Newly Renovated and Enlarged Organ
for Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle
The congregation of Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA is pleased to announce that renovations to its sanctuary organ are nearing completion. The original Moller Pipe organ was built by M. P. Moller, Inc. of Hagerstown, Maryland for Second Presbyterian’s downtown Carlisle location on Hanover Street and dedicated on November 20, 1950. In 1971, the organ was moved to a new sanctuary and redesigned for its home on Garland Drive. Many elements of the older instrument remained and new tonal elements were added. In 1985, a new console was designed by Cannarsa of Duncansville, PA to fit into the décor of the sanctuary. At the request of Andy Hoke (Director of Music, appointed in 2002) and an organ study committee, research on possible improvements began in 2002, was formalized and approved by the session and congregation in 2006, and refurbishment began in 2007. Companies chosen for the work were Buch Church Organ Company of Ephrata, PA, SDG Organ Company of Millersville, PA, and Walker Technical Company of Zionsville, PA with Buch organ as the project leader. SDG did the work on the 39 ranks of pipes (2293 in all) including rewiring, releathering, revoicing, rescaling, retuning, and replacement of many old parts as needed. Temporary repairs were replaced by permanent repairs. Buch and Walker Technical Company built the new console and added digital stops and new features. A Rodgers MX – 200 sound module including 1122 total sounds was also purchased to increase the expressive potential of the instrument. The new specification is listed below with digital stop additions marked with an asterisk.
Great Swell Choir Solo Pedal
*16’ Flute Conique 16’ Bourdon *8’ Viola Pomposa *8’ Harmonic Flute *32’ Contra Bourdon
8’ Principal 8’ Geigen Principal 8’ Gedeckt *8’ Cello Celeste 16’ Principal
8’ Spitzflote 8’ Rohrflote *8’ Flute Celeste II *4’ Orchestral Flute 16’ Subbass
*8’ Gemshorn 8’ Gambe 8’ Dolce *16’ Corno di Bassetto 16’ Rohrbourdon
4’ Octave 8’ Gambe Celeste 8’ Dolce Celeste *8’ Tuba 8’ Octave
4’ Spillflote 4’ Principal *4’ Principal *8’ French Horn 8’ Bass Flote
*22/3’ Twelfth 4’ Triangular Flote 4’ Waldflote *8’ Cor Anglais 8’ Rohrflote
*2’ Super Octave *22/3’ Nazard 22/3’ Nazard *8 Fanfare Trumpet 4’ Choral Bass
2’ Flachflote 2’ Flageolet 2’ Principal *Chimes 4’ Flute
Mixture III-IV *13/5’ Tierce 11/3’ Quint Flote Mixture III
Sesquiltera II Plein Jeu III Zimbel II *32’ Contra Bombard
8’ Trompette 16’ Fagott 8’ Krummhorn 16’ Contra Trompette
Tremolo 8’ Trompette Tremolo 8’ Trompette
*Chimes *8’ Oboe *Harp 4’ Rohr Schalmei
16’ Great-to-Great *8’ Vox Humana 16’ Choir-to-Choir
Great Unison Off 4’ Clarion Choir Unison Off
4’ Great-to-Great Tremolo 4’ Choir-to-Choir
16’ Swell-to-Swell
Swell Unison Off
4’ Swell-to-Swell
Couplers
8’ Great-to-Pedal 16’ Swell-to-Great 16’ Swell-to-Choir
4’ Great-to-Pedal 8’ Swell-to-Great 8’ Swell-to-Choir
8’ Swell-to-Pedal 4’ Swell-to-Great 4’ Swell-to-Choir
4’ Swell-to-Pedal 16’ Choir-to-Great *8’ Solo-to-Choir
8’ Choir-to-Pedal 8’ Choir-to-Great
4’ Choir-to-Pedal 4’ Choir-to-Great
*8’ Solo-to-Pedal *8’ Solo-to-Great