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Holy Trinity has been the home of fine organs since the donation of its first pipe organ in 1945 by a member of the Swift family in Chicago. That original Pipe Organ was built in 1917 and was given by the Swift meat-packing family when the family mansion was demolished. At that time the church balcony was enlarged to contain the organ and the choir, which until then was in the right front chancel.
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| In 1985, with the hope of building a new organ, pipes were purchased from an organ in Dixon and were stored throughout the church. Money for the purchase came from an Organ Fund which had been established years earlier for repair, additions, or replacement of the pipe organ. The Parish will always be grateful to the Organ Fund Trustees, Lydia Luhman Pederson, Fran Artman, and Fr. Thomas P. Rosa for their guidance of the fund. The remaining fund was used to complete the Lindsey Scott Wicks Organ. |
| After the 1989 lightning strike and fire, the water damage was very extent to the Swift organ and a new 34 rank Lindsey – Scott Wicks Pipe Organ was installed using some original pipes, some of the Dixon pipes and some new pipes along with a new counsel. The new organ was dedicated on August 11, 1990. |
A Midi Recording system was added as a gift in memory of family members by the two priests serving the congregation, The Reverend Thomas Rosa, Rector for 28 years, and the Reverend Robert Bates. This enables the music to be recorded by an organist and replayed at anytime from a disk, allowing the beautiful music to be used at any service even when an organist is not present.
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| Also added was a Glockenstern, 14 bells surmounted by a star ringing in random rotation. It is used at special times to “Praise God upon the well-tuned cymbals (psalm 150)”. It was designed and constructed by Kirk Junkin and was given to the Glory of God and in Thanksgiving for the witness, service and loving ministry of his wife, Doris. |
The dedication of the new organ included a concert played by Fr. Robert S. Bates.
He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and began the study of piano at age six and organ at age 13. He earned a B. Mus. Degree in Organ at the University of Colorado in 1970 and then attended Nashotah House Episcopal Seminary, where he served for two years as one of the seminary organists. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Society and served as Consultant for the design and installation of the new organ at Holy Trinity. He has recorded many of our hymns and service music onto disk and we continue to hear his beautiful music. He returns occasionally to perform and is always welcomed by Holy Trinity. |
| The organ has a total of 27 independent voices and 34 ranks of pipes. |
The Organ Committee that made this wonderful instrument possible along with the members and friends of Holy Trinity, The Rev. Thomas P. Rosa, Rector; Richard Meves, Organist; Jeff Michaud, Junior Warden; Art Purvis, Verger; Charles Kirschner, Vestryman; and the Rev. R.S. Bates, Consultant; were pleased to place the organ in use for the Glory of God and joy of God’s people.
We continue to thank them for their accomplishment of this enterprise. Our thanks also to the staff of the Wicks Organ Company; and especially H. Lindsey III and Troy Scott of Pipe Organ Specialties, Inc. for the extraordinary successful design and production of this beautiful instrument. |
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