Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Charles Pugh, Organist

Charles Pugh studied at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Virginia.  Since he became organist at Good Shepherd in 1995, he has traveled twice to Germany where he studied with Tillmann Benfer at the Cathedral of Verden-Aller.  Mr. Pugh also works for the Lawless-Johnson Organ Company and assists Mr. Lawless with voicing and tonal finishing of some of their instruments.

About Our Wicks Pipe Organ

The organ at Good Shepherd was designed and built by the Wicks Pipe Organ Company of Highland, Illinois.  It was installed and dedicated in June 1994.  The console contains three manuals and a pedal keyboard, with a full complement of couples and combination pistons for preset stop combinations.  The 1,515 pipes are arranged in 25 ranks and organized into four divisions: Great, Swell, Positiv, and Pedal.  The swell division is enclosed in its own chamber and employs movable expression shades to vary the volume of its sound. Some of the stops sound similar to orchestral instruments (flutes, for example), while others such as the diapason, are unique to the pipe organ.  The number and types of stops in the various divisions of the organ allow for faithful reproduction of music from all periods of composition, from Baroque to Modern.  The specifications of the Wicks Organ are as follows:

GREAT

SWELL

POSITIV

PEDAL

8' Principal
8' Koppelgedekt
4' Octave
2' Super octave
II Sesquialtera
IV Mixture
8' Trompette (sw.)

8' Rohrflote
8' Gemshorn
8' Gemshorn Celeste
4' Principal
4' Waldflote
2' Blockflote
IV Plein jeu
16' Contre Trompette
8' Trompette
8' Hautbois
4' Clarion

8' Holz gedekt
8' Gemshorn (sw)
8' Gemshorn Celeste (sw)
4' Koppelflote
2' Principal
1 1/3' Quinte
1' Zimbel
8' Krummhorn

32' Untersatz
16' Principal
16' Subbass
16' Gedekt
8' Octave
8' Rohrflote (sw)
4' Choral bass
32' Gross cornet
16' Contre Trompette (sw)
8' Trompette (sw)
4' Krummhorn (pos.)

 

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