{"id":98,"date":"2010-12-14T21:45:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au"},"modified":"2010-12-14T21:49:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T11:49:27","slug":"st-stephens-chapel-st-stephens-cathedral-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/new-organs\/st-stephens-chapel-st-stephens-cathedral-brisbane","title":{"rendered":"St Stephen\u2019s chapel, St. Stephen\u2019s Cathedral, Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/piercepipe.gostart.com.au\/sites\/default\/files\/Pipework%20in%20the%20cabinet.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"186\" \/>This organ uses some parts of the Fincham Chamber organ which was  known around Brisbane as &#8216;the Liturgical Organ&#8217;. It was decided to  permantly house the organ in this chapel and to rebuild it to suit. The  soundboard was cut down and all the foot-holes reworked. New pallets,  keys, wind system and action were fitted. The pipework was rescaled and  revoiced. The Stopt Diapason 8&#8242; and Principal 2&#8242; each have 3 octaves of  new pipes to ensure that the organ suited the building. The new casework  is made from French-polished Tasmanian Oak and the doors match the  shape of Pugin&#8217;s West-end window. The stop knobs are turned ebony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/piercepipe.gostart.com.au\/sites\/default\/files\/The%20organ%20stop%20knobs.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The top of the case has a lid in it to enable the sound to be  directed to the ceiling of the chapel. Whilst this does not increase the  volume, it does make the tone warmer and projects the sound better when  the chapel is full. The separate stopped pipes on the side of the case  help to identify that it is a pipe organ when the doors are shut. This  also enables a larger scaling on the Stopt Diapason to provide a good  foundation for organ tone.<\/p>\n<p>The small organ offers a different playing experience to the  organist. The sensitivity of the keys allow control over the attack and  release of the pipes, making for nuances in the articulation not  normally available in larger organs. Here, the organist hears the sound  and speech first allowing for a more personal approach to the music. Of  course, the voicing of each pipe in this situation is paramount to  ensure the beauty and quality of tone audible not only to the  congregation but the organist sitting two feet away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/piercepipe.gostart.com.au\/sites\/all\/modules\/tinytinymce%20for%20drupal6\/tinymce\/jscripts\/tiny_mce\/plugins\/line.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"590\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<pre>8'     Gedacht   \t \r\n4'     Rohrflute \t \r\n2'     Principal \t \r\n1 1\/3' Quint<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This organ uses some parts of the Fincham Chamber organ which was known around Brisbane as &#8216;the Liturgical Organ&#8217;. It was decided to permantly house the organ in this chapel and to rebuild it to suit. The soundboard was cut down and all the foot-holes reworked. New pallets, keys, wind<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/104"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piercepipeorgans.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}