St. Monicas 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. Monicas Church. St. Monicas 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