Schoenstein & Co. of Benicia, California, is building a new three-manual, 16-voice, 18-rank organ for Grace Episcopal Church of Hartford, Connecticut. It is designed in the symphonic style with Great and Swell divisions enclosed and Swell high-pressure stops doubly enclosed within the Swell. The third manual borrows solo and ensemble stops from the Great and Swell.
This instrument can be previewed on a YouTube video of a similar organ in New York City (search “Schoenstein Tonal Demonstration”). Grace Church is an Anglo-Catholic parish with an established liturgical tradition, which the organ is designed to support. The instrument will stand in a case at the west end of the church. Installation is scheduled for May 2017.
For information: www.schoenstein.com.
