2004-10-30 - Name is Most Holy Trinity. St. Patrick is the Patron Saint. Restored by Zimmer 1993, 2-30. The facade consists of several pipes from the great Open Diapason which are gold, and stenciled on them is a lovely pattern in red, plus (translation from the Latin, I forget the words [ * ] ) Praise the Lord with Choir and Organ. It consists of twenty-nine ranks, one 16' rank on each manual, plus three (Diapason, Contra Bass, and Trombone) in the pedals. The reeds are beautiful (Pedal Trombone, Great Trumpet, and Swell Cornopean). It has a marvelous tone and a very stiff action. Date also listed as 1871 but newspaper articles confirm the 1868 date. The church's web page (2003) indicates the organ was restored in 1994 by Messrs. Henry Hawkinson and Morris Spearman of Charlotte, North Carolina (working for Zimmer??) [ * ] Editor: Laudate Deum in Chordis et Organo -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - The pipe organ in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity is thought to have been built in New York during the Civil War but not installed until October 1868 because of the Union blockade of Southern ports. Built by George Jardine and Son of New York City, it contains 1,520 pipes. The organ was the first large instrument built by Jardine for a Southern church in the Post-bellum period. In 1994, the organ was completely restored by Messrs. Henry Hawkinson and Morris Spearman of Charlotte, North Carolina and was selected by the Organ Historical Society as "an instrument of exceptional historic merit, worthy of preservation." Most Holy Trinity's organ is the largest extant 19th-century organ remaining in the South and one of the largest Jardines in the country. (church web site, 2014) -Database Manager
Source: Specification from church web site Date not recorded
Augusta, Georgia
Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Geo. Jardine & Son 1868
2 manuals, 25 stops, 29 ranks
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GREAT
16' Double Diapason 56
8' Grand Open Diapason 56
8' Viol di Gamba (tc) 44
8' Melodia (tc) 44
8' Stopped Diap. Bass 12
4' Principal 56
4' Boehm Flute 56
2 2/3' Twelfth 56
2' Fifteenth 56
3 Rks Sexquialtra (3 rks?) 168
8' Trumpet 56
SWELL (Expressive)
16' Bourdon 56
8' Open Diapason 56
8' Dulciana (tc) 44
8' Lieblich Gedact (tc) 44
8' Stopped Diap. Bass 12
8' Clariana 56
8' Vox Celestis 56
4' Violino 56
4' Echo Flute 56
2' Piccolo 56
3 Rks Cornet (3 rks?) 168
8' Cornopean 56
Tremolo
PEDAL
16' Dbl. Open Diapason 25
16' Contra Bass 25
8' Violoncello 25
16' Trombone 25
COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Great On / Off
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2014-12-30]
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