The New Organ at St. Brigid's Catholic Church
On
July 11th 2008 we replaced the ageing pipe organ in St. Brigid's
Catholic Church with a new instrument. It is a new digital organ
built by the Allen Organ Company
in Pennsylvania, USA, the largest builder of church organs in the
world.
The old organ was once part of a large three manual instrument located in the old church on the Chapel Hill. Sadly however, when the new church in the village was built in the late seventies, there was no room left to accommodate the organ so it was 'cut-down' to fit the space. All that remained were a single division of five speaking stops on one manual. This left the organ tonally deficient, unable to produce the range and brilliance of sound usually heard from a pipe organ. In addition it had begun to suffer mechanical failures in recent times so the time had arrived to either rebuild and expand it or replace it altogether.
The new organ is much larger and comprehensive in it's specification but because it is a digital instrument does not need any additional space in the church. It is an Allen Renaissance Quantum Q285 organ (pictured above) comprising three divisions, Great, Swell and Pedal with 45 speaking stops. It was supplied and installed by Jeffers Music Co. of Cork who have installed organs all across Ireland including neighbouring Mountmellick, Ballyfin and Clonaslee.
Below are some links to sample recordings from Allen's Quantum organs (Windows Media Format) And the stop-list specification of the new organ in Rosenallis.
Improvisation of "Hyfrydol" - Scott Clarke
Now Thank We All Our God - J.S. Bach
When Morning Gilds The Skies - Joseph Barnby
PEDAL
• 32 Contra Violone
• 16 Diapason
• 16 Bourdon
• 16 Lieblichgedeckt (Sw)
• 16 Violone
• 8 Octave
• 8 Flute
• 4 Choralbass
• Mixture III
• 32 Contre Posaune
• 16 Posaune
• 16 Waldhorn (Sw)
• 8 Trompete
• 4 Clarion
SWELL
• 16 Lieblichgedeckt
• 8 Gedeckt
• 8 Viola Pomposa
• 8 Flute Celeste II
• 8 Viola Celeste
• 4 Octave Geigen
• 4 Traverse Flute
• 2 2/3 Nasard
• 2 Piccolo
• 1 3/5 Tierce
• Fourniture IV
• 16 Waldhorn
• 8 Festival Trumpet (nc)
• 8 French Trumpet
• 8 Oboe
• Celesta
• Tremulant
GREAT
• 16 Violone
• 8 Diapason
• 8 Harmonic Flute
• 8 Viola Pomposa (Sw)
• 8 Flute Celeste II (Sw)
• 4 Octave
• 4 Spitzflöte
• 2 Fifteenth
• Mixture IV
• Cymbale III
• 8 Festival Trumpet (nc)
• 8 Tromba
• 8 Krummhorn
• Chimes
• Celesta (Sw)
• Tremulant
COUPLERS & GENERALS
• 8 Great To Pedal
• 8 Swell To Pedal
• 4 Swell To Pedal
• MIDI On Pedal
• 16 Swell To Great
• 8 Swell To Great
• 4 Swell To Great
• MIDI On Great
• 16 Swell To Swell
• Swell Unison Off
• 4 Swell To Swell
• MIDI On Swell
• Melody Coupler
• Bass Coupler
• Tremulants Full
• Alternate Tuning
• Swell To Antiphonal
• Swell Main Off
• Gt-Pd To Antiphonal
• Gt-Pd Main Off