The 'Organ Specification' provided in the dedication booklet states: "standard couplers", 99 levels of memory and Transposer. Cymbelstern via toe stud. The dedication booklet states: "The 1978 Schantz organ was, tonally, typical of the period in which it was built. We knew that for the organ to be capable of a wide variety of sounds, a full spectrum of harmonics and a seamless and full crescendo, it would require rescaling and additions. Six new ranks of pipes and four 'pre-enjoyed' ranks were added to fill out the bass and mid-range frequencies. The Great 8' Gamba, Tuba(16', 8', 4'), Cymbelstern and Chimes are from the previous Morey organ; the Swell IV Mixture and Bassoon/Oboe(16', 8') and the Pedal 16' Open Wood have been added by Parsons to the original Schantz instrument. The organ is built in the electro-pneumatic style; that is, its windchests incorporate individual leather pneumatics (one per pipe) controlled by 12-voilt DC magnet coils, to control the flow of pressurized wind to the pipes. All additions were completed in accordance with this style of construction to maintain the mechanical integrity of the instrument. The electrical control system of the organ was completely replaced in order to accommodate the additions and to improve the reliability of the contact and switching functions. A further benefit of upgrading the organ to solid state control is the ability to reduce the several-hundred conductor umbilical cable (connecting the console to the organ) to a small six-pair cable. "
Originally Written/Published: 2003