Nashville, Tennessee — St.George`sEpiscopalChurch

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Three manuals and pedals, 58 stops, 85 ranks
Movable drawknob console, compass 61/32
Electro-pneumatic action
Opus 3606, 1986
Photograph: Michael Perrault
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Meade section of the city, it was organized as a parish in 1952. In 1986 a large
new church was built containing a three manual 58-stop organ given as a
memorial by the family of Ralph Owen.
Organist-Choirmaster of the church during the building of the instrument was
Wilma Jensen. During her 19-year tenure in addition to her own skills as a
concert organist and performer, she established a reputation for a superb choral
program. In 1989, the choir was asked to perform at the American Choral
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including Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral and for Mass at the
Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Dr. Jensen has made a number of recordings of solo
literature and works with the choir using the St. George Casavant.
The main instrument is positioned at the front of the church above the heads of
the choir in a semicircular space. From this location high in the building it speaks
freely into the long nave of the church. An Antiphonal Organ, including a
Trompette-en-chamade on the gallery rail is located at the back of the nave where
it is used for supporting congregational singing as well as being a foil to the main
instrument.
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needed minimal upkeep and the tuning has been very stable.
— Wilma Jensen, Choirmaster and Organist, February 8, 1993
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Grand Orgue
Violon (Ext.)
Montre
Violon
Flûte à cheminée
Prestant
Flûte
Doublette
Cornet III
Grand Fourniture II-IV
Fourniture IV
Cymbale III
Douçaine
Trompette
Tremblant
Grand Orgue Unison Off
Trompette royale (Positif)
Trompette-de-fête
Chimes
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2
2-2/3
2-2/3
1-1/3
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Positif Expressif
Bourdon (Ext.)
Principal
Voce umana (GG)
Bourdon
Flûtes célestes II
Octave
Flûte à fuseau
Nazard
16
8
8
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8
4
4
2-2/3
Récit
Bourdon doux (Ext.)
16
Flûte harmonique
8
Viole de gambe
8
Voix céleste (GG)
8
Cor de nuit
8
Principal
4
Flûte octaviante
4
Nazard
2-2/3
Octavin
2
Tierce
1-3/5
Plein Jeu VI
2
Bombarde (Ext.)
16
Trompette harmonique
8
Hautbois
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Voix humaine
8
Clairon harmonique
4
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Trompette royale (Positif)
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Trompette-de-fête (Grand Orgue)
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Pédale
Basse Acoustique I
Basse Acoustique II
Montre
Violon (Grand Orgue)
Soubasse
Bourdon (Positif)
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16
16
16
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Positif (continued)
Quarte de nazard
2
Tierce
1-3/5
Larigot
1-1/3
Fourniture IV
1-1/3
Cymbale II
1/3
Trompette
8
Cromorne
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Clairon
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Tremblant
Trompette royale
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Antiphonal Organ
Bourdon (Ext.)
Montre
Bourdon
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Prestant
Flûte ouverte
Doublette
Fourniture IV
Trompette
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Pédale (continued)
Bourdon doux (Récit)
16
Octavebasse
8
Violon (Grand Orgue)
8
Flûte bouchée (Ext.)
8
Bourdon doux (Récit)
8
Octave
4
Flûte
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Flûte (Ext.)
2
Mixture IV
2-2/3
Contre Bombarde (Ext.)
32
Bombarde
16
Douçaine (Grand Orgue)
16
Trompette royale (Positif)
8
Trompette-de-fête (Grand Orgue)
8
Trompette (Ext.)
8
Cromorne (Positif)
4
Chimes (Grand Orgue)
Antiphonal Pedal
Soubasse
Bourdon (Antiphonal)
16
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