Music at Church of Saint Barnabas

Pipe Organ

Photo of Brombaugh Organ
Builder:
John Brombaugh & Associates, Inc.,
Eugene OR USA
Opus:
31-f (1990)

Though a small instrument of restricted tonal palette, the sounds which it does produce are of a fine vocal quality, with plenty of power available to lead packed pews in rousing hymns. The three double-draw stops provide further tonal combinations without further ranks. A thoroughly engineered piece of functional art, this organ has served for over fifteen years, needing little more than occasional dusting for maintenance.

Stoplist:
Quint/Mixture III   }
Octave          2   }  double-draw
Praestant       4   }  treble/full
Flute           4 
Gedackt         8
Subbass        16   (extension of Gedackt) 
Pedal coupler
Tremulant
6 stops, 7 ranks, 362 pipes
Case:
frame of fumed white oak;
tower panels of red cedar;
music desk, key cheeks and stop knobs of zebra wood
Pipe shades:
oak carved as acanthus leaves, vinca & plum blossoms
Keyboard:
harpsichord-style keys with arcaded bone naturals, ebony sharps
Pedalboard:
flat, maple with rosewood sharps
Compass:
Keys, 50 notes: C - d''' (no C#);
Pedals, 26 notes: C - d' (no C#)
Action:
suspended -- yellow cedar trackers, steel rollers
Wind:
60 mm, wedge bellows fed by 0.2 hp electric blower
Temperament:
Kellner's "Bach" (1/5 comma)

This organ is the sixth of a batch of six, which was waiting in the builder's shop for a good home. It was installed in December of 1990, and was first used on Christmas Eve. Thanks go to organ technician Marianne Huestis for mentioning its availability. Normally, ordering an instrument from a builder of this class would entail a lead time of about five years.

Brombaugh opus 31 organs

Opus Year Venue City
31a 1987 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Salem OR USA
31b 1987 New Hope Presbyterian Church Chapel Hill NC USA
31c 1987 Elmhurst College Elmhurst IL USA
31d 1988 Agnes Scott College Decatur GA USA
31e 1988 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Tempe AZ USA
31f 1990 St. Barnabas Anglican Church Victoria BC Canada