Second Presbyterian Church

Carlisle

The original Moller Pipe organ was built by M. P. Moller, Inc. of Hagerstown, Maryland for Second Presbyterian’s downtown Carlisle location on Hanover Street and dedicated on November 20, 1950. In 1971, the organ was moved to a new sanctuary and redesigned for its home on Garland Drive. Many elements of the older instrument remained and new tonal elements were added. In 1985, a new console was designed by Cannarsa of Duncansville, PA to fit into the décor of the sanctuary. At the request of Andy Hoke (Director of Music, appointed in 2002) and an organ study committee, research on possible improvements began in 2002, was formalized and approved by the session and congregation in 2006, and refurbishment began in 2007. Companies chosen for the work were Buch Church Organ Company of Ephrata, PA, SDG Organ Company of Millersville, PA, and Walker Technical Company of Zionsville, PA with Buch organ as the project leader. SDG did the work on the 39 ranks of pipes (2293 in all) including rewiring, releathering, revoicing, rescaling, retuning, and replacement of many old parts as needed. Temporary repairs were replaced by permanent repairs. Buch and Walker Technical Company built the new console and added digital stops and new features. A Rodgers MX – 200 sound module including 1122 total sounds was also purchased to increase the expressive potential of the instrument. The new specification is listed below with digital stop additions marked with an asterisk.

Specifications

Great Organ
16’ Flute Conique 2’ Flachflote
8’ Principal Mixture III-IV
8’ Spitzflote Sesquiltera II
8’ Gemshorn 8’ Trompette
4’ Octave Tremolo* Chimes
4’ Spillflote 16’ Great-to-Great
2 2/3’ Twelfth Great Unison Off
2’ Super Octave 4’ Great-to-Great
* exposed pipework

Swell Organ
16’ Bourdon Plein Jeu III
8’ Geigen Principal 16’ Fagott
8’ Rohrflote 8’ Trompette
8’ Gambe *8’ Oboe
8’ Gambe Celeste *8’ Vox Humana
4’ Principal 4’ Clarion
4’ Triangular Flote Tremolo
*2 2/3’ Nazard 16’ Swell-to-Swell
2’ Flageolet Swell Union Off
*1 3/5’ Tierce 4’ Swell-to-Swell

Choir Organ
*8’ Viola Pomposa 1 1/3’ Quint Flote
8’ Gedeckt Zimbel II
*8’ Flute Celeste II 8’ Krummhorn
8’ Dolce Tremolo
8’ Dolce Celeste *Harp
*4’ Principal 16’ Choir-to-Choir
4’ Waldflote Choir Unison Off
2 2/3’ Nazard 4’ Choir-to-Choir
2’ Principal


Solo
*8’ Harmonic Flute *8’ Cor Anglais
*8’ Cello Celeste *8 Fanfare Trumpet
*4’ Orchestral Flute *Chimes
*16’ Corno di Bassetto

Pedal
*32’ Contra Bourdon 4’ Choral Bass
16’ Principal 4’ Flute
16’ Subbass Mixture III
16’ Rohrbourdon *32’ Contra Bombard
8’ Octave 16’ Contra Trompette
8’ Bass Flote 8’ Trompette
8’ Rohrflote 4’ Rohr Schalmei