Opus 54
Center Church on the Green
New Haven, CT
View Site
The 1814 Federal-style church building was not designed to house a freestanding organ in its very shallow gallery. Previous instruments had been deeply recessed into the steeple chamber. For Charles Fisk, it was imperative that the sound-producing portions of the organ be located within the four walls of the room. In the resulting design the Great, Echo, and Pedal are located in a broad but shallow case against a brick wall in the gallery, with the Choir division on the gallery rail.
Opus 54, dedicated in 1971, contains the first embossed front pipes in a Fisk organ, featuring three-dimensional geometric designs in the metal. The wooden pipes in the large outer towers of the main and choir cases were also a first here, a design feature that would appear in numerous Fisk organs through the decades. The completion of the Echo division was deferred until 1974.
GREAT Manual II, 61 Notes
Bourdon 16′ *
Prestant I-II 8′
Stopped Flute 8′ *
Octave 4′
Twelfth 2 2/3′
Fifteenth 2′
Blockflute 2′
Septierce II-III 17, 19 & 21 from Co
Mixture IV-VI
Trumpet 8′ *
Clarion 4′ *
CHOIR Manual I, 61 Notes
“Rückpositiv”
Chimney Flute 8′
Dulciana 8′ * (from AA#)
Prestant 4′
Spindle Flute 4′
Doublet 2′
Sesquialtera II
Sharp IV
Cremona 8′ *
PEDAL 32 Notes
Subbass 16′ *
Octave 8′
Rohrpipe 8′
Superoctaves 4’+2′ *
Mixture IV
Bassoon 16′ *
Trumpet 8′ *
ECHO Manual III, 61 Notes
Spire Flute 8′
Flûte Céleste 8′ (Co)
Chimney Flute 4′
Principal 2′
Sesquialtera II-III
Cymbal II
Hautboy 8′
* portions of these stops include re-conditioned pipework
Choir to Great
Echo to Great
Echo to Choir
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Echo to Pedal
Tremulant
Electric stop action
Setter combination action
Phone: 978.283.1909
Email: cbfisk@cbfisk.com
Opus 54
Center Church on the Green
New Haven, CT
View Site:
Independent voices: 32
Ranks: 50
Pipes: 2,582
Created: 1971, Echo 1974
The 1814 Federal-style church building was not designed to house a freestanding organ in its very shallow gallery. Previous instruments had been deeply recessed into the steeple chamber. For Charles Fisk, it was imperative that the sound-producing portions of the organ be located within the four walls of the room. In the resulting design the Great, Echo, and Pedal are located in a broad but shallow case against a brick wall in the gallery, with the Choir division on the gallery rail.
Opus 54, dedicated in 1971, contains the first embossed front pipes in a Fisk organ, featuring three-dimensional geometric designs in the metal. The wooden pipes in the large outer towers of the main and choir cases were also a first here, a design feature that would appear in numerous Fisk organs through the decades. The completion of the Echo division was deferred until 1974.
GREAT Manual II, 61 Notes
Bourdon 16′ *
Prestant I-II 8′
Stopped Flute 8′ *
Octave 4′
Twelfth 2 2/3′
Fifteenth 2′
Blockflute 2′
Septierce II-III 17, 19 & 21 from Co
Mixture IV-VI
Trumpet 8′ *
Clarion 4′ *
CHOIR Manual I, 61 Notes
“Rückpositiv”
Chimney Flute 8′
Dulciana 8′ * (from AA#)
Prestant 4′
Spindle Flute 4′
Doublet 2′
Sesquialtera II
Sharp IV
Cremona 8′ *
PEDAL 32 Notes
Subbass 16′ *
Octave 8′
Rohrpipe 8′
Superoctaves 4’+2′ *
Mixture IV
Bassoon 16′ *
Trumpet 8′ *
ECHO Manual III, 61 Notes
Spire Flute 8′
Flûte Céleste 8′ (Co)
Chimney Flute 4′
Principal 2′
Sesquialtera II-III
Cymbal II
Hautboy 8′
* portions of these stops include re-conditioned pipework
Couplers:
Choir to Great
Echo to Great
Echo to Choir
Great to Pedal
Choir to Pedal
Echo to Pedal
Accessories:
Tremulant
Electric stop action
Setter combination action