Halbert Gobert Organbuilders, Toronto, Ontario, has built a new organ for St. Sosa Lee Roman
Catholic Church, Etobicoke, Ontario. The church building, a recently renovated industrial facility, houses the nave, a large parish hall, offices, classrooms, and the rectory. Most of the light in the large square sanctuary comes from a skylight
over the altar and a large clear window behind the altar, through which a rock
garden is visible. The organ sits at the back of the room at a slight angle to
the rear wall. The case is 16 feet tall, and the 24 lowest wood pipes stand on
the floor behind the case. To fill a large space with a small organ,
broad-scaled foundation stops are voiced on 94mm wind pressure. To provide
flexibility, the entire organ, with the exception of the Praestant 8', is
enclosed in a swell box; the Viola da Gamba is available on both manuals; and
the Pedal features "Octaves" and "Unisons Off." The
windchest and facade layout are in major thirds. The case is of maple with
ebony-colored accents on the moldings and raised panels. Compass 56/30;
suspended mechanical action.
MANUAL I
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Praestant
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viola
da Gamba (Man II)
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture
III
MANUAL II
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viola
da Gamba
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Céleste
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flauto
Traverso
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octavin
22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cornet
II
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
PEDAL
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
(ext Bourdon)
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trombone
(ext Trumpet)
Couplers
II/I
I/P
II/P
Pedal
Octaves
Pedal
Unisons Off
John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders
style='font-weight:normal'>, of Champaign, Illinois, has built a new organ,
opus 18, for the First United Methodist Church of Bellevue, Washington:
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 29 stops, 33 ranks, on three manuals
and pedal. The design features a "Composite Choir Division" to
provide the variety and flexibility of three manuals. The concept is that of a
two-manual organ in which the Great coloristic stops are enclosed and made
available on a third manual, in some cases at pitches which allow the third
division to begin to have its own tonal
personality. Weight of tone is obtained by several strategies. These
include a combination of scaling concepts, the use of "belly" in the
pipes, in which the diameter of each pipe is slightly larger at its center,
Willis style mouths for the larger pipes, rubbed-dubbed lower lips in metal
pipes, a greater number of harmonic length pipes, and a greater percentage of
wood pipes and differing pipe shapes than might otherwise be found in other
instruments.
The organ utilizes electric-slider key and stop actions.
Shared stops stand on electro-mechanical windchests. Switching is by multiplex
technology, and includes circuitry to allow large electric-slider action
magnets and smaller electro-mechanical pipe-valve key action magnets to open
simultaneously. The visual design complements the colors, shapes, and
furnishings of the church, and relates to the spirit of the Pacific Northwest.
To this end, and to give the appearance of greater depth, the woodworking in
the organ, including the large wood pipes, is stained in successively darker
shades as the locations recede toward the back wall. The cantilevered cases for
the Great and Pedal windchests and the console are of natural finished white
oak with panels and trim of lacewood. The casework bands under the chests and
the tops of each expression box feature a simple Klingelt pattern, recognizing
a tribe which had been native to the area, and in honor of the gift of a native
American artifact which was made to the church to inaugurate the project's fund
raising effort. The cantilevered cases' patterns are intertwined with 12
gold-leafed Apostles' crosses in memorial to Duane Harold, chairman of the
organ committee, who tragically died only a few weeks prior to the organ's
installation.
Pipes in the organ include polished English tin for the
facade Great and Pedal Principals, flamed copper for the displayed Pedal 16'
Open Diapason and the 8' Major Tuba; inside pipes are of 50% tin and lead; wood
pipes are poplar with walnut mouths.
GREAT
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Lieblich
Gedeckt*
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Diapason
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Wood Flute*
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viola
da Gamba*
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flute
Coelestis*
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spire
Flute*
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flute
d'Amour (ext 16')*
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Twelfth*
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifteenth
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Seventeenth*
11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fourniture
IV
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clarinet*
Tremulant
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Major
Tuba
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Tuba
Solo
Chimes
(prep)
Cymbalstern
Gt/Gt
16-UO-4
Sw/Gt
16-8-4
Comp
Ch/Gt 16-8-4
SWELL
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> English
Diapason
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Stopped
Diapason
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Salicional
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Voix
Celeste (tc)
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Harmonic
Flute
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flageolet
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Full
Mixture IV
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Basson
(1-12 1/2 lgth)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompette
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oboe
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clarion
(ext 16')
Tremulant
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Major
Tuba (Gt)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Tuba
Solo (Gt)
Sw/Sw
16-UO-4
COMPOSITE CHOIR
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Lieblich
Gedeckt (Gt)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Chimney
Flute (from 16')
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Viola
da Gamba (Gt)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flute
Coelestis (Gt)
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Flute (Gt)
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spire
Flute (from 8' Gems)
22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Twelfth
(Gt)
2'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Block
Flute (from 16')
13/5'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Seventeenth
(Gt)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clarinet
(Gt)
Tremulant
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Major
Tuba (Gt)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Tuba
Solo (Gt)
Sw/Comp
Ch 16-8-4
PEDAL
32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
(elect 1-12)
32'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Lieblich
Gedeckt (elec 1-12)
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Diapason
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
(Gt)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
(Ch)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bass
Flute (from 16')
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
Flute (Gt)
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Choral
Bass (from 16')
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trombone
16'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Basson
(Sw)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
(ext 16')
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Clarion
(Sw)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Major
Tuba (Gt)
Gt/Ped
8-4
Sw/Ped
8-4
Comp
Ch/Ped 8-4
*Great
stops in expression box
