Instruments

     

     When Saint Andrew’s was built in 1958, it was structurally and acoustically designed to support a pipe organ in the church gallery. As an upper story near the church’s entrance, the gallery is an ideal location, allowing for projection throughout the church and room for an electro-pneumatic console. The console is placed at an optimal distance from the pipes to enable clear sight lines for the organist or conductor, and clean, articulate pipe “speech” for sound clarity in Saint Andrew’s reverberant nave. Additionally, the gallery offers high visibility for beautifully constructed exposed pipe work. 

     For the 25th anniversary of the church, with these guiding principles in mind, a committee formed to oversee the instrument’s selection and installation. They chose the Schantz Organ Company of Oroville, Ohio to build it, in keeping with the overall design of the church. The goal was to pair a fine instrument with a fine building, where the instrument’s purpose needed to fulfill all the needs for church services, including congregational singing and choral accompaniment, while also being able to perform solo literature with recital quality. This organ has three manuals, with two under expression. Considered an elevating enhancement to worship, “raising its voice” in praise to God, the organ was inscribed on its façade with the Latin words, “Soli Deo Gloria” – Only to the Glory of God.

The stop list is as follows: 

GREAT:	SWELL: (expressive)
16' Sub-principal 61	16' Gedackt 12
8' Principal 61	8' Principal 68
8' Rohrflöte 61	8' Gedackt 68
8' Gemshorn 61	8' Viola Da Gamba 68
4' Octave 61	8' Viola Celeste 68
2 2/3' Quinte 61	4' Octave 68
2' Fifteenth 61	4' Blockflöte 68
IV  Mixture 244	2 2/3' Nazard 61
III  Zimbel 183	2' Flautino 61
16' Dulzian 61	1 3/5' Tierce 61
8' Krummhorn 61	IV  Scharf 244
8' Trompette en Chamade 61	16' Faggot 68
Tremulant	8' Fagot 12
Cymbalstern	8' Trompete 68
	4' Klarine 68
	Tremulant
PEDAL:	POSITIV: (expressive)
32' Resultant Bass	8' Holzgedackt 61
16' Contrabass 44	8' Quintaton 61
16' Bourdon 44	8' Erzahler 61
16' Principal [GT]	8' Erzahler Celeste 49
16' Gedackt [SW]	4' Principal 61
8' Octave	4' Koppelflöte 61
8' Gemshorn 44	2 2/3' Nasat 61
8' Bourdon	2' Octave 61
4' Choralbass 32	1 3/5' Terz 61
4' Waldflöte 44	1 1/3' Quinte 61
4' Gemshorn	III  Cymbal 183
2' Waldflöte	16' Regal 61
IV  Mixture 128	8' Rohrschalmei 61
32' Contra Posaune 12	8' Trompette en Chamade [GT]
32' Grand Cornet	Tremulant
16' Posaune 32
16' Faggot [SW]
16' Dulzian [GT]
8' Trompete 44
4' Klarine
4' Rohrschalmei [POS]
Cantus Firmus Tremulant