C.B. Fisk Organ Field Trip
Aedan Andrew Williamson Reid -
Aedan is 9 years old and is in the 4th grade.
He likes to do art, play soccer and “doodle”.
Aedan Andrew Williamson
The Perkins and Wells Memorial Organ is located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville. The church and organ were both designed at the same time. It took eleven years to plan the organ, build, disassemble and transport and install it in Greenville.
The organ builder was C.B Fisk. The company is located in Gloucester, MA (north of Boston). They build each organ by hand and smelt the metal for the pipes themselves. I visited the organ shop in Gloucester and was able to see the organ as it was being built.
When the organ was completed it took two 18-wheeler trucks to bring it to Greenville and seven months to install it.
The organ is built in the French Romantic style. It has 56 stops and 3119 pipes. The organ’s smallest pipe is about as big as your thumb! Its tones range from bass to tuba to cello to reeds to angel bells. The organ is used for church services, teaching students and concerts. The organ’s real name is The Perkins and Wells Memorial Organ Opus 126, but we call her “the Duchess”.
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I organized a field trip to visit the organ because I wanted to show my class at the Greenville Montessori School this amazing instrument. To organize the field trip I had to set the time and date. I also had to prepare a short presentation on the organ and prepare a field trip form. To learn about how an organ works we watched a TV program from Mr. Rogers! The day of the visit we had to bolt down our lunch in order to be on time. Mr. Andrew Scanlon, the Choir Master and Organist at St. Paul’s, told us all about the organ and played several pieces to show the musical range of the instrument.
The organ sounds magnificent! It is the only one in town of its size. I recommend going to hear it being played. If you go, listen intently –it’s worth it!
*This article was featured in the Spring 2010 IBX Lifestyles Magazine
You may view the article in it's original format by clicking here!
The organ builder was C.B Fisk. The company is located in Gloucester, MA (north of Boston). They build each organ by hand and smelt the metal for the pipes themselves. I visited the organ shop in Gloucester and was able to see the organ as it was being built.
When the organ was completed it took two 18-wheeler trucks to bring it to Greenville and seven months to install it.
The organ is built in the French Romantic style. It has 56 stops and 3119 pipes. The organ’s smallest pipe is about as big as your thumb! Its tones range from bass to tuba to cello to reeds to angel bells. The organ is used for church services, teaching students and concerts. The organ’s real name is The Perkins and Wells Memorial Organ Opus 126, but we call her “the Duchess”.
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I organized a field trip to visit the organ because I wanted to show my class at the Greenville Montessori School this amazing instrument. To organize the field trip I had to set the time and date. I also had to prepare a short presentation on the organ and prepare a field trip form. To learn about how an organ works we watched a TV program from Mr. Rogers! The day of the visit we had to bolt down our lunch in order to be on time. Mr. Andrew Scanlon, the Choir Master and Organist at St. Paul’s, told us all about the organ and played several pieces to show the musical range of the instrument.
The organ sounds magnificent! It is the only one in town of its size. I recommend going to hear it being played. If you go, listen intently –it’s worth it!
*This article was featured in the Spring 2010 IBX Lifestyles Magazine
You may view the article in it's original format by clicking here!
