Wigton Pipe Organs, Inc., Dryden, MI, has built a new organ, opus 20, for Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church of Sterling Heights, MI. The free-standing case was placed near the main axis of the diamond-shaped church, which seats about 300. Use of valuable sanctuary floor space was minimized by designing a small pedestal for the organ, and by placing the Pedal stops and wind system in a shallow chamber behind the back wall. The case is made of rift- and quarter-sawn white oak, with pegged mortise-and-tenon joints. The builder milled and kiln-dried the majority of the lumber. Pipeshades, drawknobs, and console trim are walnut. Key action is mechanical, of the suspended type. The mechanical drawknobs are arranged at an angle for easier stop-pulling. Couplers are on hitchdowns. The tonal scheme was designed to make the organ as versatile as possible. Both manuals are under expression, with the exception of the 8' Principal. Three of the stops are "either/or," playable on either manual, but not both at the same time. The Pedal Bourdon is playable at 16' and 8'. Installation was completed in August 1996, and the dedication recital was played in October by Marilyn Mason, who also served as consultant. 15 stops, 19 registers, 171/2
ranks, 934 pipes.
MANUAL I style='font-size:10.0pt'>
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Chimney
Flute
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifteenth
Sesquialtera
II
11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture II
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrshalmei
MANUAL II style='font-size:10.0pt'>
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedackt
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viole
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viole
Céleste
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spitzflute
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Larigot
Sesquialtera
II (either/or)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
(either/or)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrschalmei
(either/or)
Tremulant
PEDAL style='font-size:10.0pt'>
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
II/I
I/Ped
II/Ped
The Noack Organ Company, Georgetown, MA, has built a 30-stop, two-manual organ for Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX, the firm's opus 128. The design emulates the style of Zacharias Hildebrandt, a Silbermann student and friend of Bach. The builder received help in the research from Christian Wegscheider, organbuilder of Dresden, Germany. The available space and size of the organ did not allow copying of a specific instrument, so the organ is essentially what Hildebrandt might have done, based on research. The pine case is painted in several shades of green, grey and red, with gold-leafed accents. Carvings by James Lohmann are based on the acanthus-leaf patterns that were quite common on Saxon organs of the early 18th century. The front pipes as well as many of the inside pipes from 90% tin were made by Günter Lau of Dresden, while the flue pipes of hammered lead and the reeds were made at Noack's workshop. The wind system uses wedge bellows located behind the organ. Manual keyboards have ebony-covered naturals and bone-capped sharps. There is a shove coupler Oberwerk to Hauptwerk, and a Hauptwerk to Pedal coupler that engages separate pallets in the Hauptwerk chest rather than involving the manual key action. Temperament is Neidhardt I. The dedication recital was played by Martin Rost, organist at the C.P.E. Bach Recital Hall in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany. Subsequent recitals have been played by Dieter Karrass, Ludger Lohmann, and Robert Lynn. the Rev. Edwin D. Peterman is pastor of the church; Carroll and Dorothy Shaddock are choir director and organist, respectively.
HAUPTWERK style='font-size:10.0pt'>
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bordun
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viola
di Gamba
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrflöte
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octava
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spitzflöte
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quinta
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octava
Mixtur
III
Cimbel
II
Cornet
III (c1)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompete
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Vox
Humana
OBERWERK style='font-size:10.0pt'>
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedackt
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quintadena
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrflöte
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Nasat
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octava
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Waldflöte
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Terz
11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quinta
1' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Sifflet
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Krummhorn
PEDAL style='font-size:10.0pt'>
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
Baß
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbasß
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octaven
Baß
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octava
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Posaunen
Baß
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompete
Tremulant
Zimbelglöcklein
Vogelgesang
Russell & Co.,
Cambridgeport, VT, has completed the redesign and rebuilding of the organ in
the Chapel of the Holy Spirit of Assumption College, Worcester, MA. Originally built in 1966 by the Wicks Organ Co. for The Assumption Preparatory School in
Worcester, it was moved to the college in 1970. Wicks enlarged the 18-rank
organ to 26 ranks in 1975. Bob Morrell and then Theodore Gilbert &
Associates rescaled, revoiced, and enlarged the organ to 27 ranks over the next
10 years. Russell & Co. was called upon to develop a comprehensive redesign
of the organ, completed as their opus 18 in September 1995. The 1975 case was
altered to include a new facade, an exposed Positiv division and Pedal towers.
Since the new scheme of 56 ranks occupies roughly the same area as the original
organ, new windchests were constructed, replacing all of the original Wicks
mechanism. The new chests employ electro-mechanical action, with electro-pneumatic action for the larger bass pipes. A new console and solid state relays were also provided. Much of the original Wicks and Gilbert pipework was reused, again rescaled and revoiced. New Principal choruses were built of larger scale. Wind pressures are 2" Positive, 31/4" Great, 23/4" Swell with the reeds on 41/2", 5" Pedal, and 12" State Trumpet. Photo by Roger R. Trahan, Sr.
GREAT style='font-size:10.0pt'>
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Pommer
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flûte
Harmonique
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrflöte
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Nachthorn
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Super
Octave
IV style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture
III-IV style='mso-tab-count:1'> Scharff
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cromorne
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompete
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> State
Trumpet
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> State
Trumpet
SWELL style='font-size:10.0pt'>
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Lieblich
Gedeckt
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Geigen
Principal
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viole
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Voix
Céleste (tc)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spitzflöte
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spitzflôte
Céleste
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Koppelflöte
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Nazard
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flachflöte
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Tierce
V
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Plein
Jeu
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Contre
Hautbois
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompette
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Hautbois
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Voix
Humaine
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clairon
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> State
Trumpet
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> State
Trumpet
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
POSITIV style='font-size:10.0pt'>
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Praestant
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrflöte
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Larigot
1' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Sifflet
II
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Sesquialtera
(tc)
IV style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cymbale
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cromorne
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> State
Trumpet
Tremulant
PEDAL
32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Contre
Bourdon
32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
Pommer
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Pommer
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedecktbass
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Pommer
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Choralbass
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Pommer
IV style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture
32' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Harmonics
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Posaune
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bombarde
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Contre
Hautbois
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cromorne
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompet
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompette
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompet
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cromorne
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> State Trumpet
