C. B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 147 (2018)

Images

2019 - Console detail (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2018 - Corneta Magna (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Console and facade (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Console, artist rendering (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2019 - Organ in room (Photograph by Fisk, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2018-10-13 - Console (Photograph by Daniel Ponder/Database Manager)

2018-10-13 - Organ Case and Facade (Photograph by Daniel Ponder/Database Manager)

2024-12-30 - Builder nameplate (Paul Marchesano /Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Notes

2022-06-22 - In early 2014 we received a request for a proposal for a new mechanical action pipe organ in the yet-to-be-built Cathedral of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Cathedral was to be on a vast scale; it would be cruciform in plan, with a barrel vault ceiling nearly 80′ high and a seating capacity of 2,000. The architect was James O’Brien of O’Brien & Keane Architecture of Arlington, Virginia, and the acoustician Dana Kirkegaard of Kirkegaard Acoustic Design LLC, of Downers Grove, Illinois. By late spring a Letter of Intent was signed, allowing us to exchange ideas with the Cathedral musicians and the Organ Committee to further refine the stop list and to work with Jim O’Brien and Dana Kirkegaard to influence the building design related to the organ, the choir, and to all music-making in the new space. By March 2015, a full contract for a three-manual 62-stop instrument was signed. The organ and choir are in a large multi-level West End gallery, where they speak without obstruction down the main axis of the lengthy nave. The organ’s tonal design, developed with the requirements of the Roman Catholic liturgies in mind, is largely eclectic, with an abundance of stops at 8′ pitch and below. Both the Choir and Swell divisions are under expression. The console is detached. The 58 foot tall, 22 ½ ton organ was delivered to Raleigh in February 2018. Installation and finish voicing crews spent more than ten months ensuring that the organ perfectly complements the visual and aural beauty of the Cathedral. The organ was inaugurated on January 3, 2019 with a Solemn Vespers service and recital by Nathan Laube. -- information from CB Fisk Inc website -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Raleigh, North Carolina Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Cathedral C.B. Fisk, Inc. Opus 147 2016 manuals, 62 stops, 73 ranks ________________________________________________________________ Great, Manual I Double Diapason 16′ (façade) Open Diapason I 8′ (façade) Open Diapason II 8′ Gamba 8′ Harmonic Flute 8′ Double Flute 8′ Octave 4′ Open Flute 4′ Fifteenth 2′ Mixture IV-V Corneta Magna X (a#0– d3) Trumpet 8′ Double Trumpet 16′ Pontifical Trumpet 8′ Choir, Manual II, enclosed Principal 8′ (façade) Voce Umana 8′ (c0) (façade) Geigen Principal 8′ Viole d’Amore 8′ Unda Maris 8′ (c0) Orchestral Flute 8′ Lieblich Gedackt 8′ Geigen Octave 4′ Flauto Traverso 4′ Nazard 2 2/3′ Flageolet 2′ Tierce 1 3/5′ Mixture IV Clarinet 8′ Tuba Mirabilis 8′ (prep.) Pontifical Trumpet 8′ (Great) Swell, Manual III, enclosed Contra Gamba 16′ Violin Diapason 8′ Viola da Gamba 8′ Voix Celeste 8′ Dulciana 8′ Dulciana Celeste 8′ (c0) Harmonic Flute 8′ Stopped Diapason 8′ Flute Celeste 8′ (c0) Violina 4′ Harmonic Flute 4′ Piccolo 2′ Bassoon 16′ Trumpet 8′ Clarion 4′ Oboe 8′ Vox Humana 8′ (prep.) Pedal Great Bass 32′ (ext.) Sub Principal 32′ (ext.) Resultant 32′ Open Bass 16′ Double Diapason 16′ (Great) Bourdon 16′ Octave 8′ Open Flute 8′ (ext.) Bourdon 8′ (ext.) Octave 4′ Grand Cornet III (prep.) Contra Trombone 32′ (ext.) Trombone 16′ Bombarde 16′ Trumpet 8′ Couplers: Choir to Great Swell to Great Swell to Choir Great to Pedal Choir to Pedal Swell to Pedal Octaves graves Great Accessories: Choir Tremulant Swell Tremulant (fast & slow) Balanced Choir Pedal Balanced Swell Pedal Crescendo Pedal Mechanical Key Action (except for the largest pipes of the organ) Kowalyshyn Servopneumatic Lever providing a pneumatic assist to the Great key action Electric Stop Action Combination Action: 300 levels of memory with a sequencer Casework: A single cabinet of wood, painted, located in the West Gallery Keydesk: Detached from the organ case, three manuals of 61 keys and pedalboard of 32 keys Front pipes of burnished tin and wood

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