St. Peter's United Church of Christ
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Organ
Timeline:
1924 Present church building built. Organ paid for by Ladies Aid Society. Moeller pipe organ cost $25,000.
1971 Work started on rebuild. Took 9 years!
1976 Organ recital in honor of America's Bicentennial and St. Peter's Centennial. Organ now worth $200,000!
1977 Started work on organ again. Hired Len Berghaus as builder and Kurt Schmitt as consultant. Cost: $80,000 for rebuild work.
1980 Organ finished! Rededication service. Organ now valued at $331,314.
1989 New custom built console installed. $40,000.
1989 Zimbelstern added.
2008 Organ refurbished and enhanced by Mark Austin of Praestant Associates. 18 new digital rank (16 stops) were added.
The concole was also updated to include new coupler controls and new drawknobs.
Tonal Specifications:
* additions by Praestant Associates 2008
Great
16' Violone*
8' Principal
8' Hohlflute
8' Gemshorn*
4' Octave
4' Spitzflute*
2' Fifteenth
IV Mixture 1-1/3'
8' Trompete
Chimes * (replacing old set)
Positiv
8' Bourdon
8' Unda Mariss II*
4' Principal*
4' Koppelflute
2' Octave
III Zimbel 1/2'
1-1/3' Quint
8' Trecheter Regal
Tremulant
Zimbelstern
8' Festival Trumpet * (replaces SesquialterII)
Swell
8' Geigen Principal*
8' Voile de Gambe
8' Viole Celeste
8' Bourdon
4' Principal
4' Harmonic Flute
2-2/3' Nazard
2' Piccolo
1-3/5' Tierce
V-VI Mixture 2' * (replaces Scharff 1')
16' Contra Fagotto*
8' Trumpet*
8' Oboe * (replaces Shalmey)
4' Clarion * (replaces Karine)
Tremulant
16' Swell to Swell*
Swell Unison Off*
4' Swell to swell
Pedal
32' Contra Bourdon*
16' Principal*
16' Subbass
16' Violone (GT)*
16' Bourdon (SW)*
8' Octave
8' Gedeckt
4' Choralbass
4' Nachthron (renamed)
IV Mixture
32' Double Trombone*
16' Trombone
8' Trumpet
4' Clarion
