Holy Spirit Lutheran Church

Charleston, South Carolina

Relocation with significant enhancements of 1963 Noehren pipe organ.

The organ was originally located in the rear gallery of the nave of the former St. Richard of Chicester Episcopal Church, the gift of the late Edward Charles Flinn. It was built by Robert Noehren of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The original three-manual, drawknob console of walnut is of a low-profile design. The Great and Positiv divisions are duplexed and were originally on one large chest. Wind pressure is 2-1/2”. Manual compass is 56 notes (C-G); Pedal compass is 32 (C-G). Noehren played identical dedicatory recitals on the afternoon and evening of December 29, 1963. He would return to make a recording of the music of François Couperin on this organ. Originally equipped with a combination setter board, the console has since been outfitted with a multiple-memory solid state combination action. Also, a 5-bell Zimbelstern and 32’ Resultant were added in 1988.

The instrument was removed from the church and taken back to the Buzard organ factory. There it was cleaned and re-regulated. The console was refurbished and the chests inspected, cleaned and tested. Any repair to the pipe work was administered by the tonal department. The organ has gone recently to Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and there is a new façade and several ranks of new pipework.

Stoplists

Great

Manual II

16′	Quintade 56 pipes wood and metal, rescaled, in swell box
8′	Principal 56 pipes, 1-24 new with 1-21 in façade
8′	Rohrfloete 56 pipes
4′	Octave 56 pipes, 1-12 new
4′	Spitzfloete 56 pipes, 1-12 new
2 2/3′	Nasard 56 pipes
2′	Octave 56 pipes, 1-12 new
1 3/5′	Tierce 37 pipes
1 1/3′	Mixture III-IV 212 pipes
16′	Dulzian tenor c from Cromorne
8′	Trumpet from Posaune 16

Swell

Manual III, Enclosed

8′	Bourdon 56 pipes
8′	Gambe 56 pipes
8′	Voix celeste 44 pipes
4′	Flute Octaviante 56 pipes, 1-12 from Bourdon
2′	Octavin from Flute Octaviante
2′	Plein Jeu III-IV 212 pipes
8′	Oboe 68 pipes, new
4′	Clarion from Oboe 8
	Tremulant

Positiv

Manual I

8′	Gedeckt 56 pipes 1-12 new
4′	Koppelflute 56 pipes, new, wood and metal
2′	Principal 56 pipes, 1-12 new
1 1/3′	Larigot from Nasard 2 2/3
1′	Scharff III 168 pipes
8′	Cromorne 56 pipes
	Zimbelstern

Pedal

32′	Resultant from Pd. Bourdon and Quintade
16′	Bourdon 32 pipes, new
16′	Quintade from Gt.
8′	Principal 32 pipes, 1-21 new in façade
4′	Octave 44 pipes
2′	Octave from Pd. Octave 4
2′	Mixture IV 128 pipes, new and old
16′	Posaune 68 pipes, 1-12 half length
8′	Trumpet from Posaune 16
4′	Trumpet from Posaune 16

Couplers

	Great to Pedal
	Swell to Pedal
	Positiv to Pedal
	Swell to Great 16
	Swell to Great
	Positiv to Great
	Swell to Positiv

Accessories

	General Cancel (thumb)
	Combination adjuster (thumb)
	Memory Lock (key)
	Balanced Swell expression shoe
	Zimbelstern volume adjustment knob

Windpressures

	Great and Positiv 2 ½ “
	Swell 3″
	Pedal 2 ½”
	New Pedal Bourdon 16 4″