo is built. The
rich, warm "Buzard Trademark" strings are sufficient for leading a
congregation of 300 people, and the full Swell behind the box majestically
supports a choir without overpowering. The Festival Trumpet (a Tuba) can
regally herald the arrival of the Bishop or a bride, and it is orchestrally
appropriate to the full organ's accompaniment. The organ can text-paint the
hymns and accompaniments through registrations and subtle changes as the
meaning of the texts shifts. Within its modest stoplist are the resources to
effectively capture the sprightliness of Purcell, the spirituality of Howells,
and the intricacies of Bach's counterpoint.

The case of this organ is made of solid white oak with
walnut accents, and was designed in conjunction with the building's architects.
The facade pipes utilize flamed copper and polished tin, with the low 9 pipes
of the Pedal 16' Open Diapason made of poplar and cherry, lacquered in a color
which harmonizes with the other colors in the room. The Tuba is horizontally
mounted over the Great Organ and is made of flamed copper. The interior pipes
are made of 50% tin and lead, with 15% tin for some of the metal flutes. The
Great, Swell, and a portion of the Pedal divisions play upon 4 inches of wind
pressure. The low 10 pipes of the Pedal 16' Open Diapason and the 16' Bourdon
play on 41/4  inches, the Festival
Trumpet plays on 10 inches of pressure. The organ comprises 24 stops, 30 ranks,
across two manuals and pedal.

Thanks to the Buzard staff who have made this organ a
reality, and who turn hunks of wood and metal into living, breathing, and
singing creations worthy to praise and extol our Creator. John-Paul Buzard,
design, artistic direction, tonal finishing; Brian Davis, head voicer, manager,
tonal department, installation; Stephen P. Downes, tonal assistant,
installation; Charles Eames, general manager, engineering, installation; R.
Charles Leach, cabinetmaker, installation; Stuart Martin, cabinetmaker,
installation; Kenneth McCabe, cabinetmaker, wind system, installation; Jay K.
Salmon, office manager; Ray Wiggs, console & chest builder, installation;
Keith Williams, service department manager.

 

GREAT

                  16'
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Lieblich
Gedeckt (wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Diapason (tin-facade)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flûte
à Bibéron  (metal)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
Flute (ext 16')

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spire
Flute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Twelfth

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Seventeenth

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Fourniture IV

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Minor
Trumpet (Sw 16')

                                    Tremulant

                                    Cymbalstern

                                    Chimes

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Festival
Trumpet (10≤ wind)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
Solo 8'

                                    Gt/Gt
16-UO-4

                                    Sw/Gt
16-8-4

                                    MIDI
on Great

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
English
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Diapason (wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicional

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Voix
Celeste (TC)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Harmonic
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flageolet

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Full
Mixture IV

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon
(full length)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(from 16')

                                    Tremulant

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Festival
Trumpet (Gt)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
Solo (Gt)

                                    Sw/Sw
16-UO-4

                                    MIDI
on Swell

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass
(1-12 digital)

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (Gt) (1-12 digi-                                                                 tal)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Open
Diapason (wood, flamed cop-                                        per,
polished tin)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(wood)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (Gt) (wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal
(from 16') (tin-facade)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
Flute (from 16')

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choral
Bass (from 8') (tin-facade)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Trombone
(ext Sw Trpt)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Basson
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
from 16')

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(from Sw 16')

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Festival
Trumpet (Gt)

                                    Gt/Ped
8 4

                                    Sw/Ped
8 4

                                    MIDI
on Pedal

 

Festival Trumpet

Swell reed battery

 

Lauck Pipe Organ Company, Otsego, Michigan, has completed an
organ renovation project for Pillar Christian Reformed Church, Holland,
Michigan. The church's organ was originally built in 1900 by Barkhoff. In 1928,
Hinners installed an electro-pneumatic organ. Stolz Piano and Organ of Holland,
MI, was contracted in 1965 to provide a new console, recondition pipes and
replace the blower. In 1996 Lauck Pipe Organ Company installed a new 2-manual
console and completed an electric action rebuild as their Opus 42, which added
11 new ranks, repositioned the windchests, and returned the facade to the 1900
configuration. The present project added nine new ranks, including a third
manual division, revoicing and rescaling of old ranks, and a new three-manual
console. The firm's Opus 52 comprises 31 ranks, electric action. A service of
rededication took place on September 10 with guest organist Linda Hakken
performing. Jonathan Tuuk played the rededication concert on September 11.

