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Milnar Organ
Company

Saint Andrew Lutheran Church

Franklin, TN

Project Completed 2010

St. Andrew Church in Franklin, Tennessee now has the second-to-last organ built by Aeolian-Skinner. The organ was originally installed in the Episcopal Cathedral of Christ the King in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1970. The specification was by the cathedral organist, Alexander Boggs Ryan. Tonal finishing was by Donald Gilette and Allen Kinsey designed the case, façade, and layout. This organ is the only free-standing, encased instrument built by Aeolian-Skinner.

The organ was purchased in the summer of 2007 by St. Andrew Church. Working a 66-hour week in the ninety-degree, un-air-conditioned Cathedral, a team of nine men from Milnar Organ Co. dismantled, removed and transported the organ to are firm in Eagleville, TN. We systematically repaired, cleaned, updated, renovated and installed the organ in the new nave of St. Andrew Church.

"You may watch the removal video of the organ from Christ The King in Kalamazoo MI. by clicking on the link:" watch-v=vDPSJ99XeQc

The basic voicing of the organ has not been changed, however some new stops have been added to fill out deficiencies in the specification. The order of the manuals has been changed to the traditional American style. The electrical components of the organ have been updated and brought up to code with a Peterson control system. The project was large and exciting at times on top of the 40 foot scaffolding! We are pleased to have another beautiful instrument installed locally in Franklin. The organ dedication turned out great with the performance of the premier organist Mr. Oliver Latry.

Olivier Latry

Titular organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, Olivier Latry is one of the world’s most distinguished organists. Since his first tour of the United States in 1986, he has played for numerous national and regional AGO conventions, as well as inaugural recitals on new instruments in concert halls and churches throughout North America.

Beyond the U.S. and Canada, Latry has performed in more than forty countries on five continents. Latry has produced many recordings, including the complete organ works of Olivier Messiaen and Maurice Durufl é. Not wishing to specialize in a particular repertoire, he strives to be an ambassador of seventeenth to twenty-first century French music. In addition, his improvisational skills put him in the company of the great French organists, such as Tournemire and Cochereau. In 2009, Latry was named International Performer of the Year by the New York City Chapter of the AGO.

It is a privilege to have an artist of this stature to return to Nashville to inaugurate the Aeolian-Skinner organ at St.Andrew Church.

Specifications

WPS = Walker Digital Voice

Great:		Unenclosed
	16	Pommer	61
	8	Principal	61
	8	Violone	WPS
	8	Flûte Harmonique	WPS
	8	Rohrflöte	61
	4	Octave	61
	4	Spitzflöte	61
	2	Doublette	61
	2 2/3	Sesquialtera II	122
	1 1/3	Mixture IV-VI	306
	8	Trompete
	8	Potifical Trumpet Chimes	WPS		32 notes, tenor C to G44
Swell:		Enclosed, expressive
	16	Flûte Douce	12	Ext. of Flute Douce
	8	Principal	WPS
	8	Bourdon	61
	8	Viola da Gamba	61
	8	Viole Céleste	49
	8	Flûte Douce	61
	8	Flûte Céleste	49	+ 1-12 WPS
	4	Prestant	61
	4	Cor de Nuit	49	+ 1-12 WPS (new)
	2 2/3	Nazard	49	(new)
	2	Flackflöte	61
	1 3/5	Tierce	49	(new)
	2	Plein Jeu III	WPS
	1	Cymbale IV	61
	16	Basson	61
	8	Trompette	61
	8	Basson	12	Extension of 16’
	4	Hautbois Clairon	61
		Pontifical Trumpet Tremulant Étoile

Positiv:		Unenclosed except as indicated
	8	Principal	WPS	Digital Expression
	8	Holzgedeckt	61
	8	Gemshorn	WPS	Digital Expression
	8	Gemshorn Céleste	WPS	Digital Expression
	4	Principal	61
	4	Koppelflöte	61
	2	Octave	61
	1 1/3	Quinte	61
	2/3	Scharf IV-V	283
	8	Trompette	WPS	Digital Expression
	8	Krummhorn	61
		Tremulant
	8	Pontifical Trumpet	61
	4	Pontifical Trumpet	12

Pedal:
	32	Kontrapurr	WPS	Exact stop to be determined
	16	Principal	32
	16	Subbass	32
	16	Violone	WPS
	16	Pommer	GT
	16	Flûte Douce	SW
	8	Principal	32
	8	Violone	WPS
	8	Metall Gedeckt	12	Extension of Subbass
	4	Choralbass	12	Extension of Principal
	4	Metall Gedeckt	12	Extension of Subbass
	2	Mixture IV	128
	32	Kontra Posaune	32
	32	Kontra Basson	WPS	Extension of Sw Basson
	16	Posaune	12	Extension of Posaune 32’
	16	Basson	SW
	8	Trompete	12	Extension of Posaune 16’
	4	Klarine	12	Extension of Trompete 8’