Specification of organ,Op.32,dedicated Advent I,1990,for CHRIST CHURCH, CHRISTIANA HUNDRED, Buck Road, East Greenville, Delaware
Disposition:
Great - Manual II
Principal (discant) 16
Bourdon 16 *
Præstant 8
Spire Flute 8 *
Viola 8 *
Harmonic Flute 8
Octave 4
Flute 4 *
Nasard 2 2/3
Octave 2
Flute 2
Tierce 1 3/5
Cornet (discant) V
Mixture IV-VI
Bombarde 16 *
Trompette 8 *
Clairon 4 *
Choir - Manual I
Stopped Diapason (oak) 8
Præstant + 4
Rohrflöte 4
Traverse Flute (pearwood, tc) 4
Nasard (tc) 2 2/3
Octave + 2
Tierce (tc) 1 3/5
Larigot 1 1/3
Flageolet 1
Scharff + III
Clarinet 8
English Horn # 8
Flute Douce # 8 @
Flute Celeste # (tc) 8 @
Swell - Manual III
Contra Gamba 16 *
Principal 8
Bourdon 8
Viola da Gamba 8
Vox Celeste (tc) 8
Octave 4
Spitzflöte 4
Octave 2
Seventh 1 1/7
Mixture III
Willis Cornet III
Contra Oboe (after Fa. Willis) 16
Trumpet " 8
Oboe " 8
Clarion " 4
Pedal:
Subbass (Douglas Fir) 32 (treble common with Subbass 16)
Subbass (Douglas Fir) 16
Præstant (98% Pb) 16 (pipes C - dis form chamber side faÁade)
Octave 8
Octave 4
Mixture V
Bombardon 32
Posaune 16
Trumpet 8
Contra Gamba 16 * (from Swell)
Bourdon 16 *
Spire Flute 8 *
Viola 8 *
Flute 4 *
Bombarde 16 *
Trompette 8 *
Clairon 4 *
Couplers:
Swell - Great
Choir - Great
Swell - Choir
Great - Pedal
Swell - Pedal
Choir - Pedal
Sundries:
Glockenspiel
Cymbelstern
Tremulant
+ high tin alloy pipes
# uses old pipes
@ Choir stops located in Swellbox
* Manual stops transmitted to Pedal
Keyboard compasses: Manuals, 56 notes: C - g'''; Pedal, 30 notes: C - f', flat
Mechanical key action (ex Subbass 32' bass and Choir Flute Douce / Celeste)
Electric stop action with solid state combination & crescendo system
Mechanical swell louver control for Swell division with variable ratio for fine foot control of loudness
Metal flue pipes of finest tin/lead alloys, hammered; Organ has 56 stops, with 3479 pipes on 74 ranks
Cone tuning for flue pipes; soldered hats for stopped metal pipes; faÁade pipe mouths gilded with 23 carat goldleaf
Mild temperament suited to music of all periods: Vths above Bb, C, G, D, A and B are 1/6 th PC narrow; rest pure
Great / Choir case of fumed white oak based on 1685 Father Smith case at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England
Low profile reversed, detached keydesk of fumed white oak and walnut with stop tiers in manner of A. Cavaillé-Coll
This organ given in memory of E.I. duPont de Nemours and his three daughters who founded Christ Church in 1848
William Owen III, Organist/Choirmaster Prof. Charles Krigbaum, Yale University, project advisor
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