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I have a prayer request for Florence Irvin.
She has lost part of her vision and will be seeing a specialist Monday to
determine exact cause and if there is any treatment.
Thanks to all,
Jennie Lambert
jennies@me.com
Bill,
Thanks for asking...Gabriella has been doing worse and worse and today is
on standby to enter the hospital for a 24 hour scope and bronchoscopies.
They have determined she has the severe reflux, she has Tracheomalacia, and
now they believe she has a congenital defect called H tyle Tracheoesophageal
fistula - which means the trachea and the esophagus didn't completely separate
during the first trimester of pregnancy which leaves an area connecting them
allowing air to travel into the stomach and food to travel to the lungs and
airways....this with the reflux and the tracheomalcia are what are causing
her to stop breathing because her body is fighting itself for food and air.
So...she is on standby to enter the hospital for the testing...then they
will more than likely do surgery to remove the line between the trachea and
esophagus, and while in there will do the other surgery they originally deemed
to dangerous for her....but doing one to save her life they will do both
while in there. That surgery is called a Nissen fundoplication. This is where
the upper part of the stomach is wrapped around the esophagus to strengthen
it. So--- I will keep you posted....feel free to pass on to the prayer chain
we need all the prayer we can get. She has not gained any weight in the last
week so that adds to the mix.....thanks Bill!
Blessings and Peace,
Rhonda Gallagher
"
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for
bread" Mother Teresa
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Schroeter <wschroet@neo.rr.com>
To: Rhonda Gallagher <RhondaiHs@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 3:47 pm
Subject: Gabriella
Rhonda... Any change in Gabriella’s health? Haven’t seen an update
lately. Thanks
Bill Schroeter wschroet@neo.rr.com
The Duke of Westfield
Enjoy Living in God's Amazing Grace!
This is a copy of an E-mail sent to our church, and the reply:
Hi St. Paul's,
I was wondering if we could get the below information onto the church website?
It is very valuable and I believe it should be documented. Please let me
know if I can help. Thanks!
Jarrodd Johns
jjohns@pkempire.com
614-390-8000
Hi, Jarrodd,
Your email was forwarded to me from St Paul's, Sorry for the delay - it came to me at a hotel in KY over the holiday. I'm glad to respond and try to help. Interesting - I note the original date you sent the email was the 18th - on that day I did the Spice of Life program, and presented a "tour of the organ." Must have put it on your mind!!
To answer your questions:
- We are indeed 63 ranks, now that it's done. Number of pipes I am thinking off the top of my head is 2,800+ but one could figure that out by multiplying the ranks by 61 and then knocking off a few. See, a full rank would be 61 - one for each key - a few are tenor C, meaning they don't have the lowest octave - a few like the 1-ft Fife don't go the top octave, pedal ranks don't include 61 notes, BUT the mixtures are triple and quadruple. So, although most organists speak in "ranks," that number would suffice. An explanation, again - organists know that many organs are "unified" - meaning to make a small instrument seem larger, stops are stolen from one division to another, or an extra 12 pipes are built, and the stop is given a different name at another octave (8 ft flute becomes a 4 ft piccolo by addition of twelve higher pipes). These type of tricks aren't included in rank count, so usually its the ranks of an organ that give the truest impression of size. By the same token, we don't tend to speak of "keyboards" but rather "divisions" - for instance, an organ of St. Paul's size could easily be played from 3 manuals, but the fact is, with the solo on the fourth, the antiphonal floating, and the en chamade up front, we really have a SIX division instrument - pedal, choir, great, swell, solo, antiphonal, with en chamade.
The weight is something I've never heard. Never seems to matter unless you're building, and then it must be researched if the chamber will hold it.
Now the history.
When we finished designing it in the late 70's, and were preparing to present it to the church, Bill Smith, who was an engineer on the committee, had a great suggestion. Bill was the type of guy who, although he knew little about organs, by the time we signed the contract, he knew far more than I do. He suggested we present three proposals - one, the full organ; two, a cut-down "meat and potatoes" organ WITH PREPARATION for the full organ; three, the cut-down organ. His thinking was that we could never convince the congregation to buy the full organ, but by educating them on the difference with prep, we could sell #2. In other words, it was a matter of showing them that, when the additions were ready to come, the three-manual console wouldn't serve it - not enough stop room, one manual short, etc.
Bill was right - they went for it. So I played from 1981 until the 90's and never had a thing on the top manual. The foundation of the solo division was saved pipes from the old Moller - it's main flute, the string, and string celeste, which were very unique in color. The Clarinet and French Horn, we agreed, would be the kind of orchestral stops never to be built again - so they were saved. With the addition of the big Bombarde trumpets, we had our solo without building most of the pipes!
Pastor Groenke came to me mid-90's to tell me there was a large bequest, and we should price the finishing. After doing so, we found we didn't have far to go. We hustled it along, and voila! The full St Paul's pipe organ arrived!! As far as I remember, the ONLY change from the original design was making the 16 ft Great stop a Gemshorn extension rather than a flute. But, keep in mind the en chamade, the Swell mixture, the 16 ft on the Great, the Pedal Posaune and 32 ft reed (which is electronic - no space in chamber), and the ENTIRE antiphonal and solo weren't there for nearly twenty years.
The organ was dedicated in 1981. Next year it reaches it's thirty year mark and is MORE than half the age of the old torn-out Moller.
BTW I concur that it's one of the finest sounding instruments around.
Good to hear from you, buddy. If I've caused any confusion or left questions, get in touch.
Loren
Loren C. Veigel
Remembering Ann and Grayce - Here is a link to the audio of their memorial
service on Saturday September 25 2010. (Please excuse the abrupt
changes in sound level, we on the sound board are not professionals. Thank
you.)
Listen to the message given by Patty Long at the funeral service of her dear friend, Gloria Sanders.