CHRIST OUR KING'S NEW ORGAN
 
 


 
 

The line drawing shows the location of the two organ cases relative to the altar furniture. The central case is located above and behind the presider's chair. The choir case is located on the left near the choir. Newly enhanced altar lighting and a new crucifix (not shown de-emphasize the cases and emphasize the altar area. The Holtkamp Organ Co. from Cleveland Ohio installed the instrument in July of 1997.
 
 

THE STOP LIST

Although our new organ is really one instrument, its three different sections, or divisions, the Great Organ, the Swell Organ and the Pedal Organ, function like three independent instruments. Each division will have its own air supply, case and its unique character of sound. The console will have two keyboards (manuals) and one pedal board played by the feet. The two organ cases housing the pipes will be of natural oak with the pipes tinted in gold. The organ will be MIDI compatible allowing its use with our 7 PM contemporary ensemble.

The numbers, 16', 8' etc., listed on the stop list (see page 7), represent the register (low to high) of the pitch of the pipes. A 16' pipe might be compared to a bass (the lowest voice) in a choir. The 8' would be like a tenor, the 4' would be like an alto and the 2' like a soprano (the highest voice). When played together they are called a chorus.

Our instrument has 36 ranks. Each rank is complete set of pipes (61 manual pipes- played by the hands, or 32 pedal pipes- played with one's feet) which includes all the 'notes' on that keyboard or pedal board. A stop is a particular sound unique to the organ. The Principal or the Flute are two examples of an organ's stops. Most stops are made up of only one rank of pipes. Many of the stop names appear odd because of their German or French derivation. The Roman numerals, II, III, IV and V represent stops called mixtures. Mixtures emphasize the harmonics of the organ and give it brilliance.

Most of the stops listed are flue stops. Flue stops make their sound by blowing air through a length of pipe. If you've ever blown into an empty bottle you have created a similar sound. The reed stops are the most colorful. Instead of air passing only through a length of pipe, the air also passes over a metal tongue called a reed. In an orchestra saxophones, oboes and clarinets make their sounds similarly except that their reeds are made of wood. Reed stops are used for both colorful solos and for adding strength to the flue choruses. There are four reed stops on our new organ: the Trumpet, Cromorne, Oboe and Posaune.
 
 

THE CENTRAL CASE

The central case is located behind and above the presider's chair behind the altar. It is 26 feet high and 16 feet wide with a base (not shown) extending 3 feet into the room and the upper case (shown) extending 6 feet. It houses the pipes for the Great and Pedal Organs whose primary function will be to support congregational singing.

GREAT ORGAN (9 stops / 14 ranks) PEDAL ORGAN (6 stops / 8 ranks)

16' Pommer (61 Pipes)16' Subbass (32 Pipes)

8' Principal (61 Pipes)16' Pommer (borrowed from

8' Gedackt (61 Pipes) the Great Organ)

4' Octave (61 Pipes)8' Octave (32 Pipes)

4' Openflute (61 Pipes)8' Flute (32 Pipes)

2' Superoctave (61 Pipes) 4' Superoctave (32 Pipes)

II Sesquialtera (122 Pipes) 4' Pommer (from the Great)

V Mixture (305 Pipes)III Rauschwerk (96 Pipes)

8' Trumpet (61 Pipes)16' Posaune (32 Pipes)

Sw/Gt Gt/Ped; Sw/Ped;

Sw/Ped 4'

THE CHOIR CASE

The choir case is located on the floor against the wall on the choir side of the altar. It is 21 feet high and 7 feet wide with a base (not shown) extending 5 feet into the choir area. It will house the pipes for the Swell Organ whose main function is to provide contrast to the Great and support the cantor and choir music. Hidden shutters will allow this division to play from soft to loud.

SWELL ORGAN (11 stops / 14 ranks)

8' Gamba (61 Pipes)

8' Voix Celeste (56 Pipes)

8' Bourdon (61 Pipes)

4' Octave Geigen (61 Pipes)

4' Rohrflote (61 Pipes)

2 2/3' Nazard (61 Pipes)

2' Doublette (61 Pipes)

13/5' Tierce (61 Pipes)

IV Fourniture (244 Pipes)

16' Cromorne (61 Pipes)

8' Oboe (61 Pipes)

Tremolo

2 Cases; 3 Divisions (2 Manuals & 1 Pedal); 26 Independent Stops; 36 Ranks; 1919 Pipes
THE HOLTKAMP ORGAN COMPANY

(Established 1855)

The Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland, Ohio, one of America's oldest and most respected organ builders, traces its lineage back over a century to 1855 when G. F. Votteler established a shop for the manufacture of organs in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1903, Herman Heinrich Holtkamp joined Henry Votteler who was then retiring. Control of the company passed to Herman's son Walter in 1931. The Holtkamp Organ Company emerged in 1951 and continues today. In 1956 Walter "Chick" Holtkamp, Jr. became associated with his father, assuming control of the firm in 1962. In 1987 F. Christian "Chris" Holtkamp joined the firm, the fourth generation of Holtkamps to be active in this small Cleveland company dedicated to the art of organ building. Under the leadership of the Holtkamps the company has maintained a reputation as being one of America's finest designers and builders of organs. The Holtkamp firm is much the same today as it was in 1922 when it opened its new factory at 2909 Meyer Avenue. It remains small, employing about twenty-five skilled craftsmen and produces 6 to 8 organs a year.

LOCATIONS OF HOLTKAMP INSTALLATIONS

A short list of Holtkamp Organ installations in the eastern United States includes: Julliard School of Music, Eastman School of Music, Yale School of Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary, University of Notre Dame, Yale University and University of Alabama. There are hundreds of Catholic and Protestant church locations throughout the United States.
 
 

DEDICATION RECITAL PROGRAM

Rt. Rev. Francis Kline, OCSO, Abbot of Mepkin Abbey

 Trio Sonata no 5 in C Major, BWV 529, Allegro J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

from Messe Pour Les PariossesFrancois Couperin (1668-1733)

1) Duet on the Tierces

2) Dialogue on the Trumpet

3) Trio on the Cromorne and Tierce

4) Dialogue on the Grand Jeux

 Impromptu, Op. 54 Third suite of Piéces de Fantasie Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Exaltations Aria and Alleluias (1997) David Clark Isele

Christ Our King commissioned Dr. Isele's piece for this occasion. It is a three movement work whose first movement is written for organ and SA choir in the style of a Toccata with melodic material from the hymn, Lasst uns erfreuen. The slower second movement is written for organ and handbells and the final movement "Alleluias" is written for organ, SATB choir, handbells and congregation.
  Toccata from Pieces de Fantaisie 2me Suite, Op. 53, Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

DAVID CLARK ISELE is Professor of Music and Composer in Residence at the University of Tampa, Florida. Dr. Isele teaches Music Theory, conducts the Collegiate Chorale, and serves as Director of Musical Theater Program. Isele writes much music for use at UT and is commissioned for various works - instrumental, choral, and vocal. "Rejoice and Sing", "Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers", and "Of the Father's Love Begotten" are three anthems for SAB choir recently published by E.C. Schirmer. He has just completed a religious song cycle commissioned by tenor David Trolano, and he has also been commissioned by the Central City Chorus of New York for a work, based on the text "Veni Sancte Spiritus", to be premiered in June, 1998. Dr. Isele has been guest composer for the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival on two occasions and has five times been invited to take part in the Symposium for Church Composers, an assembly of nationally known composers and liturgists chaired by Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee. Several of his numerous psalm settings are published in both in the Presbyterian Hymnal and Worship, 3rd edition.