Updated 02/03/2013
 
    

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGAN

A side-by-side comparison of the two specifications reveals the vast improvement which has been achieved in both flexibility and completeness:

1914 JOHNSON ORGAN
14 sets, 14 ranks, 715 pipes
 
GREAT Pipes
Open Diapason61
Melodia61
*4’Octave61
22/3’Harmonic Flute61
 
 
SWELL
*16’Bourdon61
*8’Gedeckt61
*8’Salicional61
*8’Aeoline61
*8’Voix Celeste61
Harmonic Flute61
*8’Oboe61
Tremulant
 
PEDAL
16’Open Diapason32
*16’Bourdon (Gt)
16’Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
 
1971 ABBOTT & SIEKER ORGAN
14 sets, 19 ranks, 1161 pipes
 
GREAT Pipes
*16’Lieblich Gedeckt61
Principal (DISPLAY)61
*8’Lieblich Gedeckt12
Octave61
*4’Lieblichfl๖te12
IV Mixture244
SWELL
*8’Bourdon61
*8’Dolce61
*8’Dolce Celeste (Ten. C)49
Principal61
22/3’Nazard61
Blockfl๖te61
III Scharff183
*8’Oboe61
Tremulant
PEDAL
*16’Subbass32
*16’Lieblich Gedeckt (Gt)
*8’Principal32
*8’Bassfl๖te12
*4’Principal12
*4’Fl๖te12
16’Contra-Oboe (Sw)12
*8’Oboe (Sw)
*4’Oboe (Sw)
In addition to the revoiced pipes which are indicated by an asterisk (*), the following items were reused: organ blower; console; swell shades; rectifier. All chestwork and wiring is new. Projection of the sound into the building is through the transept rather than through the chancel. Listed in OHS Database, but missing an opus number

The featured work for the inaugural concert was Jan Bender's Opus 20 – Come Holy Ghost (organ & brass/timpani)