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St. Monica’s Episcopal Church

Washington, DC - Opus 167, 1930

Rebuilt by Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc. 1993

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The organ was built for the Chapel of the Nativity in 1930. When Nativity Church moved to Camp Springs, Maryland in 1959, the building became St. Monica’s Church. St. Monica’s merged with St. James in 2008 and the organ was moved to our factory.

Originally the console was on the left side of the chancel with the organ on the right side in a case of Oak fronted with gold colored faηade pipes. The pipes of the Great Diapason were exposed behind the faηade pipes; the remaining pipes and chimes were enclosed behind swell shades.

In 1991 the original pneumatic relay was replaced with a new solid-state relay by Peterson Electro-Musical Products. In 1993 the organ was totally rebuilt. The console received new keyboards and the pedalboard was rebuilt. A new combination action with new stoptabs, also by Peterson, was installed, and the specification of the organ was recast to make it more flexible. The manual windchest was converted to electric action, and the pedal and offset windchests were releathered, along with the chime action. The console is prepared for the addition of two stops in the future.

Great:

16’ Gedeckt

from #3

1.

8’ Diapason

61 pipes, exposed

8’ Gedeckt

from #3

8’ Viola

from #4

4’ Principal

from #2

4’ Gedeckt

from #3

2’ Principal

from #2

1 1/3’ Mixture III

7 pipes & #1

1 1/3’ Mixture II-III

from #’s 2 & 4

8’ Oboe

from #5

Swell Coupler

Chimes

20 tubes

Swell:

2.

8’ Geigen Principal

73 pipes

3.

8’ Gedeckt

97 pipes

4.

8’ Viola

80 pipes

8’ Celeste

prepared for future addition

4’ Principal

from #2

4’ Gedeckt

from #3

2 2/3’ Quint

from #4

2’ Gedeckt

from #3

1 1/3’ Quint

from #4

16’ Oboe tc

from #5

5.

8’ Oboe

73 pipes

4’ Oboe

from #5

Tremolo

Pedal:

32’ Faux Bourdon

from #3

16’ Gedeckt

from #3

8’ Diapason

from #1

8’ Gedeckt

from #3

8’ Viola

from #4

4’ Diapason

from #1

4’ Gedeckt

from #3

2 2/3’ Mixture II

from #’s 2 & 4

16’ Oboe

prepared for future addition

8’ Oboe

from #5

4’ Oboe

from #5

Great Coupler

Swell Coupler

384 pipes

Pistons:

Under Swell:

General 1-4,

Swell 1-4 Full Organ

Under Great:

Gt/Ped, Great 1-4

General Cancel

Pistons:

Left:

Center:

Right:

Sw/Cresc

Gt/Ped, Full Organ

General 1-4

shoes

Pedal 1-4

Memory Level Selector:

1-8