Our Organ

 

The Rudolf Janke Pipe Organ, built in 1982, is a mechanical action organ consisting of two manuals and 20 ranks. The organ case stands free in the chancel and is made of painted fir. The two keyboards have a compass of 56 notes each; the pedal has a 30 note compass. The keyboard naturals and sharps and the stop drawknobs are made of grenadilla, with the sharps being faced with bone. Key and stop action is mechanical. The decorative pipeshades and Brustwerk screen are hand carved with gold leaf used to accent an intertwining circular design. Most of the pipework is made of alloyed tin. There are 1055 pipes in the organ.

 

 

Of interest in the tonal desicn is the Principal 8' of the Hauptwerk which has an unusually full, warm, singing tone; these characteristics were created partially by the doubling of pipes for each note from tenor F to high G. One sees this design visually in the two pipe displays on either side of the tall central tower where the doubling pipe hangs downward immediately below its identical pipe above.

 

The dedicatory recital was played on Sunday, September 12, 1982 by Dr. Clyde Holloway.

 

SPECIFICATION

Hauptwerk:

Principal 8'

Hohlflöte 8'

Octave 4'

Flöte 4'

Octave 2'

Mixtur 4r

Trompete 8'

 

Brustwerk:

Gedact 8'

Rohrflöte 4'

Nasat 2 2/3'

Principal 2'

Terz 1 3/5'

Larigot 1 1/3'

 

Pedal:

Subbass 16'

Principal 8'

Octave 4

Posaune 16'

 

Couplers: Hauptwerk/Pedal, Brustwerk/Pedal, Brustwerk/Hauptwerk

Compass: C -g' in the manuals, C = f' in the pedal

Tremulant for the whole organ