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The Saint James Organ |
The original St. James organ was built by the Hook and Hastings Organ Company in 1928.The 12-rank Hook and Hastings organ served the St. James congregation well until various parts of the organ began to deteriorate.After consultation, study, and several congregational meetings, the decision was made that it was necessary for a new organ to be built for St. James.The desire of St. James was to retain the architectural integrity of the church interior as much as possible and to keep those parts of the Hook and Hastings organ that could be refurbished and reused—the console, pipes, Deagan Chimes, and the Harp—and build an organ that would adequately fill the church with music to glorify God.With the vision and dedication of a devoted organ study committee, the organ was enlarged in 1986 to about four times the size of the original Hook and Hastings Organ.M uch of the old Hook and Hastings Organwas re-worked and incorporated into the new 48-rank, three-manual and pedal organ currently in the sanctuary.This increased the total number of pipes from 723 to 2,493.Along with this renovation was the addition of the Gallery Organ which is housed in the balcony.This division alone is comprised of seven ranks of pipes and includes the stately Festival Trumpet which extends horizontally from the wall. Then in 2004, Saint James entered into another extensive organ renovation project which included a new solid state, three-manual and pedal console and extensive work in the organ chambers.As part of this renovation, preparations were made to complete all the divisions of the organ to a standard compliment of stops. This organ can be played from any of the four divisions of the main organ console.This grand Hook and Hastings Pipe Organ stands as a testimony to St. James’ commitment to its rich musical heritage as well as its commitment to serving God and this community for centuries to come. |
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GREAT ORGAN 16’ Bourdon 61 pipes 8’ Principal 61 pipes 8’ Harmonic Flute prepared 8’ Gedeckt 61 pipes 4’ Octave 61 pipes 4’ Koppel Flute 61 pipes 2’ Super Octave 61 pipes II Sesquialtera 122 pipes IV Fourniture 244 pipes 8’ Harmonic Trumpet 8’ Festival Trumpet (Gallery) 16’ Great to Great 4’ Great to Great Chimes Great Unison Off
SWELL ORGAN 8’ Geigen prepared 8’ Rohrflute 61 pipes 8’ Viola 61 pipes 8’ Viola Celeste TC 49 pipes 4’ Principal 61 pipes 4’ Stopped Flute 61 pipes 2’ Fifteenth prepared 2’ Piccolo 61 pipes III Mixture 183 pipes 16’ Trumpet 61 pipes 8’ Trumpet 61 pipes 8’ Cornopean prepared 8’ Oboe 61 pipes 4’ Clarion 61 pipes 4’ Schalmei 61 pipes 8’ Festival Trumpet (Gallery) 16’ Swell to Swell 4’ Swell to Swell Tremulant Swell Unison Off CHOIR ORGAN 8’ Diapason prepared 8’ Cor d nuit 61 pipes 8’ Dolce 61 pipes 8’ Dolce Celeste TC 49 pipes 4’ Principal prepared 4’ Harmonic Flute 61 pipes 2 2/3’ Nazard 61 pipes 2’ Octave prepared 2’ Blockflute 61 pipes 1 3/5’ Tierce 61 pipes 8’ Cromorne 61 pipes 8’ Festival Trumpet (Gallery) 16’ Choir to Choir 4’ Choir to Choir Harp Tower Carillon Tremulant Choir Unison Off PEDAL ORGAN 32’ Subbourdon prepared 16’ Principal 32 pipes 16’ Open Wood prepared 16’ Bourdon 32 pipes 16’ Gedeckt 32 pipes 16’ Gallery Bourdon prepared 8’ Principal 32 pipes 8’ Bourdon 32 pipes 4’ Octave 32 pipes 4’ Bourdon 32 pipes 2’ Super Octave 32 pipes 32’ Contra Bassoon prepared 16’ Posaune 32 pipes 16’ Trumpet (Swell) 8’ Trumpet (Swell) 8’ Oboe (Swell) 4’ Oboe (Swell) GALLERY ORGAN 8’ Hohlflute 61 pipes 4’ Principal 61 pipes 4’ Rohrflute 61 pipes III Mixture 183 pipes 16’ Festival Trumpet 8’ Festival Trumpet 61 pipes 4’ Festival Trumpet 16’ Gallery Bourdon (ped.) prepared CONSOLE Renovated original 1928 Hook and Hastingsoak organ console; AGO standard, three-manual draw knob, Case, and manual keys, Pedal Board and keys Pedal and key naturals are made from maple and sharps from rosewood. COMBINATION ACTION / ACCESSORIES Solid State; 99memory levels, each with 12 Generals (thumb and toe), 6 Great (thumb), 6 Swell (thumb), 6 Choir (thumb), 6 Pedal (toe), 3Gallery (thumb), divisional cancels, and General Cancel. Accessories: Transposer, Sequencer, Zymbelstern, Great - Choir Manual Transfer (Thumb) COUPLERS To Pedal at 8’ and 4’: Great, and Swell To Pedal at 8’ only: Choir and Gallery To Great at 16’, 8’, and 4’: Swell, and Choir To Great at 8’ only: Gallery To Swell at 8’: Choir and Gallery To Choir at 16’, 8’, and 4’: Swell To Choir at 8’ only: Gallery REVERSIBLES Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal Choir to Pedal Full Organ (Tutti) thumb and toe Great to Choir manual transfer (thumb)
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