Organ

The pipe organ at Westminster was handcrafted by the Schantz Organ Company in Orville, OH. Established in 1873, Schantz is known for their high quality instruments. Designed for a variety of musical uses, the Schantz organ was completed in 1998, and replaced a Möller organ built in 1950.

The Schantz Organ has 4,094 pipes, 71 ranks, 85 independent stops and 4 divisions. It is a complete organ, which performs romantic and pre-classical
music with equal authority. Two unique features of the organ are the
horizontal trumpets in the front of the sanctuary and the high-pressure Tuba Major in the Choir division.

Opus 2148 is an electro-pneumatic instrument. When an organist plays a note, electrical circuitry carries the impulse to open a valve, thus letting air into the
pipe, as opposed to mechanical action (tracker) instruments in which the keys are attached by mechanical linkage to valves admitting air into the pipes.

Through the generous gifts of members of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the organ will undergo a tonal regulation project during the summer of 2019.

More information on the organ can be found at:
https://pipeorgandatabase.org/OrganDetails.php?OrganID=25101

GREAT:                              SWELL:
  16′ Violone 73                      16′ Lieblich Gedeckt 61
   8′ Open Dipason 61                  8′ Geigen Diapason 61
   8′ Violone                          8′ Chimney Flute 61
   8′ Bourdon 61                       8′ Salicional 61
   8′ Harmonic Flute 61                8′ Voix Celeste 61
   4′ Octave 61                        8′ Flauto Dolce 61
   4′ Koppelflöte 61                   8′ Flute Celeste [TC] 49
2 2/3′ Twelfth 61                       4′ Principal 61
   2′ Fifteenth 61                     4′ Traversflöte 61
1 3/5′ Seventeenth 61               2 2/3′ Nazard 61
  IV Mixture 244                      2′ Octave 61
 III  Scharf 183                       2′ Blockflöte 61
  16′ Double Trumpet 61            1 3/5′ Tierce 61
   8′ Trumpet 61                      IV Full Mixture 244
      Tremulant                       16′ Basson 73
   8′ Trompette en Chamade 61          8′ Trompette 61
   8′ Tuba Major [CH]                  8′ Hautbois
      Chimes 21 bells                  4′ Clairon 61
      Flemish Bells [Schulmerich]         Tremulant
      MIDI                          8′ Vox Humana 61
                                          Vox Tremulant

PEDAL:                                     MIDI
  32′ Contra Violone *
  32′ Contra Bourdon *             CHOIR:
  16′ Open Diapason 32                16′ Spire Flute 61
  16′ Violone [GT]                     8′ English Diapason 61
  16′ Bourdon 56                       8′ Voce Umana [GG] 54
  16′ Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]            8′ Viola Pomposa 61
  16′ Spire Flute [CH]                 8′ Viola Celeste 61
   8′ Octave 32                        8′ Dulciana 61
   8′ Violone [GT]                     8′ Unda Maris [TC] 49
   8′ Bourdon                          8′ Holz Gedeckt 61
   8′ Gedeckt [SW]                     4′ Principal 61
   8′ Spire Flute [CH]                 4′ Flute Triangulaire 61
   4′ Choral Bass 32                   2′ Piccolo 61
   4′ Flute                        1 1/3′ Larigot 61
  IV Mixture 128                     IV Sharp Mixture 244
  32′ Contra Trombone 68              16′ Dulzian 61
  16′ Trombone                         8′ Minor Trumpet 61
  16′ Double Trumpet [GT]              8′ English Horn 61
  16′ Basson [SW]                      8′ Cromorne 61
  16′ Dulzian [CH]                        Tremulant
   8′ Trombone                         8′ Tuba Major 61
   8′ Trumpet [GT]                     8′ Trompette en Chamade [GT]
   4′ Clarion                             Zimbelstern 5 bells
   4′ Rohrschalmei 32                     Harp Bells [Schulmerich]
   8′ Trompette en Chamade [GT]           MIDI
   8′ Tuba Major [CH]
      Tremulant
      Chimes [GT]
      MIDI                          * digital stop

[Received on line from Chad Boorsma February 28, 2010.][/swmsc_font][/swmsc_section][/vc_column][/vc_row]