New Organs

Pasi Organbuilders, Op. 14: St. Cecilia Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska

The new organ at St. James's Episcopal Church, Richmond,
Virginia, was designed and built by C. B. Fisk, Inc., of Gloucester,
Massachusetts. Opus 112 of the Fisk firm, the three-manual instrument of 62
ranks is housed in a linen white case. The specification reflects the many
roles a modern American church organ must play: leading hymn singing,
accompanying choral music, and playing hundreds of years of organ repertoire.

Pasi Organ Builders, Inc., Roy, Washington, has built a new organ for West Vancouver United
Church, British Columbia. The firm's Opus 10 comprises 31 stops, 38 ranks, and 1,851 pipes over two manuals and pedal, and features mechanical key and stop action. Most of the metal pipes are 97% lead; wood pipes are made from tulipwood. The case, standing 28 feet high, is made of cherry wood, with walnut inlays.

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Noack Organ Co., Inc., Georgetown, Massachusetts

Middlesex School, Concord, Massachusetts

Greg Harrold, Los Angeles, California, has built a new 24-stop organ for the Kay/MacBird residence in Brentwood, California. This organ, the builder's Opus 14, features mechanical key and stop action. The 56-note manuals have bone naturals and ebony sharps. There are two interchangable 30-note pedalboards, one flat/parallel and one concave/ radiating. Wind pressure is 65mm from a single-fold wedge bellows and the organ is tuned in Kellner temperament. The case is of waxed spruce.

Orgues Létourneau, St. Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, has built a new organ for First
Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The firm's Opus 55 comprises 54 stops, 67
ranks, and 3,638 pipes over three manuals and pedal. The organ features mechanical key action (except the Trompette en chamade and offset chests, which use electric action), and electric stop and combination action. Manual naturals are of ebony, sharps of maple; pedal naturals of maple, sharps of rosewood;
manual/pedal compass 61/32.

A.E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company
style='font-weight:normal'>, Lithonia, Georgia, has built a new organ of 12
ranks for Lowell Presbyterian Church, Lowell, North Carolina. The church's
previous instrument was a four-rank unit organ of stock design. The new organ
console is built of white oak. Console interior is mahogany with clear maple
dividers. Keyboards feature tracker touch, and the console is fitted with a
Peterson multi-level combination system. The layout of the chancel and the
architecture of the church called for installation in one chamber.

From the builder

John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois,
has built a new organ for St. George's Episcopal Church, Belleville, Illinois.
The firm's opus 19 comprises 26 stops, 32 ranks on two manuals and pedal in a
free-standing white oak case.

Harrison & Harrison, of Durham, England, has built a new organ for Trinity Episcopal Church, Vero Beach, Florida. The instrument stands behind the high altar, speaking directly towards the nave, which seats about 350. The east end of the church was specially lengthened to receive it, and a further enlargement of the church is planned. The organ is about 18 wide, 12 deep, and 28 high; Great and Swell are at the main level, Solo at the upper level towards the apex, and Pedal on either side.

From the builder

Hendrickson Organ Company, St. Peter, Minnesota, has built a
new organ for Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata, Minnesota. Opus 92 is a
4-manual, 70-rank tracker action instrument installed in a white colonial-revival style case at the front-center of the new church sanctuary. The "C.
Charles Jackson" pipe organ is named for its principal donor and long-time
supporter of the church and its music program. Diana Lee Lucker is Director of
Music and Organist.

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Warrensburg, Missouri, Opus
55

William Jewell College,

Liberty, Missouri

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Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Champaign, Illinois

St. James Episcopal Church,

Newport Beach, California

Bradford Organ Company, of Evanston, Illinois, has built a new two-manual and pedal mechanical action organ (Opus 10) for the residence of Michael David and Margaret Shell in Evanston. The manual/pedal compass is 61/32 and tuning is equal temperament. The case is of white oak with walnut accents. Case design was by Kenneth Greenberg. George Weissler designed and executed the carving above the keydesk. Bradford staff who worked on the instrument include Walter Bradford, Ron Damholt, Greg Simanski, John Peters, and Eric Haugen.

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.

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd.
style='font-weight:normal'>, Lake City, IA, has completed its opus 63 for
McKinley Presbyterian Church in Champaign, IL. Built for a congregation with an
active student and social ministry, the installation of the organ coincided
with the renovation of the church's chancel. The new organ replaces M.P.
Möller's op. 8383 of 1953, an enchambered three-manual, 27-rank organ
which was damaged by fire in 1991. The Dobson organ, which employs mechanical
key and stop actions, is placed in a freestanding position in the chancel.

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.

Goulding & Wood, Inc., organbuilders of Indianapolis, Indiana, has built a new 2-manual,
38-rank organ (Opus 26) for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wilmington, North
Carolina. The action features G&W's exclusively designed electro-pneumatic
slider chests. The twin cases facing the chancel and twin cases facing the nave
are of red oak. Facade pipes utilizing the Pedal 16' Principal and Great 8'
Principal are tinted pale gold with natural burnished mouths.

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd
style='font-weight:normal'>., Lake City, IA, has built a new organ for Elliott
Chapel of Presbyterian Homes, Evanston, IL. The firm's opus 64 of two
manuals, 26 stops and 25 ranks features mechanical key action and electric stop
action, with an 8-level solid state combination action. The two cases are of
rift sawn white oak with fumed finish. Manual keys are of ebony and rosewood;
the music rack has a veneer of elm burl. Wind pressures are 72 mm for manuals,
78 mm pedal; flexible winding.

Berghaus Organ Company, Inc., Bellwood, IL, has built a new 27-stop, 35-rank organ for Sacred
Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, WI. Finished in March, 1994, this
organ, the firm's 30th mechanical action instrument, is located in the seminary
chapel, a circular building 133 feet in diameter, with the central space
surrounded by an ambulatory.

Berghaus Organ Company, Inc., Bellwood, IL, has built a new 27-stop, 35-rank organ for Sacred
Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, WI. Finished in March, 1994, this
organ, the firm's 30th mechanical action instrument, is located in the seminary
chapel, a circular building 133 feet in diameter, with the central space
surrounded by an ambulatory.

Paul Fritts & Co. Organ Builders, Tacoma, WA, has built
an organ for the office and test kitchen of Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet, in
Seattle, WA. Inspired primarily by the organ built by Esias Compenius in 1616
now located in the Frederiksborg Slotskirke, Denmark, the organ has ten stops,
all but one of wood. The front pipes (Quintadena 8') are made of vertical grain
maple with ebony inlay and are fitted with carved walnut mouths. The three reed
stops are closely modeled after the pipes of the Compenius organ and are also
primarily of wood.