2014-11-12 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by John McCraney, using information found in Dedication program and personal knowledge from substituting. -- This is a fundamentally new organ that includes components from the existing organ, a 1955 2-manual Estey that was expanded to a 3-manual instrument. Only some Estey pipes, the pedal unit windchests, and the swell shutters were used. All else was new. -Database Manager
Stoplist from dedication program and personal list from console when I substituted Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Aiken, South Carolina
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
John Dower 2003
Stops marked [E] are from the 1955 Estey.
GREAT
16 Gemshorn [E]
8 Principal
8 Bourdon [E]
8 Gemshorn [E]
4 Octave
4 Night Horn [E--originally named Nachthorn]
2 2/3 Twelfth
2 Fifteenth
IV Mixture
8 Trumpet
8 Basset Horn (Positiv)
Great 4
Swell 16, 8, 4
Positiv 16, 8, 4
SWELL Enclosed--original Estey shutters and frame)
16 Bourdon (Ext. St. diap. 8)
8 St. Diapason
8 Viole de Gambe [E]
8 Viole Celeste TC [E] (Estey went to low G and extended 7 notes above top C--about 58 pipes)
4 Prestant
4 Traverse Flute [E]
2 Piccolo
1 1/3 Larigot
III-IV Mixture
16 Bassoon (Ext. 8 Oboe) [E + 24 new pipes]
8 Trompette [E]
8 Oboe [E--originally named Hautbois]
Swell 16, Unison Off, 4
Tremulant
POSITIV
8 Gedackt
4 Principal
4 Spitzflute
2 2/3 Nazard
2 Octave
1 3/5 Tierce
II Cymbale
8 Basset Horn
8 Tuba Minor (Pipes en chamade on rear balcony rail)
Choir 16, Unison Off, 4
Swell 16, 8, 4
Tremulant
(Dgn. Chimes, Harp, Carillon)
Zimbelstern (Dgn. ?)
PEDAL
32 Untersatz (Dgn.--ext. 16 Principal?)
16 Principal
16 Soubasse [E--originally named Subbass--on its original Estey windchest]
16 Lieb. Gedeckt (Swell)
16 Gemshorn [E--from Great--on its original Estey windchest]
8 Stopt Bass [E--ext. 16 Soubasse]
8 Open Bass (Ext. 16 Principal--some pipes may be E; some pipes are tubed to the pipe fence
in the arched opening into the chancel, from the pre-1966 Estey, but not used
by Estey; the pre-1955 Estey was possibly by Morey)
4 Choral Bass [E (?)]
IV Mixture
32 Trombone (Dgn.--ext. Great Trumpet)
16 Trombone (Ext. Great Trumpet)
16 Bassoon (Sw.) [partly E]
8 Trumpet (Gt.)
8 Bassoon (Sw.) [E]
4 Basset Horn (Ch.)
8 Tuba Minor(Ch.)
Great 8, 4
Swell 8, 4
Positiv 8
French Clavier piston to reverse Great and Positive manuals
All components except pipes labeled E, Estey Gemshorn and Soubasse windchests, and swell shutters and
frame are new.
The Swell is in box behind Great. The Positiv is over the Great. The Gemshorn is at the back of the
chamber, with the Subbass and larger Pedal Principals on the sides.
The console is across the divided chancel and faces the choir stalls in front of the organ. There are also choir stalls to the right of the console.
Windchests, except for Pedal and manual stops using extensions or duplications, are slider.
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