This coming Monday, October 3, (update 10/03/11: The pipes have been delayed until Wednesday) the second truckload of parts to our pipe organ will arrive, this time containing the metal pipes! As the members of Holtkamp Organ Company continue to work over the next couple weeks, the organ will begin to look more like...an actual pipe organ...with pipes!
Sensing a rare opportunity, I asked Terry O'Connor, who is leading the installation, for a tour inside the organ. Here is the first of several short videos from this tour. We are inside the choir area which will soon be filled with pipes. Enjoy!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Week Two of Organ Installation
If you haven't been inside the sanctuary since September 11, you've missed seeing all the work that has been done so far on the organ installation!
Below are some photos from various points over the last ten days. We've also recently announced some exciting events coinciding with the pipe organ's dedication in November.
Below are some photos from various points over the last ten days. We've also recently announced some exciting events coinciding with the pipe organ's dedication in November.
- Oktoberfest Worship and Dinner, October 1 at 5:00 PM Click here to learn more and register.
- Pizza and Pipes Halloween Party, October 29 at 6:00 PM (wear your costume!) Click here to learn more.
- Organ Dedication at Worship, Weekend of November 12-13, all worship services
- Organ Recital and Dinner, October 18 at 6:30 PM
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| Some of the many plans and blueprints for the organ. It is quite complex! |
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| September 14, 2011 |
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| September 15, 2011 |
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| September 16, 2011 |
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| September 21, 2011 |
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| Pastor Chris Smith demonstrates a possible use for an organ piece. |
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| Wooden pipes |
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| The Heart of the Beast! Or Blower, if you prefer. |
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| Original pipes from the Macalester organ needed to be altered so that they would fit within the space in our sanctuary. These pipes were originally all straight, like the bottom-most one. The top three needed to be "bent" to fit the space. This bending does not alter the sound. |
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| Here you can see an original Macalester pipe (top) next to one newly constructed by Holtkamp (bottom) |
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Organ Arrives!
Early on Monday morning, pieces of the new pipe organ--a full truckload,
in fact--began arriving at Shepherd of the Valley.
in fact--began arriving at Shepherd of the Valley.
Many of the pieces in this first shipment consist of the wood casework
and wooden pipes. Metal pipes will arrive later.
and wooden pipes. Metal pipes will arrive later.
The staff of the Holtkamp Organ Company also arrived Monday. They will be with us for many weeks, installing, constructing, tuning and voicing the organ, working 10 hour days, 7 days a week.
(From left) Jennifer Maxwell, Interim Director of Operations,
Mark Ertl, Director of Music and Worship, and
Kristen Holien, Administrative Assistant, were among the staff,
members, andvolunteers present in the early morning of September 12
when the first parts of the newsanctuary pipe organ arrived from
Holtkamp Organ Company in Ohio.
Mark Ertl, Director of Music and Worship, and
Kristen Holien, Administrative Assistant, were among the staff,
members, andvolunteers present in the early morning of September 12
when the first parts of the newsanctuary pipe organ arrived from
Holtkamp Organ Company in Ohio.
The two wooden pipes pictured were the first to be unloaded.
Don't worry--the sanctuary will be cleaned up by Saturday for worship!
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