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April 12, 2003
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A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, GA, has built a new Choir division for the organ at St. John's in the Wilderness, Flat Rock, NC. The church's current organ (1989) is located in the rear of the church, while the choir and organist are in the front. Provision was made for a Choir division to be located in the front. The new Choir was designed to lead congregational singing and accompany the choir. To achieve these goals, the Principal 8' forms the facade with the remaining ranks under expression. The case is modeled after 19th-century examples to complement the historic sanctuary. Visual design and engineering was by Howard Weaver. Tonal design and scaling was by Daniel Angerstein. The case, chest, and winding systems were built in the Schlueter shop in Lithonia, GA.

CHOIR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHOIR PEDAL

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

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

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>            Viola
Pomposa (ch)

Visser-Rowland Associates, Houston, TX, has built a new organ for St. Michael Lutheran Church in
Omaha, NE. The organ features mechanical key action and mechanical and electric
stop action. Pieter Visser designed the organ and Pascal Biossonnet did the
voicing. Michael Visser supervised the construction and installation. The
winding is flexible with the pressure at 85 mm. Scaling is based on Christian
Müller format. The windchest layout is major third as is standard practice
by Visser-Rowland. The Great and Pedal are placed on an integrated windchest.
Manual/pedal compass 61/32; organ case of oak solids and veneers. The Great
Principal is 75% tin; Mixture 70% tin; Trompete, Rohrschalmey, and Fagott 50%
tin; remaining pipework 20% tin.

GREAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Zimbelstern

SWELL

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

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>            Gemshorn
(low 12 Gedackt)

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Tremulant

PEDAL

                  16' style='mso-tab-count:1'>         Subbass
(12 pipes, wood; 13-32 Gt Rohrflöte)

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

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

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

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

Faucher Organ Company, Biddeford, ME, has completed its opus 17 for First Congregational Church, Camden, ME: 25 stops, 28 ranks, 47 registers, 1,620 pipes. It replaces a 1931 Austin, opus 1776. Approximately two-thirds of the previous pipework was recycled after being rescaled and revoiced; 11 new ranks were added. The new Great and Choir chests sit four feet higher than the former chests, improving egress from the chamber. (A view of the Great chests is shown above.) A custom solid-state switching and coupling system was built at the Faucher factory. New schwimmer curtain-valve reservoirs use no leather. The three-manual console has a multi-level solid-state combination action. Ray Cornils played the dedicatory recital on September 14, 1997.

GREAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  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 IV

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

                                    Chimes
(prep)

                                    Gt/Gt
4

                                    Sw/Gt
16-8-4

                                    Ch/Gt
16-8-4

SWELL

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

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

                  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'>            Koppelflute

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Tremolo

                                    Sw/Sw
16-4

CHOIR

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  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'>            Trumpet

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

                                    Ch/Ch
16-4

                                    Sw/Ch
16-8-4

                                    Chimes
(prep)

PEDAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Gt/Ped
8

                                    Sw/Ped
8

                                    Ch/Ped
8

Aeolian-Skinner's
opus 1141 was recently installed in the Crystal Cathedral Arboretum, Garden
Grove, CA. It was originally installed in the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Beverly Hills, CA in 1951. The organ was moved from the Beverly
Hills church by the Cathedral staff, and restored and installed by the
Cathedral Organ Curators and staff.
Robert M. Turner style='font-weight:normal'>, Hacienda Heights, CA, releathered the pneumatic
action and rebuilt the console. As part of the restoration process, the console
and organ actions have been improved and expanded with solid state control
systems, and new leather, wiring, and winding systems have been installed
throughout. Tonally the organ has been preserved intact; 82 stops, 4,949 pipes.
There are also several additional stops by Walker Technical Company. The
Cathedral Organ Curators include Guy Henderson, John Wilson, and Brian Sayers.
Frederick Swann is Director of Music and Organist of the Crystal Cathedral.

GREAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Chimes
(Echo)

SWELL

                  16' style='mso-tab-count:1'>         Flute
Conique

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  2/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'>       Scharff III

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Tremulant

CHOIR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Tremulant

                                    Harp

                                    Celesta

SOLO

                  8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>            Flauto
Mirabilis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Cloches

                                    Tremulant

                                    Zymbelstern

ECHO

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Chimes

                                    Tremulant

PEDAL

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

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

                  32' style='mso-tab-count:1'>         Contre
Violone

                  16' style='mso-tab-count:1'>         Contre
Basse

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

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

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

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

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

                  102/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quint

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                    Chimes
(Echo)

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