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April 1, 2003
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Karl Wilhelm, Inc., of Mont St-Hilaire, Québec, Canada, has built a new organ, opus 135, for Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington, KY. Karl Wilhelm conceived the design, participated in its construction, and supervised the project. The cabinetry was by Sylvain Parent. Wind chests were made by Claude Godbout. Some of the hammered metal pipes were made by Luc Ladurantaye; console and mechanics were by Claude Chauvin; the latter two assisted Karl Wilhelm with the erection of the instrument. Voicing and tonal finishing was by Rémi Bouchard and Jacques L'Italien. Ornamentation was designed by Rosemarie Wilhelm and hand-carved by Jean Dutin. Combination action is from Solid State Logic. The stoplist was designed in consultation with the church's organist John Deaver. The organ comprises 30 stops and 1,929 pipes, and is voiced on 70mm wind pressure regulated by a single bellows. The case is stained and oiled white oak ornamented with pipe shades of unstained butternut. Natural keys are covered with bone, sharps are of solid ebony. The facade is of 75% tin. Tuning is according to a temperament by Vallotti. The dedication took place on April 2, 1995, with a recital by parish music director John Deaver. Other recitalists in 1995 included Martha Folts, Roberta Gary, and Bruce Neswick. Suspended mechanical key action; mechanical stop action with SSL combination action; Zimbelstern; unison couplers; compass 56/32.

GREAT               

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Cornet
V (c'-d''')

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

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

SWELL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Tremblant

PEDAL

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

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Prinzipal
(21 pipes)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Sales & Service style='font-weight:normal'>, Lithonia, GA, has rebuilt the organ at Trinity
United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA. The organ was built in 1912 by the Austin
Organ Company, opus 362, 40 ranks, three manuals and pedal, which incorporated
some ranks from an older organ. The project included refurbishing the console,
adding solid state combination action, relocating some ranks added by a
previous re-builder, and adding a four-rank Mixture to the Great and a Nazard
to the Swell; no further tonal alterations were made.

GREAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Chimes

                                    Zimbelstern

                                    Gt
16-UO-4

                                    Sw
16-8-4

                                    Orch
16-8-4

SWELL

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  4'
            Flute
d'Amour

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

                  2'
            Flautino

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

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

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

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

                                    Sw
16-UO-4

                                    Tremolo

ORCHESTRAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Orch
16-UO-4

                                    Sw
16-8-4

                                    Tremolo

PEDAL

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

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

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

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

                  16' style='mso-tab-count:1'>          Contra
Viole (Orch)

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Gross
Flute (12)

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

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Gross
Gamba (Orch)

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

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

                  4'
            Clarion
(Sw)

                                    Gt
8-4

                                    Sw
8-4

                                    Orch
8-4

David R. Salmen has
built a 39-stop, 47-rank organ for his residence in Wessington Springs, SD,
representing over 10 years of designing, collecting and building. The organ
features a 3-manual English style drawknob console with Peterson multi-level
combination action and switching. The facade and case come from the 1926 Reuter
organ formerly at the St. Paul Seminary; when that organ became available, the
Salmens constructed a new home with a music room to house the organ, 30' x 48'
with a vaulted 30' ceiling. The floor is of quarter sawn oak, with plaster
walls and wooden ceiling. The Solo division is of E.M. Skinner pipework, voiced
on 9" wind pressure. Some of the flute ranks are from Hook & Hastings.
Much of the Principal chorus is new pipework. This is reported to be the only
organ in the Dakotas to contain a full-length 32' Pedal reed. Chestwork is
electro-pneumatic by Reuter and Möller. The organ construction took about
three years, with only one week's assistance by Doug McCord of Lawrence, KS.
Tonal regulation was completed in April of 1995 by David Salmen and Roger Banks
of Edmond, OK. The organ was inaugurated on May 7, 1995 during a service of
evensong, in which 80 invited guests from 10 states participated in worship.
The organ will be used for public concerts, worship, and silent movie nights.
The Salmens have three children, two of whom are taking organ lessons from
their father.

GREAT

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

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

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

                  2' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Flachflute
(prep)

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

                  V style='mso-tab-count:1'>              Cornet

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

                                    Gt
16-UO-4

                                    Sw/Gt
16-8-4

                                    Ch/Gt
16-8-4

                                    So/Gt
8

SWELL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Sw
16-UO-4

                                    So/Sw
8

SOLO

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

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

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

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

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

                  8'
            French
Horn

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

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

CHOIR

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

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

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

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

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

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Unda
Maris tc

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Ch
16-UO-4

                                    Sw/Ch
16-8-4

                                    So/Ch
16-8-4

PEDAL

                  32' style='mso-tab-count:1'>          Contra
Subbass (prep)

                  32' style='mso-tab-count:1'>          Contra
Bourdon (prep)

                  32' style='mso-tab-count:1'>          Contra
Salicional (prep)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  32' style='mso-tab-count:1'>          Contra
Bombarde

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Cymbelstern

                                    Whistle

                                    Gt
8-4

                                    Sw
8-4

                                    Ch
8-4

                                    So
8-4

Marceau & Associates, Inc., Portland, OR, has built a new organ for First Presbyterian Church, Kent, WA, the firm's opus VIII, 3 manuals, 16 stops. The design was inspired by the angular character of the sanctuary. This is the congregation's first pipe organ, replacing an aging electronic. The 16' Prestant facade is of polished copper. Both Great and Swell have complete Principal choruses including Mixtures; the Great Rohrflöte contrasts with the Swell Holzgedeckt; the Swell Oboe is orchestral in design, but was brightened
to contrast with the Great Trompete, which is the loudest stop on the organ;
the Pedal has two independent stops, 16' Subbass and 16' Posaune; a Mounted
Cornet sits in the middle tower. New pipework is from Stinkens, switching relay
is from Solid State Logic, combination action is by Klann, and stop action
units are from Syndyne. The Marceau staff included René Marceau, Mary
Marceau, Mark Dahlberg, Bill Schuster, Raymond Wilson, and Tim Wyre.

GREAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SWELL

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

                  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'>             Koppelflöte

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Tremulant

SOLO

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

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

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

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

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

                  4' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Rohrflöte
(Gt)

                  V style='mso-tab-count:1'>              Cornet
(TC)

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

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

PEDAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  4' style='mso-tab-count:1'>             Rohrflöte
(Gt)

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

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

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

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

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