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June 1, 2003
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Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd style='font-weight:normal'>., Lake City, IA, has built a new organ for Elliott
Chapel of Presbyterian Homes, Evanston, IL. The firm's opus 64 of two
manuals, 26 stops and 25 ranks features mechanical key action and electric stop
action, with an 8-level solid state combination action. The two cases are of
rift sawn white oak with fumed finish. Manual keys are of ebony and rosewood;
the music rack has a veneer of elm burl. Wind pressures are 72 mm for manuals,
78 mm pedal; flexible winding. The chapel underwent major renovation under the
direction of architect Edward Sovik; all new chancel furnishings, removal of
carpets, and new lighting were included in a project which removed interior
stairways, placing them on the outside of the building, thereby doubling the
opening between the chancel and nave. The organ is divided into two cases, with
the Pedal division on the left and the manuals and keydesk on the right. The
organ was dedicated in recitals by Frederick Swann on November 26-27, 1994.
Consultant was Margaret McElwain Kemper, recently appointed Director of Music
and Organist of the Presbyterian Homes.

GREAT

            16'
     Bourdon

            8'
       Prestant
(facade #1-30)

            8'
       Chimney
Flute

            4'
       Octave

            4'
       Nachthorn

            22/3'
  Twelfth

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

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

            IV
       Mixture

            8'
       Trumpet

                        Tremulant

                        Sw/Gt

SWELL (Expressive)

            8'
       Gedackt

            8'
       Salicional

            8'
       Celeste
FF

            4'
       Principal

            4'
       Traverse
Flute

            2'
       Piccolo

            11/3'
  Gemsquinte

            16'
     Bassoon

            8'
       Oboe

PEDAL

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

            16'
     Bourdon (Gt)

            8'
       Prestant
(facade #1-20)

            8'
       Gedackt
(ext)

            4'
       Choralbass
(ext)

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

            8'
       Trumpet
(ext)

                        Gt/Ped

                        Sw/Ped

Levsen Organ Company,
Buffalo, IA, has built a new organ for St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Atlanta, GA. The two-manual, 22-rank organ is the firm's opus 20. The
console and casework are of oak, with basswood for the windchests and internal
structure. Metal flues were made by Thomas Anderson of North Easton, MA; reed
pipes are from Trivo; wood pipes were made by the Levsen shop. style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
The detached console features a
micro-processor relay and fiber optic data transmission. Dr. Calvin Grimes is
organist of St. Paul's. David Crawford Stills and Joyce Finch Johnson
performed inaugural recitals.

GREAT

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

            8'
       Lieblich
Gedeckt

            8'
       Salicional

            4'
       Octave

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

            2'
       Super
Octave

SWELL

            8'
       Lieblich
Gedeckt

            8'
       Salicional

            8'
       Quintadena

            4'
       Lieblich
Flute

            4'
       Salicet

            22/3'
  Nazard

            2'
       Piccolo

            8'
       Oboe

                        Tremolo

PEDAL

            16'
     Bourdon

            8'
       Lieblich
Gedeckt

            4'
       Octave

            4'
       Lieblich
Flute

            2'
       Super
Octave

Kegg Pipe Organ Builders, Uniontown, OH, has built a new
organ for Sebring United Methodist Church, Sebring, OH. This seven-rank unit
organ fills this 120-seat church and replaces an aging electronic instrument.
The new pipe organ employs no electronic voices, and uses varied scaling in the
principals, flutes and reeds. The derived mixture is the first attempted by the
Kegg company, and has one break. It is drawn from the Octave and the Quint.
With the exception of the 8' Principal stop, the entire instrument is
enclosed in a shallow swell box set into the existing chamber. The standard
Kegg console is a terraced drawknob design with a walnut exterior, and is
fitted with a multiple memory SSL combination system. The manual keys are
reversed color, and are fitted with tracker touch: naturals are covered in
ebony and sharps are covered in walnut with polished bone caps; pedal sharps
are of walnut. The console and façade cases are of white oak.
Construction and installation were done by Charles Kegg, Frank Vinton and Lois
Lee. Tonal finishing was done by Charles Kegg and Fredrick Bahr. The organ was
dedicated December 18, 1994 by W. Robert Morrison, FAGO, of Canton, OH. Joyce
Gorby is organist and music director for the church.

GREAT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                        Swell
to Great

SWELL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                        Tremulant

                        Swell
16

                        Swell
4

PEDAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                        Great
to Pedal

                        Swell
to Pedal

TONAL RESOURCES

            8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>        Principal
         61p

            4' style='mso-tab-count:1'>        Octave
73p

            11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'>   Quint   49p

            16' style='mso-tab-count:1'>      Rohrflöte style='mso-tab-count:1'>        97p

            8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>        Viole
GG         54p

            8' style='mso-tab-count:1'>        Celeste
TC       49p

            16' style='mso-tab-count:1'>      Oboe style='mso-tab-count:1'>  85p

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