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Keeping the pipes in order.
Bob Hungerford knows everything!
On a cold February afternoon, Bob Conway, Bob Hungerford and Clark Goff met to try to correct the rattle in the organ pipes when certain tones were played. Bob Hungerford has worked on pipes before.
They succeeded in tightening some of the fastening by which the pipes attach to the pins in the case and that seems to have done the trick.
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After a beautiful dedication ceremony at morning worship, 7 Island organists showed off the new Russell Pipe Organ. Stephen and Carole Russell were in the standing room only audience to hear the fabulous sounds. Phil Dietterich was the morning speaker and the expert member of the Organ Committee. Chilmark Church is indebted to him for much: For inspiring us with his words and music, for organizing the wonderful concert, and for composing a beautiful piece of music, “Chilmark Autumn” which he introduced at the afternoon concert.
CHILMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH
PRESENTS
SEVEN ISLAND ORGANISTS IN CONCERT
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 4 pm
MUSIC TO CELEBRATE THE INSTALLATION
OF THE NEW STEPHEN J. RUSSELL ORGAN-OPUS 56
PROGRAM
Pipe Organ Primer for Opus 56 Hal Hopson, adapt.
Philip Dietterich
A Ground in G Henry Purcell
Carol Loud
Fantasia in G Minor J.S. Bach
David Rhoderick
Noel X (Grand Jeu et Duo) Louis Claude Daquin
Wesley Brown
Fugue in C Major (from Duet for Organ) Samuel Wesley
Wesley Brown & Peter Boak
When In Our Music God Is Glorified Hymn No. 68
Three Characteristic Pieces Jean Langlais
1. Pastoral Prelude 2. Interlude 3 Bells
Nancy Rogers
Chilmark Autumn Philip Dietterich
Philip Dietterich
Fugue in G Minor (Little) J.S. Bach
Peter Boak
The Dashing Cavaliers Edmund Braham and E.T.Faull
Garrett Brow
No way to show how wonderful it sounded but here are some photos:
ORGAN BUILDERS AND THE ORGANISTS
Carole and Steve Russell, Garrett Brown, Nancy Rogers, Peter Boak, Carol Loud, David Rhoderick, Phil Dietterich
Arlene and Lia squeezing in the audience.
Enthusiastic applause
Carole and Stephen Russell, Wesley, Shelly and Garrett Brown and Peter Boak all graduated from Westminster Choir School.
The Organists: Wesley Brown, Garrett Brown, Nancy Rogers, Carol Loud, David Rhoderick and Phil Dietterich.
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New organ from the porch.
Russell Organ Company, Stephen Russell and his assistant, Larry Nevin, did the final work on the installation.
Bob Conway watches pipes being installed .
Shaping pipes before installation.
Voicing pipes.
Some of the tools needed.
Larry Nevin placing pipes.
Larry tunes pipes as installed. Stephen Russell at console.
Phil Dietterich and Stephen Russell listen to tone as Larry adjusts pipe.
Bob Conway watched the whole installation when he wasn't buying wire or paint in Vineyard Haven.
One hour till boat reservation…on goes the front panel of the wind chest.
Phil Thursday afternoon, studying the new instrument. Phil, member of the Organ Committee helped choose the instrument, a reproduction of a Russell organ played during the search.
SPECIFICATIONS
for
Chilmark Community Church
MANUAL I
8 Principal8 Rohrfloete4 Octave4 Gedeckt2 Super Octave1 1/3 Quint
MANUAL II
8 Gedeckt4 Rohrfloete2 2/3 Nasat tc2 Blockfloete1 3/5 Terz tgPEDAL16 Subbass8 Principal8 Gedeckt4 Octave4 Rohrfloete
DERIVATION:Stop # Pipes I II Pedal16 Subbass*-Gedeckt 85 pipes 4 8-2 16*-84 Octave 73 pipes 81 – 81-44 Rohrfloete 49 pipes – 8 -1 1/3 Quint (c1-g54) 54 pipes – 8 -1 3/5 Terz (g20-d51) 32 pipes 4-2 8*-4 -*
1-12 Electronic.1 1-12 Common Bass from Gedeckt 8’ plus Rohrfloete 4’.2 Common bass from Gedeckt 8’.
5 ranks 16 stops 293 pipes 12 tone generators
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Lots of supervisors.
Arlene and Bob check out the console as Russell gets ready to depart.
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It comes in parts and they arrived, all but some last pipes, Tuesday, 12 JUNE!
Russell Organ Company Van from Vermont
Stephen Russell talks to Mayhews and Goffs who stopped in.
Lots to unload.
Bob Conway is there to greet, help and learn.
Starting to place the pipe chamber. Levels and plumb lines.
Stephen Russell's assistant, Steve Charbonneau, has Luce Vineyard Ancestors
View from above of staged parts.
Carrying in parts
Wooden pipes transported in box.
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Progress is slow but steady. We won’t have the organ for quite a while.
Above, the beginning of the wind chest.
Detail of top Miter.
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Below see completed pedal board and lower console ready to be finished. Upper console in process of being constructed.
Lower console, built, ready for finish.
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Our organ project is next in line for Stephen and Carol Russell.
We stopped for a quick look at Russell Organ Company on November 5 .
There was a drawer with pieces cut out for some of our pipes.
A few of our pipes have been rolled.
Pipes are made of several different materials.
This is our blower, made in Germany.
The pipes will be “tuned” (wrong word “voiced” maybe) on this device.
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