Volunteers continue Work on Covenant Presbyterian Organ
In October, 2010, our volunteers finished work on the console and on the six ranks of pipes that were to be placed in the "flower boxes" on each side of the front of the church. These items were then taken to the church and put in place. It was also necessary to make a number of adjustments in the organ that was playing there at that time in order to integrate the new instrument with the old one. The product of all of this was that the organ played for the first time for the Thanksgiving Eve service, 2010.
The pictures on the left sidebar show some of the many tasks that volunteers did in order to bring this organ into service. Click on the photos to see larger images. Other tasks, done earlier by volunteers, are shown in the photographs of volunteers presented in an earlier page of this website. The last portion of the organ to be completed is the Antiphonal organ which will be at the back of the church. As one of the photos shows, this will include full length 16' Violone pipes that will be put on the back wall and which will stretch nearly up to the ceiling. In front of them will be other pipes including a Geigen Principal, a flute (Melodia), a reed (Harmonic Cornopean), and a string (Violone) rank. The result will be a surrounding effect that will bathe the congregation in sound.
As of the end of January 2011, a total of 24 volunteers have now worked on this instrument over an 18 month period. They have put in approximately 3,750 hours with 3,250 of these being in 2010. It is anticipated that approximately 600 hours more will be required to complete the instrument.
The photographs in the left sidebar show volunteers in action on the Covenant Presbyterian Project. You can click on the photos to see larger images.