J. F. Nordlie Co. Pipe Organ Builders
style='font-weight:normal'>, Sioux Falls, SD, has built a new organ, opus 27,
for Faith Lutheran Church, Prairie Village, KS. The contemporary architecture
of the church prompted a dramatic case design. Asymmetrical shapes in the room
suggested a balanced, angular silhouette. Disjunct ceiling planes necessitated
a single tower for the Pedal and a front/back arrangement for the Great/Swell.
The large painted case is softened by richly-hued light from the ceiling clerestory. Natural pipe lengths further enliven the facade, as do the contrasting metals of the front pipes. Placement high in the rear gallery is ideal for leading congregational song and supporting voices and instruments. The organ project spanned eight years of planning and fund-raising for the congregation. Mechanical key and coupler actions, solenoid motors control sliders and drawknobs; flexible winding via a Meidinger blower and multiple reservoirs; wind presssure 74mm manuals, 85mm pedal; casework of painted poplar and maple; keydesk, pipe shades, and other decorative elements made of oiled walnut; manual keys plated with ebony on cherry naturals, and polished bone on cocobolo sharps; pedal keys of oak, maple and walnut; drawknobs turned from cocobolo with engraved bone nameplates; metal pipes by A. Grunemann (Germany) and J. Stinkens (Netherlands); reeds by R. Killinger (Germany); wood pipes by Nordlie workshop; tuning (scroll & cone) after Vallotti's 18th-century well-tempered plan. Organist: Dr. O. Wayne Smith; consultant: Dr. Ted Stewart; dedication: September 24, 1995; 30 stops, 27 voices, 33 ranks, 1718 pipes. Couplers: Gt/P, Sw/P, Cont/P, Sw/Gt; tremulant to manual divisions; balanced Swell pedal and Register Crescendo; multi-level combination action; compass 56/30.
GREAT
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Prestant
(polished tin facade)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Rohr
Flute
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quint
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Octave
13/5' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Terz
11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture
IV-V
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
SWELL
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Violin
Diapason
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Stopt
Diapason
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Celeste
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Spire
Flute
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
1'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixture
III
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bassoon
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oboe
CONTINUO
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedackt
4'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Chimney
Flute
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quint
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Apfelregal
Zimbelstern
(prep)
PEDAL
16'
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(flamed copper facade)
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Openbass
(ext)
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Flutebass
(ext)
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Choralbass
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Posaune
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trumpet
(ext)
The Bedient Pipe Organ Co., Lincoln, NE, has built a new organ, opus 44, for St. Luke's Chapel at
the Medical University, Charleston, SC. The case is of white oak, pipe shades
of red gum; 12 stops, 15 ranks, 791 pipes; compass 58/30; mechanical key and
stop action. St. Luke's Chapel is a historic structure that was severely
damaged during hurricane Hugo. The several-times-rebuilt Hutchings and Votey
organ was destroyed during the storm. Consultant and dedication organist was
Dr. William Gudger.
GREAT
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Open
Diapason tc
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Chimney
Flute
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Principal
22/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Twelfth
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fifteenth
Mixture
II-III
CHOIR
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Dulciana
8'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Stopped
Diapason
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Recorder
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Piccolo
II style='mso-tab-count:1'> Cornet
PEDAL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Bourdon
Gt/Ped
Ch/Ped
Ch/Gt
Tremulant
Visser Rowland Associates, Inc., Houston, TX, has built a new organ, opus 109, of 30
stops, for the Church of the Holy Spirit, San Antonio, TX. Pieter Visser
designed the organ and supervised its construction. Pascal Boissonet voiced the
organ. The case is built into a shallow chamber near the choir to the left of
the sanctuary. Facade pipes to the left are of the Pedal Prinzipal, and to the
right are of the Hauptwerk; the Schwellwerk is in the middle of the case, with
pipes shades designed and executed by Ron Williams. The anticipated Positiv
division will be above the Hauptwerk. Manual chests follow the company's
standard tierce layout; Pedal chest is in octave groups chromatically. The wind
system has one single rise weighted bellows with wooden wind trunks throughout.
The console is detached and reversed. The consultant was Fr. Vaughan Fayle,
O.M.I.
POSITIV (prep)
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Kleinflöte
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Prinzipal
11/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Larigot
1'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Kleinmixtur
III
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Krummhorn
MIDI
Zimbelstern
HAUPTWERK
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quintaton
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'> Nachthorn
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Waldflöte
22/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Sesquialtera
II
11/3'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Mixtur
IV
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompete
SCHWELLWERK
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gemshorn
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Celeste
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Prinzipal
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Blockflöte
2' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oktav
1'
style='mso-tab-count:1'> Scharff
IV
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Fagott
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oboe
Tremulant
PEDAL
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Subbass
102/3' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Quinte
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Oktav
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Gedeckt
4' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Choralbass
16' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Posaune
8' style='mso-tab-count:1'> Trompete
MIDI
(prep)
