Gabriel Kney & Co., Ltd., London, Ontario, has built a new organ for St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Boone, NC. The planning and installation of the organ in the congregation's new sanctuary provided a rare opportunity for early cooperation among architect, music committee, organ builder, and consultant. The result was an edifice, seating about 250, with a warm acoustic and smooth sound decay of just under two seconds, favorable for music, congregational singing, and clear, unassisted speech intelligibility. Gabriel Kney would like to thank Mary Kindt of the music committee, architect Charles Hastings, and organ consultant Max Smith, for their advice and cooperation. The organ is placed on a 3-foot-high
organ/choir platform at the west wall. Key action is of splayed backfall
system. Two wedge bellows supply wind
at 45mm manuals, and 73mm pedal. Tuning temperament is 1/6 comma,
according to the late 18th-century Thomas Young.
MANUAL I
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrflöte
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Praestant
22/3 style='mso-tab-count:1'> Nasat
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Blockflöte
11/3'' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture II-III
MANUAL II
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Koppelflöte
2'' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Prinzipal
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Terzflöte
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohrschalmey
Tremulant
PEDAL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedecktbass
(ext)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompete
Couplers
II/I
I/Ped
II/Ped
A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Sales & Service, Inc., Lithonia, GA, has completed renovation of the E.M. Skinner opus 654 (1927) at Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, GA. Founded in 1735, the congregation is the third oldest Jewish congregation in the U.S., and the oldest continuously Reform congregation. Their first synagogue was dedicated in 1820 with Lowell Mason playing a reed parlor organ. A pipe organ was built in 1878 by Henry Knauff for a larger sanctuary, followed by an organ by John Brown of Wilmington, DE in 1900. After a fire in 1927, the present organ was built by Skinner, two manuals, 10 ranks, for the sum of $11,000.00. The specification includes a Shofar stop of 13 pipes, with resonators of brass, zinc, and hoyt metal, cut dead length, and the shallots are at a 45° angle. The organ was rebuilt and releathered in 1949 by Sam Hovsepian. In 1960 Bill Manley of Stockbridge, GA, undertook a rebuilding and enlarging, adding four new ranks, as well as a new stop-key Tellers console. The present rebuild included re-engineering the John Brown facade, and outfitting the 1960s console with solid-state relays. Mr. Ken Yates is music director at Temple Mickve.
GREAT
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Diapason
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clarabella
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
(Sw)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn*
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave*
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flute
(ext)
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quint*
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifteenth*
Shofar
(13 pipes)
Gt
16-UO-4
SWELL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
(ext)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Salicional
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Voix
Celeste
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Aeoline
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flute
(ext)*
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Nazard (ext)
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Piccolo
(ext)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cornopean
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oboe
d'Amore
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Vox
Humana
Sw
16-UO-4
Tremolo
PEDAL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Lieb.
Gedeckt (Sw)
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
(12)*
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
(ext)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Still
Gedeckt (Sw)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
(Gt)
*pipework added in 1960 by Manley-Stiner Co.
D.M. Leight & Co., Tenants Harbor, ME, has rebuilt the Hook & Hastings opus 793 at First Baptist Church, Waldoboro, ME. Originally built in 1875 for the First Congregational Church in Waldoboro, it was moved to its present location in the late 1930s. Except for the installation of an electric blower, the organ
retains its original specification and pipework.
GREAT
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Diapason
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Dulciana
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Unison
Bass
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Melodia
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifteenth
SWELL
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Stopped
Diapason Bass
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Stopped
Diapason
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viola
4'
Flute
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oboe/Bassoon
PEDAL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
Sw/Gt
Gt/Ped
Sw/Ped
Tremolo
Bellows
Signal
J.C. Taylor
& Co., Organbuilders, Kaukauna, WI,
has completed the rebuilding of the 1931 George Kilgen & Son 3/28 organ at
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Appleton, WI. Unaltered since its
original installation, the natural deterioration of the pneumatic leather had
begun to pose reliability problems. Additionally, certain elements of tonal
design had been found wanting in terms of congregational hymn leadership and
organ literature. In developing a rebuilding plan, insight was gained through
study of the original Kilgen proposal, which specified a larger organ.
Eliminated from the original proposal was a 16' pedal reed extension,
independent 4' and Cornet in the Swell, and additional 8' registers in the
Choir. The existing 3/24 organ resulting from these reductions comprised a
jointly enclosed Great and Choir (except for the 16' and 8' Open Diapasons),
enclosed Swell, and Pedal. Short shades on the boxes meant that the pipes spoke
directly into a wood wall. While possessing a 5-rank Mixture
(“Ripieno”), the pipes of this stop were scaled and voiced as
Dulcianas. In the rebuilding, space gained by replacement of the original
electro-mechanical switching systems was filled with a new 16' Trombone made by
A.R. Schopp's Sons. Creation of a small chorus on the Swell was accomplished by
replacing the original 8' Vox Humana with a new 4' Principal. A new windchest
containing new Twelfth, Fifteenth, and Seventeenth ranks was attached to the
back wall of the Great/Choir box. The new pipes were made by Jerome B. Meyer
& Sons, scaled and voiced by Mr. Taylor to match the Kilgen pipework. The
5-rank Mixture was repitched (with additional pipes made by Meyer) and revoiced.
All of the pipework was removed and cleaned of 65 years of dirt, bugs, and bat
skeletons. Facade pipes were stripped of paint layers and repainted in close
approximation of the original gold finish. With the exception of the Mixture
and the Swell Bourdon unit, no revoicing or systematic reregulation of the
original Kilgen pipework was done. The goal was to expand the existing ensemble
and color palette. The shades and their framework were removed from the
Great/Choir box. These shades were then cut and spliced into the existing Swell
division shades, thus extending the Swell shade length down to the rackboard
top. A new Peterson electric shade motor was installed, which allowed for a
greater angle of shade opening. To further increase sound projection, both
boxes received two coats of alkyd gloss enamel paint. The console shell and
keyboards were saved with a new Peterson multiplex switching system and Duoset
multi-level combination action being installed. The original Kilgen combination
piston arrangements were perserved, with six toe studs added to duplicate the
six general pistons. In addition to complete releathering of pneumatics and
reservoirs, all new detachable plug-in cables were made to the individual
bottom boards. Workers on the project included James C. Taylor, Carl Baron,
Michael Meyer, Thomas Salzman, Bruce Petros, and Mr. Craig Hirschman, sixth
grade teacher and Organist/Music Director of St. Paul's Church.
GREAT
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Double
Diapason
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
Diapason
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Second
Diapason
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Philomela
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gamba
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Concert
Flute (Ch)
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flauto
Traverso (Ch)
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Twelfth
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifteenth
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Seventeenth
Mixture
V
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Tuba
Harmonic
CHOIR
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Geigen
Principal
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'> Flauto
Traverso (ext)
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Dulcet
(ext)
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Twelfth (Gt)
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifeenth
(Gt)
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Piccolo
(ext)
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Seventeenth (Gt)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clarinet
SWELL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Diapason
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Stopped
Diapason (ext)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Salicional
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Voix
Celeste
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flute
d'Amour (ext)
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flautino
(ext)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oboe
d'Amour
PEDAL
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> First
Diapason (Gt Dbl)
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Second
Diapason (Gt Phil)
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
(Sw)
102/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quinte (Bdn)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
Bass (ext)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bass
Flute (ext)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cello
(Gt)
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Choral
Bass (ext)
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trombone
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
(ext)
