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Those who were
involved
with installing the organ in St. Mark church had to be a
little
creative when it came to placing some of the pipes of the Pedal
Division. These two photos show longest pipes of the 16' Posaune rank
on the left, and the five largest pipes of the 16' Principal rank on
the right (CCC is on the far right). Whomever
gets to sit in the back row of the choir gets a front row seat in front
of these pipes! |
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Here's the view from
behind the pipes shown above. This gives a better look at the air
supply pipes which extend from under the platform across to these
pipes. Looks like the Principal pipes have been banged up a little over
the years. A problem of the organ in its old
home is that these Principal
pipes would speak below the opening in the facade thus the full sound
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Up on the platform we
get
a better view of the pipes mounted on the back wall. The 16' Posaune
pipes are on the left, and the 16' Principal are in the center and on
the right. There are a total of 12 pipes of the Principal rank on the
back wall. |
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The
rest of the pipes of the 16' Principal rank in the Pedal Division are
on their own chest on the back right side of the platform. The larger
pipes mounted on the back wall can be seen in the background. |
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Marked
on one of the pipes of the 16' Principal rank is the number "1405"
which could possibly correspond to an opus number of a different organ.
No definitive information has been found to match this number to
another organ. |
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In front we find one
of
two sets of wood pipes of the 16' Subbass rank. This rank is
paired up with the 8' Principal rank and is on either side of the
platform. The Subbass sound is softer than the Principal and sounds
nice with a Celeste rank.
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Hidden behind the pipes shown above is this small cluster of pipes, all
part of the Pedal Division. On the far right the first two rows of
pipes are the Rauschquinte II rank, behind this rank are four rows of
pipes from the 4' Choral Bass rank, tucked behind it and visible only
on the far right rear and far left bottom is the 8' Gedecktpommer
rank, and finally the trumpet-type pipes in the foreground and wrapping
around are additional pipes of the 16' Posaune rank. |
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This angle from the
back
side gives a better view of the smaller pipes of the 8' Gedecktpommer
rank (red stripes), and the 16' Posaune rank. Note the pitches marked
on the wood blocks under the Posaune pipes.
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Continuing the
rotation
around the pipes we can see the largest pipes of the 8' Gedecktpommer
rank in front, as well as other Pedal ranks. The Subbass is on
the
left, and Posaune on the right. Note that a couple Posaune ranks are
mitered.
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On the opposite side
of
the platform are these pipes marked as 10-2/3' Quint on the pipe rack.
They look almost identical to the 16' Lieblichflöte rank in
construction. |
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Two of the pipes of
the 10-2/3' Quint rank have what look to be opus numbers
stamped
on them. The last two digits are double stamped so the possibilities
are 1241, 1245, 1251 or 1255. Builder of these pipes is unknown. |
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A
closer look at another pipe of the of the 10-2/3'
Quint rank
reveals some information stamped on the foot of the pipe. There appear
to be two dates stamped, one showing AUG 9 '96, the other showing FEB
19, '07. It is possible these dates refer to a build date but there is
no known information available to support this. |
