Music Ministry
Organs
Sanctuary Organ
Sacntuary Organ Specifications
2010 Revised Organ Specifications
For twenty-five years the majestic sounds of Highland Park's Casavant Organ have led the song of the faithful Sunday after Sunday.
Eighty ranks of pipes occupy space at the front of the Chancel and fifteen ranks are placed on either side of the Resurrection Window in the rear Gallery. The Gallery Organ greatly enhances congregational singing and provides the opportunity for occasional organ duets.
The main console of the instrument is placed toward the rear of the Chancel and has four manuals, a pedal board and over 100 stops controlling both Chancel and Gallery instruments. For organ concerts, the Chancel console is brought forward and turned so that the artist may be observed "in action." The Gallery Organ has its own small console which is moveable. When in use it is played at the side of the balcony seating area and stored outside the balcony double doors when not in use.
The furniture division of Casavant provided the beautiful oak casework which surrounds the pipes at the front of the church matching our existing woodwork. A striking feature of the organ is the horizontal Trompette en chamade located in the center of the facade.
The organ was formally dedicated in concert by project consultant Dr. Frederick Swann of the Riverside Church, New York City in May 1983.
