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Pipe Organs at St. Paul’s
Hymns, choral accompaniments and voluntaries played on the organ are an integral part of worship at St. Paul’s, and we are very fortunate to have two excellent instruments in our Sanctuary building. They are used at all of our Sunday services, and at weddings, funerals and concerts.
The Great Organ
The Great Organ in St. Paul’s Sanctuary was purchased during the 1980 Golden Jubilee renovations made to the Sanctuary building. It was built and installed in 1981 by the Schantz Organ Company of Orville, Ohio, and has been adapted and enlarged in 1997 and 2004. It currently comprises 84 ranks, 4,359 pipes, including some pipes from St. Paul’s 1909 Pilcher organ, brought from the previous Sanctuary building. The Solo division is largely from the 1930 Kilgen organ, which had been designed by Pietro Yon.
The Schantz organ has been played by celebrity organists from around the world and for American Guild of Organists national events. It has been featured several times on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams.”
In the winter of 2004, the Gallery Organ was installed, which was made possible by a generous bequest from William Lortz. Mr. Lortz made the gift to St. Paul’s in honor of his close friend Larry Walters, a long-time member of the church and choir of St. Paul’s. The Gallery Organ, also built by Schantz, contains 12 ranks with 732 pipes and is playable from a one-manual portable console in the balcony or from the console of the Great Organ.
Current specification (pdf)
THe Chapel Organ
The organ in St. Paul’s Chapel was built by Oberlinger Orgelbau of Windesheim, Germany. It is a mechanical action Positive organ, comprising 444 pipes over 9 ranks with an electric blower at the base of the beautiful hand-carved case. The specification is as follows:
Copula 8’
Gedackt 4’
Flöte 2’
Cymbel 1’ - 2 ranks
Carillon - 3 ranks (diskant)
Key Compass: C-d’’’
A440, non-transposing
