Features Overview
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MUSIC
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ST STEPHEN’S CHOIR
Under the direction of Parish Music Director and organist, John Karl Hirten, the St. Stephen’s Choir is composed of about 20 volunteers and is enhanced by 4 professional section leaders. It is a group of people that enjoys being challenged and works very hard during the year to provide a high-end musical experience to our Parish, but it is, above all, a warm and welcoming group.
We rehearse on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30pm, with occasional extra rehearsals for Christmas and Easter.
If you are interested in learning more about the choir and/or joining,
please talk to John Hirten after church or email him at johnkhirten@ststephenschurch.org
To find out more about John Karl Hirten visit the staff page or go to his website at hirten.com
THE FROBENIUS ORGAN
Frobenius Orgelbyggeri Opus 959 (1989)
OHS Database ID 8320.
Technical Details
Slider chests. Mechanical key action. Electric stop action.
Two manuals. 3 divisions. 26 stops. 26 registers. 32 ranks. Manual compass is 56 notes. Pedal compass is 30 notes.
The organ is in a gallery-level case at the rear of the room. Traditional style console. There is an attached keydesk en fenêtre.
Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs. Balanced swell shoes/pedals. Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system. Concave radiating pedalboard (not AGO standard dimensions). Combination action thumb pistons. Combination action toe studs. Coupler reversible thumb pistons. Coupler reversible toe studs.
Notes
Status Note: There 1996 (OHS PC Database. October 30, 2004)
Compass 56/30. SS Comb. (OHS PC Database. October 30, 2004)
Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ is in the rear gallery. Case of solid Honduras mahogany with white oak pipe shades. The two flanking Pedal towers are detached from the main case. The main case has a 5-sectional facade with 21 pipes arranged: 3-5-5-5-3. Tonal design by organist at the time: Jonathan Dimmock, who also gave the first in a series of inaugural recitals on October 1, 1989. Primarily designed for French Romantic music. (Database Manager. January 4, 2010)
Updated through online information from John Karl Hirten. (Database Manager. August 26, 2010)
Th. Frobenius & Sønner, Opus 959, 1989
GRAND-ORGUE
16 Bourdon
8 Montre
8 Flûte Ouverte
8 Bourdon-Doux
4 Prestant
4 Flûte
2-2/3 Quinte
2 Doublette
II Quarte & Tierce
III Fourniture
II Cymbale
8 Trompette
Tremolo
RÉCIT (Expressif)
8 Gambe
8 Voix Céleste
8 Bourdon
4 Prestant
4 Flûte
2 Octavin
III Plein Jeu
16 Basson
8 Trompette
8 Hautbois
Tremolo
PÉDALE
16 Soubasse
16 Bourdon
8 Montre
16 Bombarde
ACCOUPLEMENTS
Récit / Pédale
Grand-Orgue / Pédale
Récit / Grand-Orgue