New Organs

Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders,
style='font-weight:normal'> Tacoma, WA, has built a new organ for Grace
Lutheran Church, also in Tacoma. The two-manual and pedal instrument is positioned high against the ceiling of the balcony. The pipes of both manual keyboards play from the same wind-chests positioned at impost level of the case. This allows a compact design for the case and necessary height for the full length string, the Gemshorn 8' playable from manual II. Also, the Rohrflöte 8' is able to play without restrictions from both keyboards.

John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, IL, has built a new organ for Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The 2-manual, 23-stop, 30-rank organ is the firm's opus 14, with electric slider key and stop actions, and replaces a Wangerin built in 1922. The design includes a Flute Celeste, in which two pipesare made in one pipe body, and a Major Tuba, mounted horizontally atop the main case. The builder selected the best pipes from the old organ, rebuilt and revoiced for the new tonal context.

Karl Wilhelm, Inc., of Mont St-Hilaire, Québec, Canada, has built a new organ, opus 135, for Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington, KY. Karl Wilhelm conceived the design, participated in its construction, and supervised the project. The cabinetry was by Sylvain Parent. Wind chests were made by Claude Godbout. Some of the hammered metal pipes were made by Luc Ladurantaye; console and mechanics were by Claude Chauvin; the latter two assisted Karl Wilhelm with the erection of the instrument.

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.

Rosales Organ Builders, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, has built a new organ, op. 17, for King of Glory
Lutheran Church, Dallas, TX: 32 stops, 37 voices, 48 ranks, 2,683 pipes. The organ features a detached console with 61/32 compass, mechanical key action, electric stop action, and a multi-level combination system. Wind pressures are
31/2" manuals, and 41/2" pedals. Additional features include
Cymbelstern, Nightengale, manual tremolo, pedal tremolo, and wind stabilizer
cut-out.

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Taylor & Boody Organbuilders, Inc., of Staunton, VA, has built a new organ, the firm's opus 24, for Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Staunton. The two-manual organ comprises 24 stops and 1,420 pipes with space prepared on the windchests for five additional stops. The choir and organ are situated at the rear of the sanctuary.

Pasi Organ Builders, Inc., Roy, WA, has built a new organ for Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood,
WA. The two-manual and pedal instrument comprises 29 stops, 31 ranks, and more
than 1,600 pipes, and utilizes suspended mechanical key action and mechanical
stop action. All the pipes were made in the builder's shop; metal pipes are 97%
lead. Wind is supplied from a 3/4 horsepower blower and a single wedge-shaped
bellows, providing flexible wind. The case, standing 27 feet high, is made of
black walnut with white oak carvings.

The Faucher Organ Company of Biddeford, ME has recently completed their Opus #9 for St.
Catherine of Siena Church in Preston, CT. It replaced an electronic. Budget
limitations and lack of available floor space almost precluded the option of a
pipe instrument. Faucher designed the main organ case to be completely hung off
the concrete wall allowing for head clearance for the choir members. The 16'
Bourdon chest was also symmetrically hung.

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B. Rule and Company,

New Market, Tennessee

First Presbyterian Church,

Columbia, Tennessee

Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas


Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette, Illinois

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The Wicks Organ Company


Highland, Illinois


Christ Church, Episcopal,


Plano, Texas

Opus 6390

Fabry, Inc., Fox Lake, Illinois, has completed the first
phase of a three-phase program for the rebuilding and tonal additions for the
three-manual, 26-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ at Marytown Kolbe Shrine,
Libertyville, Illinois. Phase one included a solid state conversion of the
console, new manual keyboards, and multiplex system. The console is prepared
for the MIDI resource system and tonal additions. The organ had been altered
considerably by previous technicians. Phase two, scheduled for early 2002, will
include a total releathering and several mechanical changes.

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Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., Lake City, Iowa

United Lutheran Church,

Red Wing, Minnesota

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Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign,Illinois

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Denver, Colorado

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Austin Organs, Inc.,
Hartford, Connecticut, has installed a new Antiphonal organ at Christ Church
Cathedral, Hartford. The cathedral dates from 1828, and was subsequently
supplied with successive organs by Erben, Hook & Hastings, and Skinner.
Austin #2417 was installed in the chancel in 1965. At that time, preparations
were made in the console for an Antiphonal division to be placed in the rear
gallery, but nothing occurred until 2000 when a move was started to fit a
Trumpet in the rear gallery.

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Rieger-Kloss Varhany, Krnov,
Czech Republic, Opus 3715

First Congregational Church,
Beloit, Wisconsin

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Grant Edwards, Portland,
Oregon

Episcopal Church of the
Nativity, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

From the builder

Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc.,

Warrensburg, Missouri

SkyRose Chapel, Rose Hills
Memorial Park, Whittier, California

Opus 46

John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois, Opus 27

St. David's Episcopal Church,
Glenview, Illinois

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Hendrickson Organ Company,

St. Peter, Minnesota

Church of St. Peter,

St. Peter, Minnesota