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Our Work in History

The organs in this section are representative of our work over a period of 25 years, including recent installations, and are arranged from top to bottom according to size. Additional organs are included in the opening editorials, as well as the Collaborations section.

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Forsyth United Methodist Church
Forsyth, Georgia
Three Manuals, 24 Ranks

That the stoplist of the organ at Forsyth United Methodist Church does not fit the pattern of most of our other three-manual instruments, reflects the fact that it is an enlargement of our earlier 2 Manual 20-rank organ there, built in 1995. Though in reality a new organ, the 1995 instrument retained several ranks of pipes from the church’s former Hillgreen-Lane organ. That instrument had been moved from Atlanta, when a new sanctuary was built following a devastating fire at Forsyth.
 
Our 1995 organ served the congregation well, but in the years following its installation, a benefactor in the church envisioned an enlarged instrument that would serve the musical void left in the community by the closure of Tift College.
 
With the only pipe organ in town, the church, seating around 400 people, offered a good acoustical climate for musical performances of all kinds, but the chancel area was small. An elevated choir loft, with a solid rail, prevented visual access to the organ console and organist, and choir pews prevented alternate seating arrangements.
 
An architect was engaged to expand the chancel by removing a row of pews in the sanctuary and lowering the loft. After eliminating the high rail, the organ console was able to be placed on the main chancel floor, where it could easily be moved into “concert position”. Like the communion rail, the modesty rail in front of the choir was made removable and new chairs were provided to make the area totally flexible. A new grand piano, was also provided.
 
To enlarge the organ to three manuals, a new slider-and-pallet chest was hung on the front wall under the cross. Pipes of the 1995 Principal chorus were placed on the exposed chest. In the expression boxes, all the Hillgreen-Lane pipes, with the exception of the Pedal 16 Bourdon and Rohrbass, were replaced with new pipes, planted on our 1995 all-electric expansion-channel chests. 
 
Since its installation in late 2007, the organ has been in frequent use for musical presentations of all kinds, proving our contention that, in addition to its weeky duties supporting an active music program, a fine pipe organ can also be an excellent outreach to the community.

GREAT
    16'(Sw.)Rohrbass
8'Principal  (facade)54Pipes
8'(Ch.)Gedackt
4'Octave 61Pipes
       4' (Ch.)Koppelflote   
   2'Doublette (double-draw) 
III-IVMixture 220Pipes
8'(Sw.)Trompette
       8' (Ch.)Cromorne
       8' (Ch.)Grand Trumpet
  Chimes  
  Cymbelstern  

 

SWELL - (expressive)
       8' Rohrflote                          61 Pipes
       8' Viola   61 Pipes 
       8' Viola Celeste TC  49 Pipes
       4' Principal   61 Pipes
       4' Rohrflote  12 Pipes
       2' Principal  12 Pipes
 1 1/3' Quinte   61 Pipes
     16' Oboe  
       8' Trompette  61  Pipes
       8' Oboe  61 Pipes
       4' Clarion  12 Pipes
 Tremulant  

 

 

CHOIR - (expressive)
8'Gedackt49Pipes
8'Erzahler61Pipes
8'Erzahler Celeste TC49Pipes
                4' Gemshorn  61 Pipes
4'Koppelflote49Pipes
                2' Gemshorn                12 Pipes 
2' Flote
                II Cornet  TC 74 Pipes
8'Cromorne61 Pipes
  Tremulant  
               16' Grand Trumpet  
                 8' Grand Trumpet 61  Pipes

 

 

PEDAL-
     32'Resultant                         
16'Principal 32Pipes
      16' Subbass  32  Pipes 
      16' (Sw.)Rohrbass  
        8' Principal(Facade) 12 Pipes
        8' (Sw.)Rohrflote  
        4' Principal 12 Pipes
      32' Reed Cornet   
      16' (Sw.)Trompette 12 Pipes
        8' (Sw.)Trompette  
 4'(Sw.)Oboe  

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Lebanon, Tennessee
3 Manuals, 32 Ranks
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See section on Three Manual Design
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865-475-9539 865-567-7224
Box 489
Jefferson City, TN 37760
randalldyer@bellsouth.net
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