 

GREAT

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Spitzflute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Hohlflute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Superoctave

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce

                                    Mixture
III

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Festival
Trumpet

                                    Chimes

                                    Harp

                                    Gt/Gt
4

                                    Sw/Gt
16-8-4

                                    Ch/Gt
16-8-4

CHOIR

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Salicional

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Voix
Celeste (49 pipes)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flute
Harmonique

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Blockflute

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Larigot

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Krummhorn

                                    Tremulant

                                    Ch/Ch
16-4

                                    Sw/Ch
16-8-4

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohrflute

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viola

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viola
Celeste (49 pipes)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Koppelflute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
(12 pipes)

                                    Plein
Jeu III

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon
(12 pipes)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Hautbois

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(12 pipes)

                                    Tremulant

                                    Sw/Sw
16-4

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Untersatz

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Principal

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Lieblich
Gedeckt (ext, Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave
(ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(ext)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gedeckt
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choralbass
(ext)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bombarde
(ext, Gt)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon
(Sw)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette
(Sw)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion
(Sw)

                                    Gt/Ped
8-4

                                    Sw/Ped
8-4

                                    Ch/Ped
8-4

Orgues Létourneau Limitée, Saint-Hyacinthe,
Québec, has completed a new organ for the historic Chapel Royal of St.
Peter ad Vincula at H.M. Tower of London. The firm's opus 70, the instrument
features mechanical key action and both mechanical and electronic stop action.
The organ was designed to accompany the chapel's professional choir, as well as
provide leadership for worship services. It is built within the 1699 case by
Father Smith, which was restored in the Létourneau workshops to its
original dimensions. The facade pipes, composed of the 8' Open Diapason, are
made of 70% tin (as is the entire principal chorus) and are gilded with 24
carat gold by artisan Isabelle Hordequin. Manual naturals are covered with
bone, accidentals are ebony; pedal naturals of maple, accidentals of ebony;
manual/ pedal compass 56/32. The photo is reproduced by permission of Historic
Royal Palaces under license from the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery
Office.

 

Crown copyright: Historic Royal Palaces

GREAT

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(stopped wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Chimney
Flute

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Conical
Flute

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Fifteenth

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Mixture IV

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet

                                    Tremulant

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Violin
Diapason

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Stopped
Diapason (stopped wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Viola
da Gamba

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Voix
Celeste (TC)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Open
Flute

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Recorder

                  11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nineteenth

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Mixture
IV

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bassoon

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Oboe

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion

                                    Tremulant

PEDAL

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Contrabass
(open wood)

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bourdon
(stopped wood)

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bourdon
(1-12 stopped wood)

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Choral
Bass

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Posaune

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trumpet
(ext)

 

R.T. Swanson, Inc., of Grand Ledge, Michigan, has built a
new organ for the chapel of Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan. The
school is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Its main
purpose is to train students in grades 9 through 12 who are anticipating
careers in the teaching and pastoral ministries. The organ will be used for
daily chapel services and as a teaching and practice instrument.

The two-manual organ comprises 20 ranks, 1186 pipes located
in a shallow chamber created from what was previously second level storage
space. Action is electro-mechanical. All pipes are new with the exception of
the Subbass, Holtzgedeckt/Gedecktbass, and Hohl-flöte, which are recycled
pipes which were revoiced to blend with the new. Facade pipes are polished zinc
and are from the bass 17 of the Great 8' Principal and the bass 18 of the Pedal
8' Octave. The console is located on a rolling platform on the chapel's main
floor and features a 32 memory combination action and out only MIDI. Compass is
61/32. The organ dedication was on August 26 and featured a performance by
Leonard Proeber.

GREAT

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Rohrflöte

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Hohlflöte

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Superoctave

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Mixture
IV

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Cromorne

                                    Gt
16-UO-4

                                    Sw/Gt
16-8-4

                                    MIDI
on Gt

SWELL

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Holzgedeckt

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Gemshorn
Celeste TC

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Principal

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Koppelflöte

                  22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Nazard TC

                  2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Blockflöte

                  13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>     
Tierce TC

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Trompette

                                    Sw
16-UO-4

                                    MIDI
on Sw

PEDAL

                  32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Resultant

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Subbass

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Gedecktbass

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Octave

                  8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Bassflöte

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Superoctave

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Flöte

                  16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>         
Bombarde

                  4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            
Clarion

                                    Gt/Ped
8, 4

                                    Sw/Ped
8, 4

                                    MIDI
on Ped

 

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