Hughes United Methodist Church
Wheaton, MD - Rebuilt by Lewis & Hitchcock
Photographs:
Console Rebuild
Changes/Additions
Trompette en Chamade Installation p. 1
Trompette en Chamade Installation p. 2
The Newcomer brothers, Harold and Ed, were masters at “remanufacturing” organs. The Newcomer Organ Company of Washington, DC, produced a number of these instruments, one of the finest of which they built for Hughes United Methodist Church of Wheaton, Maryland, in 1966. The windchests and pipes were mainly from E.M. Skinner and Moller organs, with new pipes by Moller and Trivo, and a new Moller three manual drawknob console. The organ had thirty-five ranks in two chambers up front and an antiphonal above the rear balcony. Space was left in the chambers for additional stops, and knobs were prepared on the console.
In the spring of 2002 Dr. Van Knauss, church Organist, began discussions with Lewis & Hitchcock, Inc. about completing the organ and improving the chancel area. The formal plan was adopted in July of 2002, and the work began shortly afterwards. The major outline was:
1. The church would remodel the chancel, removing all carpet and installing hardwood floors. The choir pews would be removed and be replaced with chairs. The chamber grill cloth would be replaced and the chamber ceilings and walls repaired where required.
2. The organ would be physically renewed as required. New blowers would be provided for the main and Antiphonal organs, and new rectifiers provided.
3. The organ console would be totally rebuilt with solid-state action, and be placed on a new, rolling platform, so that it could be located anywhere in the chancel area.
4. New and rebuilt pipework would be added to complete the specification, and some of the existing pipework moved to a more appropriate location.
5. A new Trompette en Chamade would be added to the Antiphonal division.
The completed instrument, now totaling forty-seven ranks, was featured in a mini recital at the end of a worship service in September of 2003 played by Dr. Knauss. The organ is very versatile and able to provide support for soloists, choirs and congregation. The new solid-state equipment occupies less space than the previous system, so a storage space for music and shoes was created in one side of the console. The new oak parquet platform may be easily moved throughout the chancel area. The new systems include a Transposer and multiple memory with settable crescendos, and a MIDI system with sequencer to record and play back performances.
The remodeled chancel has improved the acoustics and has proved very useful for the wide variety of services held there.
Great Organ
Chimes
21 tubes
1.
16' Quintaton
61 pipes
2.
8' Principal
61 pipes
3.
8' Hohlflute
61 pipes
4.
4' Octave
61 pipes
5.
4’ Nachthorn
61 pipes, rebuilt pipes on rebuilt chest
6.
2' Fifteenth
61 pipes
7.
1 1/3' Mixture III-IV
219 pipes
8’ Bombarde
17 pipes, new, on new chest, & #38
16' Great to Great
8' Great Unison Off
from #9
4' Great to Great
Swell
8.
8' Rohrflute
61 pipes
9.
8' Viol d'Gamba
61 pipes
10.
8' Voix Celeste tc
49 pipes
11.
4' Principal
61 pipes
12.
4' Flute Traverse
61 pipes
13.
2 2/3' Rohr Nazard
61 pipes
14.
2’ Zauberflöte
61 pipes, rebuilt, in place of RohrSordun
Blank
prepared for future 1 3/5’ Tierce
15.
2' Plein Jeu III
183 pipes, new, in place of Cymbal
16.
16' Fagott
61 pipes, new, on new chest
17.
8' Trompette
61 pipes
8’ Hautbois
12 pipes, new, & #15
Blank
prepared for future 4’ Clarion
Tremolo
16' Swell to Swell
8' Swell Unison Off
4' Swell to Swell
Blank
Choir
18.
8' Holz Gedeckt
61 pipes
19.
8' Flauto Dolce
61 pipes
20.
8' Unda Maris tc
49 pipes
21.
4' Koppelflute
61 pipes
22.
2' Blockflute
61 pipes
23.
1’ Cymbal III
183 pipes, moved from Swell, on new chest
24.
8' Krummhorn
61 pipes
Tremolo
16' Choir to Choir
8' Choir Unison Off
4' Choir to Choir
Blank
Antiphonal
Blank
Blank
25.
8' Melodia
61 pipes
26.
8' Dulciana
61 pipes
27.
8’ Unda Maris tc
49 pipes, rebuilt, on rebuilt windchest
28.
4' Octave
61 pipes
29.
2’ Super Octave
61 pipes, rebuilt, on rebuilt windchest
30.
1 1/3’ Mixture III
183 pipes, rebuilt, on rebuilt windchest
31.
8' Trompette en Chamade
61 pipes, new, on new chest
32.
8’ Trompette Harmonique
61 pipes
33.
16' Antiphonal Bourdon
32 pipes
8' Antiphonal Bourdon
12 pipes & #26
Pedal
32' Untersatz
prepared as electronic extension, resultant at installation
Blank
prepared as electronic extension, omitted at installation
34.
16' Subbass
32 pipes
16' Quintaton
from #1
35.
16' Lieblich Gedeckt
32 pipes
36.
8' Geigen Principal
32 pipes
8' Bass Flute
12 pipes & #34
8' Lieblich Flute
12 pipes & #35
4' Geigen Octave
12 pipes & #36
4' Flute
12 pipes & #34
37.
5 1/3' Mixture II
44 pipes & #36
32’ Bombarde
12 electronic notes & #38
38.
16' Bombarde
32 pipes, new, on new chest
16’ Fagott
from #15
8’ Bombarde
12 pipes, new, on new chest, & #38
4’ Clarion
12 pipes, new, on new chest, & #38
Blank
Couplers
8' Great to Pedal
4' Great to Pedal
8' Swell to Pedal
4' Swell to Pedal
8' Choir to Pedal
4' Choir to Pedal
8' Antiphonal to Pedal
4' Antiphonal to Pedal
MIDI on Pedal
16' Antiphonal to Swell
8' Antiphonal to Swell
4' Antiphonal to Swell
MIDI on Swell
16' Swell to Great
8' Swell to Great
4' Swell to Great
16' Choir to Great
8' Choir to Great
4' Choir to Great
16' Antiphonal to Great
8' Antiphonal to Great
4' Antiphonal to Great
MIDI on Great
16' Swell to Choir
8' Swell to Choir
4' Swell to Choir
16' Antiphonal to Choir
8' Antiphonal to Choir
4' Antiphonal to Choir
Choir/Great Transfer
MIDI on Choir
Pistons
Under Swell:
General 1-4, Sw/Ped, Swell 1-6, SFZ
Under Great:
General 5-8, Gt/Ped, Great 1-6
Under Choir:
Set, Pedal 1-6, Choir 1-6, GC
Toe Movements
Left:
Center:
Right:
Ch/Sw/Cresc
Gt/Ped, Sw/Ped, Ch/Ped, ZIMB, SFZ
General 1-5
shoes
Pedal 1-5
Memory Level selector 1-99
MIDI Resource Center
Chime Volume selector 1-5
MIDI IN/OUT/THROUGH ports
Transposer +/- 6 half steps
Sequencer to record and play back
Additions/Changes are in Italics