Buzard Pipe Organ Builders announces commissioning of a new organ, Opus 45, for Pilgrim Lutheran Church, of Carmel, Indiana.
The instrument will consist of 29 independent speaking stops and 35 ranks of pipes across two manuals and pedal. The organ will be housed in a case made of solid oak standing nearly three stories tall designed to relate to the Prairie Style of the church’s architecture, and will feature a set of polished copper chamade Festival Trumpets amid the polished tin flue pipes in the façade. The organ’s pointed towers and angled pipe shades mirror shapes and chevron decorations found throughout the new church building.
The new organ will utilize electrically operated slider and pallet windchest actions, and a portion of the Great division will be enclosed in an expression box. The movable console will feature angled stop terraces, to provide a low profile for the organist’s unimpeded vision of the choir and liturgical participants. The new church building was designed by architect John Munson in consultation with the Buzard firm.
The church’s music program is directed by Cantor Sarah Gran Williams; the church’s project manager is Darrell Pike; the senior pastor is The Rev. Alan Goertemiller. The organ is scheduled to be installed immediately following Christmas of 2016, and will be ready for use Palm Sunday, 2017.
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