Hey folks,
I'm posting to tell you about one of the organs where I work. In February, I began work for a large catholic church in Western New York. We have a large Church building with a Galanti Praeludium III. But we also have a cool little chapel on the church campus, which is the original church building that has been preserved and restored throughout the years. The chapel was originally built in 1853, and seats about 250 people. Now that the pipe organ is completed, I figured I'd "show it off."
The chapel pipe organ was recently completely rebuilt, expanded, and revised by Heritage Pipe Organs of West Valley NY. This process took about 13 months. The original chapel pipe organ was built by Tellers-Kent organ company in 1925. It was a small, seven-rank unit organ. The organ had remained essentially original for many years. Sometime after it's installation, it was reoriented from the center of the choir loft, to the side, so that the rose window would be visible once again. It has remained in this position, making it difficult to view the facade from the nave. The was neglected until about 1993 when some unsuccessful attempts were made to restore the instrument. It was further patched together until last year when the Pastor stepped up to have the organ evaluated. It was determined that the best idea was to completely rebuild the organ.
Heritage organs removed the organ in April 2010, and began work. Because of the poor, mutilated condition of many of the pipes, many ranks had to be replaced. The majority of the pipework used to rebuild the instrument was built by E.M. Johnson. Only select Tellers pipes could be saved. The Flugelhorn (renamed Fagotto) is E.M. Skinner, and the Labial Oboe is Estey. Heritage retrofitted the organ with a new solid-state switching system, new chests for the great and swell, rebuilt bourdon and facade chests, new swell motor, added swell shades to the side of the swell box, and a completely rebuilt console with new stop tablets, keyboards, pedalboard, pistons, toe studs, and Peterson ICS-4000 control module. In addition to this, the casework was refurbished, with cleaned woodwork, additional panels, and repaired and repainted facade pipes.
The finished organ has increased in size from seven to fifteen ranks. We have been very pleased with the wonderful sound of this little organ in this intimate space. In addition to all of the other upgrades, we decided to outfit the organ with an Allen Ensemble MIDI division, which has been very useful to add certain stops which we do not have. It interfaces very well with the capture action, and allows for some very convenient addition. It is a blast to play. The dedication recital was this passed Tuesday 5/24.
The specification is as follows:
Great:
Manual I
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Melodia
8’ Dulciana
4’ Octave
4’ Flute
2’ Super Octave
III Mixture
8’ Fagotto
Swell to Great 16’
Swell to Great 8’
Swell to Great 4’
MIDI
Swell:
Manual II, enclosed
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
8’ Geigen
8’ Stopped Diapason
8’ Salicional
8’ Celeste
4’ Geigen Octave
4’ Flute Harmonic
2’ Piccolo
8’ Labial Oboe
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4’
MIDI
Pedal:
32 notes
16’ Bourdon
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Flute
4’ Octave
Great to Pedal 8’
Swell to Pedal 8’
MIDI
Divisional Pistons: 1-6, 1-6
Pedal Divisional Toe Studs: 1-6
General Pistons: 1-12
General Toe Studs: 13-18
Reversibles for couplers/tutti duplicated both toe studs and pistons.
100 levels of memory, personalized organist folders, interactive LCD display
Swell Expression Shoe, Crescendo Shoe
Blower Switch, Console/switching system Switch
Locking Roll top
Allen Ensemble MIDI Division control unit
Here are some photos:
I'm posting to tell you about one of the organs where I work. In February, I began work for a large catholic church in Western New York. We have a large Church building with a Galanti Praeludium III. But we also have a cool little chapel on the church campus, which is the original church building that has been preserved and restored throughout the years. The chapel was originally built in 1853, and seats about 250 people. Now that the pipe organ is completed, I figured I'd "show it off."
The chapel pipe organ was recently completely rebuilt, expanded, and revised by Heritage Pipe Organs of West Valley NY. This process took about 13 months. The original chapel pipe organ was built by Tellers-Kent organ company in 1925. It was a small, seven-rank unit organ. The organ had remained essentially original for many years. Sometime after it's installation, it was reoriented from the center of the choir loft, to the side, so that the rose window would be visible once again. It has remained in this position, making it difficult to view the facade from the nave. The was neglected until about 1993 when some unsuccessful attempts were made to restore the instrument. It was further patched together until last year when the Pastor stepped up to have the organ evaluated. It was determined that the best idea was to completely rebuild the organ.
Heritage organs removed the organ in April 2010, and began work. Because of the poor, mutilated condition of many of the pipes, many ranks had to be replaced. The majority of the pipework used to rebuild the instrument was built by E.M. Johnson. Only select Tellers pipes could be saved. The Flugelhorn (renamed Fagotto) is E.M. Skinner, and the Labial Oboe is Estey. Heritage retrofitted the organ with a new solid-state switching system, new chests for the great and swell, rebuilt bourdon and facade chests, new swell motor, added swell shades to the side of the swell box, and a completely rebuilt console with new stop tablets, keyboards, pedalboard, pistons, toe studs, and Peterson ICS-4000 control module. In addition to this, the casework was refurbished, with cleaned woodwork, additional panels, and repaired and repainted facade pipes.
The finished organ has increased in size from seven to fifteen ranks. We have been very pleased with the wonderful sound of this little organ in this intimate space. In addition to all of the other upgrades, we decided to outfit the organ with an Allen Ensemble MIDI division, which has been very useful to add certain stops which we do not have. It interfaces very well with the capture action, and allows for some very convenient addition. It is a blast to play. The dedication recital was this passed Tuesday 5/24.
The specification is as follows:
Great:
Manual I
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Melodia
8’ Dulciana
4’ Octave
4’ Flute
2’ Super Octave
III Mixture
8’ Fagotto
Swell to Great 16’
Swell to Great 8’
Swell to Great 4’
MIDI
Swell:
Manual II, enclosed
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
8’ Geigen
8’ Stopped Diapason
8’ Salicional
8’ Celeste
4’ Geigen Octave
4’ Flute Harmonic
2’ Piccolo
8’ Labial Oboe
Tremulant
Swell to Swell 16’
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell 4’
MIDI
Pedal:
32 notes
16’ Bourdon
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt
8’ Open Diapason
8’ Flute
4’ Octave
Great to Pedal 8’
Swell to Pedal 8’
MIDI
Divisional Pistons: 1-6, 1-6
Pedal Divisional Toe Studs: 1-6
General Pistons: 1-12
General Toe Studs: 13-18
Reversibles for couplers/tutti duplicated both toe studs and pistons.
100 levels of memory, personalized organist folders, interactive LCD display
Swell Expression Shoe, Crescendo Shoe
Blower Switch, Console/switching system Switch
Locking Roll top
Allen Ensemble MIDI Division control unit
Here are some photos:
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