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NEW ORGAN PROPOSAL

Trinity is embarking on a mission to provide inspiring worship and glorious music for many generations to come. We invite you to be an important part of that legacy!

In the 1771, the installation of the Tannenberg pipe organ in Trinity’s log church began a tradition of excellence and high expectation for the worship of God at Sixth and Washington Streets. Those Lutheran pioneers understood the power of music to uplift and inspire, to comfort and make whole.

Two successive instruments, built in 1873 and 1915, provided support to our growing and changing congregation. That 1915 Austin Organ has served us to the present day, leading countless services, offering glorious recitals, and being featured in TV broadcasts literally around the world.

For a number of years, our venerable Austin has been in a state of serious decline. Major components, such as the thousands of electromagnetic ‘motors’ and their leather components are failing, parts no longer made and very expensive to recondition. It is now the case that on any given day—or at any minute!--the organist simply doesn’t know what will work and want won’t, making every service an extraordinary challenge.

After several years of study, interviews and visits to various installations, our organ committee recommends the purchase of a new Patrick Murphy Organ (Stowe, PA), one that would provide us with a beautiful and reliable organ suited to a wide variety of musical styles and worship settings.

Patrick has serviced our present organ for many years, has worshipped with us, and understands the musical needs of our congregation well. Their design, here, will cost $710,000. It is a three-manual, 47 rank organ with 65 stops, housed in a Georgian-style case that reflects a number of the architectural elements of our sanctuary. The use of slider wind chests will allow most of the pipes to be set within the nave space, rather than tucked back in the steeple as in the current design. About 30% of the new organ will use pipes from our current instrument, and the walnut trim seen in the case will be made from the present organ cabinet.

Congregational support has been extremely generous to date, and we are in the ‘home stretch’ of fund-raising. We anticipate signing the contract by the end of 2011 and look forward to the new instrument in use by late Fall of 2012. We welcome contributions from friends of the congregation, as well as members, and will be happy to include benefactors and memorial listings on a donor plaque. Please contact us if you would like further information or printed materials regarding the organ.