Gress-Miles Organ
The 3-manual, 53 rank organ of Christ Church was installed in
1966 by the Gress-Miles Organ Company of Princeton, NJ. Its 2,852 pipes
range in length from 16 feet to less than an inch. Only two of the
registers are visible in the façade – some of the Great 8’ Principal
and the Positiv 4” Principal pipes. The John Fairbanks Memorial
Zymbelstern was added in 1999. The organ is maintained by Rosenberry
& Myers Organbuilders.
Cummins
Memorial Organ
To
Receive Major Renovation
Thanks
to a generous gift a parishioner, the console of our Cummins
Memorial Organ will be brought into the 21st Century. Presently, the inner electrical components of
the organ remain original to its 1966 installation. The
instrument, built by the Gress-Miles Organ Company has provided an invaluable
resource to the Christ
Church music program for
over forty years. However, several of
the inner components are long past their prime – with some beginning to
fail.
When
the console returns to its home at Christ
Church this Fall, it will
also be ‘portable’. We will be able to
move the console into the middle of the Crossing for Organ Recitals and
concerts.
In
recognition of the significant contribution to the Christ
Church music program made by our late
organist Kathleen Pearson, whose Memorial Service was held here yesterday, the
Pearson Organ Maintenance Fund has been established at Christ Church. Members of the parish, as well as Kay’s
family, have contributed to the Fund. If
you are interested in making a gift to this Fund, please be in touch with
Director of Music Laura Russell, or the Rector. These gifts will help ensure
that the Alexander Griswold Cummins Memorial Organ continues to help lead our
community in its praise and worship of God for many years to come. An
especially exciting portion of the renovations will be the placement of the
organ console on a moveable dolly, with a special ‘umbilical cord’ that will
allow the console to become moveable – perhaps rotated on its axis, for better
sight-lines between the keyboard, chorus and conductor during a concert on the
chancel steps; as well as providing the capability of moving the console into
the middle of the crossing for organ recitals.
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Great Organ (Manual II)
Quintaton 16'
Principal 8’
Bordun 8’
Octave 4’
Spitzfloete 4’, 2’
Nasat 2 2/3’ TC
Superoctave 2’
Mixture IV-VI
Zimbel III
Trumpet 8’
Swell to Great
Positiv to Great
Swell Organ (Manual III)
Rohrfloete 8’
Salicional 8’ 4’
Unda Maris 8’
TC
Koppelfloete 4’
Blockfloete 2’ 1’
Sesquialtera II TC
Plein jeu V-VI
Bassoon 16’8’
Trompette 8’ 4’
Tremulant
Pipes
58
58
58
58
70
46
58
312
174
58
Pipes
58
70
46
58
70
92
336
70
70
Positiv Organ (Manual I)
Holzgedeckt 8’
Spitzgamba 8’
Principal 4’
Rohrfloete 4’
Octave 2’
Quint 1 1/3
Scharf III-IV
Dulzian 8’
Tremulant
Swell to Positiv
Pedal Organ
Principal 16’, 8’, 4’, 2’
Subbass 16’ 10 2/3’ 8’ 4’
Quintaton 16 (from Great)
Mixture V-VI
Posaune 16’ 8’ 4’ 2’
Bassoon 16’ (from Swell)
Dulzian 4’ (from Positiv)
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Positiv to Pedal
Pipes
58
58
58
58
58
58
254
58
Pipes
68
56
180
68
