* Flute 2 Cornet (discant, PEDAL(30 notes, C-f’) * Praestant (in façade from F upwards) 8+* one plays when halfdrawn, the other when fully drawn
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Symbols: * manual stops transmit to pedal + bass pipes common with other stops registers on same stopknob, i.e. Jonathan Weldon, both of Church of the Resurrection, worked with John Brombaugh on the specifications for this instrument. Description and disposition for John Brombaugh & Associates, Op.38aīetty Jean Bartholomew and the Rev. Contact Church of the Resurrection for dates.ģ. Recitals continue to be given by visiting artists. The inaugural year featured several recitals: a dedicatory recital by David Dahl (December 5, 2004) a duo recital by Julia Brown and Barbara Baird (March 6, 2005) a concert by Liuwe Tamminga and Marc Vanscheeuwijck, cellist,(May 8, 2005). The acoustics were improved by removing all the carpeting in the nave and replacing the baffle design of the underside of the balcony by a hard, surface also a large panel over the organ was erected to reflect its sound out into the nave.ĭelivery, installation, and tuning took place summer and fall, 2004 with Bishop Johncy Itty dedicating the organ at an Evensong, Nov.14, 2004. Inside, alterations were made to the balcony to provide risers for the choir. A large dormer was constructed in the front roof to provide room for the longest pipes. While the organ was being crafted the church was being prepared for its arrival.
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The Organ Committee sponsored a series of fund-raising events to raise the remainder of needed funds.Įventually enough funds were in hand or promised making it possible for the congregation to go forward by signing a contract on April 19, 1999, with John Brombaugh & Associates for delivery of an instrument in 2004. Additional donations were also received from community members and persons from out-of-state. The congregation responded generously to an initial pledge drive. An Organ Committee under the leadership of Betty Jean Bartholomew was formed in 1997. Jonathan Weldon, Vicar, who encouraged the congregation to go forward with the project.
History of the organ project at Church of the ResurrectionĪlthough the congregation had often talked about replacing a temperamental 1897 Estey reed organ which provided music for services, it was not until Betty Jean Bartholomew accepted a call to become music director and organist in 1996 that wishful thinking began to be converted into reality. * Diamond design on music rack is zebra wood, oak and ebony.įor more information see description and disposition below also see comments from musicians about the organ.Ģ. * On keyboard case end block is zebra wood key slip is ebony. * Pedals: naturals are maple sharps are Brazilian rosewood.
* Keys: naturals are capped with cow shinbone sharps are ebony. * Wind system composed of wedge bellows operated by electric blower. * Tuning: cone tuning for small flue pipes soldered hats for stopped metal pipes reeds tunable by organist. * Pipeshades (spandrels) are carved of white oak. The moldings of each of the top five sections housing pipes are marked (not clearly visible in the photograph) with light blue, soft red and gilding. Arrangement of pipes is a modern look but based on an organ of Italian Renaissance design the Brombaugh shop made for the chapel at Duke University. + sheets are hammered before being formed and soldered into pipes + formed from sheets which are formulated, poured and cast in the shop + metal is an alloy which is 98% lead and the remaining 2% is mostly tin with some antimony, copper and bismuth * 763 pipes (124 wood, 639 metal of which 56 are reeds) Sound is based on older classic northern European organs. * Briefly: two manual keyboards, each for 56 notes pedal keyboard for 30 notes 16 ranks to make 12 registers forming 14 stops. Hundreds of tracker organs in Europe are still in use, some of them over 300 years old. Facts about the organ (John Brombaugh & Associates, Op.38a)īecause of their initial cost tracker organs are still the minority of church organs being made today however, cost of upkeep and life expectancy far surpass that of every other kind of organ. The Brombaugh Organ’s five sections of pipes and square brustwerk doors. (For more information about the organ see below). Tracker organs which respond directly and sensitively to the touch of the organist are noted for their clean, crisp sound. There is no pneumatic or electrical assistance to the keyboard action. When a key is struck the tracker activates the air valve under the corresponding pipe, to sound the pipe. The organ at Church of the Resurrection is a tracker organ, meaning each key is connected directly by a thin flexible wooden strip called a tracker.
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