Muller Pipe Organ Company (2010)

2016-05-01 - Restored 1921 Spencer Orgoblo (Photograph by Tim Wilson/Database Manager)

2016-05-01 - Restored 1921 Spencer Orgoblo ((showing one of the 31" turbines) Photograph by Tim Wilson/Database Manager)

Unknown - Great pipework (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Swell pipework (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Mitered basses (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Trombone 16, Octave 8 behind (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Trombone 16 chest and boots (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Open Wood Diapason 16 - pipe mouths (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Great and Swell reservoirs (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Swell windchest (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - Bottom 6 pipes of Great Open Diapason - original facade pipes (Photograph by Tim Wilson, January, 2014/Database Manager)

Unknown - New antiphonal case (Photograph by Tim Wilson, Nay 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Antiphonal chest 11 installation (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Antiphonal chest installed (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Antiphonal Chamber (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console case and stop jambs during restoration (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console detail (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console shell (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Antiphonal pipes before restoration (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Antiphonal pipework - after restoration (Photograph by Tim Wilson, May 2010/Database Manager)

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph by Paul Williams/Database Manager)

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Notes

2010-02-11 - Renovation, replacement console (relocated and reconditioned), and enlargement of existing, previously altered, Durthaler organ of 1959, identified through on-line information from Michael Schreffler. -- At its heart, this instrument retains its 17 ranks of largely unaltered pipe work from 1894. -Database Manager

2014-01-21 - Updated through online information from Tim Wilson. -- THE 2010 PROJECT: By decade-s end, the church structure was in need of considerable repair and maintenance. A capital improvements campaign was launched to provide for complete roof replacement, masonry work, and various other repairs. Included in the project were plans to perform similarly necessary repairs, rebuilding, and replacements to the organ, along with the addition of an Antiphonal division. <br>After only twelve years, the 1988 Schantz mechanical console was in bad shape. Its mechanical combination action had become unreliable and the stop and coupler contacts were failing to a point that the organist had to use creativity to keep them playing. While other significant work was needed, it seemed timely to replace the console with one that had up-to-date electronic capability at the same time. Electronics were in their infancy in 1988 when the 1959 console was replaced. <br>Many pipes were not speaking because the cloth insulation over the wiring in the organ chamber, dating to 1959, was deteriorating. Wind lines from 1987-88 additions were failing because they were made of inferior flexible material. With faithful stewardship in mind, the board of trustees worked closely with Muller Pipe Organ Company to devise a plan to repair and upgrade the instrument. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist provided by Tim Wilson, Chairperson, Board of Trustees Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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