St. Andrews Episcopal Church
College Park, MD - Opus 267, 1990, new console and digital stops, 2005
St. Andrews Church built their building in 1930 and contracted with Lewis & Hitchcock for Opus 164 in 1930, a two manual organ of eight ranks of pipes. As part of the centennial Celebration in 1990, the church awarded Lewis & Hitchcock the contract for Opus 267, a new three manual organ that would retain several ranks of the 1930 organ.
In 2005 a donor approached Dale Krider, Organist/Choirmaster, with a desire to add a set of Tower Chimes to the organ, plus whatever else would be useful to him. The 1990 console was not designed to be enlarged, so the plans were drawn up for a new three manual drawknob console, with an integral dolly system, which would include the Tower Chimes, playing from the tower in the rear of the church, as well as a number of new digital stops throughout the organ.
The Walker firm again provided the digital stops, many of which are copies of stops in notable organs throughout the country. The Tower Chimes are copies of Deagan Tower Chimes, which most organists know through Virgil Foxs use of them in the Carillon de Westminster by Vierne, in the famous recording made at the Wanamaker store. A new Festival Trumpet provides a blaze of glory at the appropriate time. Other stops fill out the various divisions, including 32 stops in the Pedal.
The new console has the control panel hidden behind a sliding panel. This controls the 224 memory levels, Transposer and other accessories.
The organ has been hailed as spectacular, and is often featured in regional events and master classes.
Great:
16 Violone
notes 1-12 from digital pedal, 13-61 from #15
1.
8 Principal
61 pipes, basses in left faηade
8 Flute Harmonique
61 notes, digital
2.
8 Bourdon
61 pipes
8 Gemshorn
from #9
3.
4 Octave
61 pipes, basses in left faηade
4 Bourdon
12 pipes & #2
2 2/3 Nazard
from #21
4.
2 Fifteenth
61 pipes
1 3/5 Tierce
from #20
5.
1 1/3 Mixture II
122 pipes
6.
2/3 Scharff II
122 pipes
16 Dulzian
from #23
8 Bombarde
17 pipes & #29
Chimes
25 tubes, in Choir box
16' Great to Great
8 Great Unison Off
4 Great to Great
Swell:
16 Bourdon
12 pipes & #8, retained from 1930 L&H
7.
8 Diapason
61 pipes, retained from 1930 L&H
8.
8 Rohrflute
61 pipes
8 Viola Pomposa
61 notes, digital
8 Voix Celeste
61 notes, digital
9.
8 Gemshorn Celeste II
110 pipes, retained from 1930 L&H
10.
4 Principal
61 pipes
11.
4 Spitzflute
61 pipes
2 Flute
12 pipes & #11
12.
2 Plein Jeu IV
244 pipes
13.
16 Bassoon
61 pipes, retained from 1930 L&H
14.
8 Trumpet
61 pipes
8 Oboe
12 pipes & #13
8 English Horn
61 notes, digital
8 Vox Humana
61 notes, digital
4 Clarion
12 pipes & #14
Tremolo
16' Swell to Swell
8' Swell Unison Off
4' Swell to Swell
Choir:
15.
8 Viola
61 pipes
16.
8 Viola Celeste tc
49 pipes
17.
8 Gedeckt
61 pipes, rescaled from 1930 L&H
18.
4 Spillflute
61 pipes
2 2/3 Nazard tc
from #21
19.
2 Principal
61 pipes
20.
1 3/5 Tierce tc
49 pipes
21.
1 1/3 Larigot
61 pipes
22.
1 Cymbal III
183 pipes
16 Dulzian
12 pipes & #23
23.
8 Krummhorn
61 pipes
Tremolo
Cymbalstern
8 bells
16 Choir to Choir
8 Choir Unison Off
4 Choir to Choir
8 Festival Trumpet
61 notes, digital, ordinarily non-coupling
Tower Bells
32 notes, digital
Pedal:
32 Bourdon
32 notes, digital
16 Principal
12 pipes & #25, Haskell basses
24.
16 Subbass
32 pipes, retained from 1930 L&H
16 Violone
32 notes, digital
16 Bourdon
from #8
25.
8 Octave
32 pipes, basses in right faηade
8 Subbass
12 pipes & #24
8 Rohrflute
from #8
8 Gemshorn
from #9
26.
4 Choral Bass
32 pipes, basses in right faηade
4 Subbass
12 pipes & #24
27.
2 2/3 Grave Mixture II
64 pipes
28.
1 1/3 Rausch Quint II
64 pipes
32 Bombarde
32 notes, digital
29.
16 Bombarde
32 pipes
16 Bassoon
from #13
16 Dulzian
from #23
8 Bombarde
12 pipes & #29
8 Trumpet
from #14
4 Clarion
12 pipes & #29
4 Krummhorn
from #23
Chimes
from Great
Couplers:
8 Great to Pedal
4 Great to Pedal
8 Swell to Pedal
4 Swell to Pedal
8 Choir to Pedal
4 Choir to Pedal
16 Swell to Great
8 Swell to Great
4 Swell to Great
16 Choir to Great
8 Choir to Great
4 Choir to Great
16 Swell to Choir
8 Swell to Choir
4 Swell to Choir
Great/Choir Manual Transfer, affecting keys and pistons
Fesitval Trumpet on Couplers
Pistons:
Under Swell:
General 1-6, Sw/Ped, Sw 1-6, SFZ
Under Great:
General 7-12, Gt/Ped, Gt 1-6, Sw/Gt, Ch/Gt
Under Choir:
Set, Pedal 1-6, Ch/Ped, Ch 1-6, Sw/Ch, Gen Cancel
Toe Movements:
Left:
Center:
Right:
32 Bdn
32 Bomb
General 1-6
Ch/Sw/Cresc
Gt/P, Sw/P, Ch/P, SFZ
General 7-12
shoes
Pedal 1-6
224 Memory levels accessed by +/- pistons and through the LCD display (behind closing panel)
Transposer +/- 6 half steps through LCD display
MIDI IN/OUT/THROUGH Ports
Additions/changes in ITALICS