GRAND ORGUE

Bourdon 16’ — 44 pipes

Montre 8’ — 56 pipes

Flûte à Cheminée 8’ — 56 pipes

Prestant 4’ — 56 pipes

Flûte à fuseau 4’ — 56 pipes

Doublette 2’ — 56 pipes

Fourniture IV 1 1/3’ — 244 pipes

Trompette 8’+ — 56 pipes

Hautbois 8’ (Récit) — 56 notes

Trompette-en-chamade^ — 56 pipes

Chimes — 21 tubes

Carillon — 2 sets of 37 bells (digital)

   (controlled from Carillon control panel)

Grand Orgue Unison Off ‡

 

RÉCIT

Bourdon 8’ — 56 pipes

Viole de gambe 8’ — 56 pipes

Voix céleste 8’ (TC) — 44 pipes

Principal 4’ — 56 pipes

Cor de nuit 4’ — 56 pipes

Flûte à bec 2’ — 56 pipes

Plein Jeu IV 1’ — 244 pipes

Basson 16’* — 12 pipes

Trompette 8’ — 56 pipes

Hautbois 8’* — 56 pipes

Voix humaine 8’ ± — 56 pipes

Tremolo

Récit 16’ ‡

Récit Unison Off ‡

Récit 4’ ‡

 

CHŒUR

Principal étroit 8’* — 56 pipes

Bourdon 8’ — 56 pipes

Flûte douce 8’ — 56 pipes

Flûte céleste 8’ (TC) ± — 44 pipes

Octave 4’* — 56 pipes

Flûte 4’ — 56 pipes

Nazard 2 2/3’ — 56 pipes

Quarte de nazard 2’ — 56 pipes

Tierce 1 3/5’ — 56 pipes

Plein Jeu III 2’* — 168 pipes

Cromorne 8’ — 56 pipes

Trompette-en-chamade^ — 56 notes

Clochettes± — 5 bells

Tremolo

Chœur 16’ ‡

Chœur Unison Off ‡

Chœur 4’ ‡

 

PÉDALE

Soubasse 32’ — 32 notes

Soubasse 16’ — 32 pipes

Bourdon 16’ (G.O.) — 32 notes

Bourdon doux 16’ — 32 pipes

Octavebasse 8’ — 32 pipes

Bourdon 8’ (G.O.) — 32 notes

Octave 4' — 32 pipes

Fourniture III 2’ — 96 pipes

Grand Cornet V — 32 notes

Bombarde 16’ — 32 pipes

Basson 16’ (Récit) — 32 notes

Trompette 8’ — 32 pipes

Chalumeau 4’ — 32 pipes

Trompette-en-chamade^ — 32 notes

 

 

+Given in February 1990 in memory of Miss Annie Florence Kinney by The Kinney Foundation.

 

^Given in October 1990 in memory of William Light Kinney III by his family and friends

 

±Addition to the organ, date uncertain

 

‡New addition with 2002 console renovation

 

SUMMARY

48 ranks of pipes

47 stops

2,424 pipes

 

ORGAN COMMITTEE

The committee for the building of the organ was composed of the Rev. J. Henry Kohler, Mrs. Arthur (Faye) Bell, Mr. A. Ken Harmon, Mr. Lessel K. Hart, Mrs. Winston (Lib) Miller, Mr. Otis Patton, and the Rev. Paul Smith. Rev. Henry Kohler, who was a former pastor of the church, had retired and was residing in the city and attending FUMC. He was the original chair, and upon his resignation was named chair emeritus. Mr. Lessel Hart then became committee chair.

 

BUILDING OF THE ORGAN

Mr. Gerhard Brunzema of Casavant Frères was the tonal director for the building of our organ. Mr. Eugene La Plante was project manager, and Mr. Michael Payne of Charlotte, North Carolina, was the area representative and did the installation of the organ. Opus 3336 was built at the Casavant factory in St. Hyacinth, Quebec, Canada, and fully tested before shipping. The final installation, voicing and tuning took approximately three weeks.

 

DID YOU KNOW …

… that there are 145 “controls” on our organ console — such as stops, couplers, thumb and toe pistons, expression pedals, etc.?

… that there are three “rooms” or chambers of pipes on the third floor? One large chamber on the east side of the chancel houses the Grand and Pédale organs; two chambers on the west side house the Chœur and Récit organs.

… that four blowers supply the wind for our organ? Three are on the first floor with ducts taking the wind to the third floor organ chambers. One is on the third floor to supply the horizontal trumpet.

… that when the organ was first built it cost $102,080.00? Now, due to additions and improvements to the organ — as well as appreciation — replacement value is over $650,000.00.