Westminster has a lovely organ in the back gallery of the Chapel/Fellowship Hall (the original sanctuary of the church). Marty and Frank Marsh gave it to Westminster in 1969 in loving memory of their daughter, Cathy Marsh, who was killed in an automobile accident in 1968. The organ was dedicated on Easter Sunday of 1969.
Alfred E.Lunsford of the Schantz Organ Company built the instrument, modeled after North German and Dutch organs of the Baroque period, combining a Schantz console and German pipework. Its 14 ranks of pipes appear as 12 stops on two manuals and pedal.
For 27 years the Marsh Organ was used for Sunday worship services, and it continues to be used there for small weddings and memorial services, as well as for other special services.
In 2000, B. Rule and Company, organbuilders from New Market, Tennessee, cleaned and adjusted the Marsh organ and installed new racks for the reed pipes of the Pedal division.
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Great |
Positiv |
Pedal |
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| 1. | Bourdon | 8 | 5. | Gedackt | 8 | 9. | Brummbass | 16 | ||||
| 2. | Principal | 4 | 6. | Koppel Flöte | 4 | 10. | Quintaton | 8 | ||||
| 3. | Mixture | III | 7. | Principal | 2 | 11. | Choralbass | 4 | ||||
| 4. | Schalmei | 8 | 8. | Quinte | 1 1/3 | 12. | Sordun | 16 | ||||
Accessories |
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| Couplers | Great to Positiv | |||||||||||
| Positiv to Great | ||||||||||||
| Great to Pedal | ||||||||||||
| Positiv to Pedal | ||||||||||||
| Tremulant | ||||||||||||
Catharine Walters Marsh Memorial Organ |
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8/31/2001
Westminster
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