Return to home page


overview of the music at the Chapel of the Cross overview of the music at the Chapel of the Cross overview of the music at the Chapel of the Cross overview of the music at the Chapel of the Cross

Opus 82 – A.D. 2006
Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd.

The new Dobson organ installed in our historic chapel in the spring of 2006 is the first organ to have been designed and scaled specifically to that space. The case of the organ is inspired by extant examples of American organ building from the 1840s, and incorporates decorative details from the original fabric of the chapel itself, such as Ogee arches and a quatrefoil motif from the gallery railing. Tonally the organ has the rich and full sound found on organs from the later 19th century, but with a specification suitable for the more sophisticated range of organ literature played in the 20th and now 21st centuries. Like all Dobson Organs Opus 82 is meticulously crafted, beautifully voiced and finished, and seems completely at home in its setting. May it long resound to the glory of God, and inspire the faith, hope, and love of all who seek Him at the Chapel of the Cross.

OPUS 82


GREAT (I)
8' Prestant partly in façade 58 pipes
8' Chimney Flute 58 pipes
4' Octave 58 pipes
2' Super Octave from Mixture __ pipes
IV Mixture 2' 232 pipes
8' Trumpet 58 pipes
Swell to Great
Swell to Great 16'

SWELL (II, expressive)
8' Stopped Diapason 58 pipes
8' Salicional 58 pipes
4' Spire Flute 58 pipes
2 2/3' Nasard 58 pipes
2' Gemshorn 58 pipes
1 3/5'Tierce 58 pipes
8' Oboe 58 pipes
Tremulant affects entire instrument

PEDAL
16' Subbass 32 pipes
8' Bourdon 12 pipes
16' Bassoon 32 pipes
8 Trumpet 12 pipes
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

 


For more information and details about Dobson Organ builders, please visit Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd.