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A new Casavant being delivered to a church in Kirkwood, Missouri...

First Presbyterian Gets New Organ

Organ will be put together, played on Christmas Eve

by Jaime Mowers


   
   
Jimmy Pille (bottom left) and Chris Strode (middle) of McGuire Moving and Storage, and Philip DuFour (bottom right) of Casavant Freres organ company, move one of the larger organ pipes upstairs. The tin, copper and wood pipes, which range in size from two inches to 32 feet, will not only grace both sides of the sanctuary, but the back wall of the balcony as well. photo by Diana Linsley (click for larger version)
October 11, 2013
The sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church in Kirkwood has been turned into a construction zone as multiple pieces and more than 4,000 pipes for a new, top-of-the-line organ from Canada is delivered and assembled.

It's taken three semi trucks to bring the parts to First Presbyterian Church from Quebec, Canada, and professional movers to get all 4,357 of the organ's pipes in the sanctuary. Scaffolding is set up, plastic tarps line the pews and pieces of the organ have been carefully set aside for assembly.

Church services will be held in the fellowship hall for the month of October while crews assemble the organ, said Judy Roberts, co-chair of the church's organ committee.

"It will take the month of October to install the organ, and then the 'voicer' will come in and tune each pipe individually," Roberts said last week as the organ's massive, wooden console - where the musician sits to play the keyboards - was unloaded from the second semi truck.

Tuning the organ's 4,000-plus pipes is expected to take four to five weeks, Roberts added. The tin, copper and wood pipes, which range in size from two inches to 32 feet, will not only grace both sides of the sanctuary, but the back wall as well.

The church is getting a new organ because its old one was in need of replacement. However, the 1957 Wicks organ will find new life at a cathedral in the capital city of Apia in Samoa.

The new $1.72 million Casavant pipe organ will be played for the first time at First Presbyterian Church on Christmas Eve.

"Our old one was played for the first time on Christmas Eve in 1957, so we want to keep with the tradition," Roberts said.

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However, the 1957 Wicks organ will find new life at a cathedral in the capital city of Apia in Samoa.

... And thus an "organ preserved" as well...

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See also http://www.organmatters.com/index.php/topic,1502.0.html

Eric
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