2013-08-29 - An original installation. Identified by Dennis Northway, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This organ of 69 ranks was built in 1987, and completed in 1988. The instrument replaced a 1922 Moller Organ of about 25 stops, and several of the original Moller stops were incorporated into the new Buzard Opus 5 Organ. <br>The enviable music program at the time this instrument was designed and constructed incorporated several choirs, an instrumental ensemble, and a Renaissance ensemble. (A 27-note Portative Organ was built for Saint James at the same time as the large Opus 5 organ.) The organist at the time was Danville native David Schrader. <br>The former organ was about half as large as the room-s volume and the Church-s musical needs required. It occupied the two chambers on either side of the Chancel and a small echo organ chamber in the ceiling above the rear Gallery. The new organ-s Great and Pedal divisions are exposed on a new structure which spans the distance of the Chancel between the two chambers, allowing choral singers to stand in front of the organ, and the pipes to cherish the large central window. The Choir Division and some Pedal stops are in the left chamber; Swell and Pedal in the right chamber, and a much enlarged Solo Organ is in the old Echo chamber, the sound being conducted down into the Church through a wooden chute. <br>The Console was made in 1945 by Aeolean/Skinner, and was completely rebuilt for the new organ, being outfitted with Harris drawknobs and Peterson solid-state equipment, and bolted to a thin profile portable platform. The windchests are all electrically operated slider chests, except for the unit chests which are electro-mechanical and electro-pneumatic. The new pipes were made by F. J. Rogers, of Leeds, England and Trivo. Original Moller reed pipes re-used in this organ were cleaned, and re-tongued by Trivo. The components of the organ made in the Buzard residence basement shop included all the reservoirs and winding system, "sky-racks� for the reeds and larger flue pipes, framing, and miscellaneous systems. The instrument was primarily built and assembled at the Church, being only 35 minutes east from Urbana, by the Buzard Company-s new crew of young helpers. <br>The instrument was dedicated in recital by organist Delbert Disselhorst. Subsequent concerts featured the University of Illinois Symphony directed by Paul Vermel with Jerald Hamilton as soloist, and solo performances by several noted organists, including Fred Swann. Recently the Danville Symphony and soloist Scott Montgomery celebrated the instrument in concert. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: From builder's website Date not recorded
Danville, Illinois
St. James United Methodist Church
John-Paul Buzard Opus 5 1988 4 manuals, 49 stops, 63 ranks
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GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN
16' Gedeckt Pommer 61 16' Lieblich Gedeckt 73*
8' Open Diapason 61 8' Stopped Diapason (fr. 16') --
8' Flûte à Bibéron 61 8' Salicional 61*
4' Principal 61 8' Voix Celeste (TC) 49*
4' Spire Flute 61 4' Principal 61
2' Fifteenth 61 4' Harmonic Flute 61
1 1/3' Fourniture IV 244 2 2/3' Nazard 61
16' Contre Trompette 61 2' Flute 61
8' Trompette 61 1 3/5' Tierce 61
8' Festival Trumpets (horiz) pf 2 2/3' Plein Jeu V 305
16' Basson 85
CHOIR ORGAN 8' Trompette 61
8' English Diapason 61* 8' Oboe 61*
8' Wood Gedeckt 61* 8' Voix Humaine 61*
8' Dulciana 61* 4' Clairon (fr. Basson) --
8' Unda Maris (TC) 49* Tremulant
4' Principal 61 8' Festival Trumpets (Gt) pf
4' Koppel Flute 61
2' Doublette 61 PEDAL ORGAN
1 1/3' Larigot 61* 32' Subbass (1-12 dig) --
Tierce Mixture III 183 32' Lieblich Gedeckt (1-12 dig) --
8' Cornopean 61* 16' Open Wood 32*
8' Clarinet 61* 16' Open Diapason 32
Tremulant 16' Bourdon 44*
8' Festival Trumpets (Gt) pf 16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) --
Chimes 20 tubes* 8' Principal 32
8' Spire Flute 32
SOLO ORGAN 8' Bourdon (fr. 16') --
8' Open Diapason 61* 8' Gedeckt Flute (Sw) --
8' Doppelflute 61* 4' Choral Bass 32
8' Muted Viole 61* 2 2/3' Mixture III 96
8' Vox Angelica 61* 32' Contre-Bombarde 68
4' Principal 61 16' Bombarde (fr. 32') --
4' Flute 61* 8' Trompette (fr. 32') --
2' Mixture IV 244 4' Clairon (fr. 32') --
8' Tuba 61* 8' Festival Trumpets (Gt) pf
8' French Horn 61*
Tremulant
8' Festival Trumpets (Gt) pf * from previous Möller organ
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2018-08-11]
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