Elevator and Organ Celebration!
November 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
November 22nd at 10:00 a.m.
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On Sunday November 22nd we will celebrate the completion of two huge projects, both made possible by the bequest of Ruth Proehl.
We will gather in the parish hall and process to the new East Entrance, often referred to as the "Jewel Box" because of its size and ressemblance to the building in Forest Park... We will give thanks to God for the new entrance and selected parishioners have been invited to participate in a ceremonial "first ascent" in the elevator. The rest of us will process into the church and give thanks for the organ.
During the service, five different members of the congregation will have a chance to play the organ. The service will be followed by a festive reception in the parish hall.
Everyone in the congregation and the community at large is invited to this joyful service. The East Entrance was the work of Powers Bowersox Associates who skillfully honored and complemented the original Dunn and Nagel church buildilng. St. Mark's received the "Distinguished Building Award" from the St Louis American Institue of Architects, an honor it shares with the Arch, St. Louis Abbey and a select group of other buildings. The award is given for a building, still in use for its original purpose, of enduring beauty.
The pipe organ is a twenty stop, twenty-three rank tracker instrument built by Juget-Sinclair Organ Builders of Montreal. While the organ includes state of the art electronics for setting combinations of stops, all of the pipes and case work have been made "from scratch." The organ builders pour their own pipe metal, shape their own pipes and do their own design and carpentry. The mechanism which makes the pipes speak was used for centuries before electricity.
The organ is made of Oak, the casework complements the architecture of the building and frames the Holy Innocents' window.
Below: View of the trackers, the wooden "sticks" which connect the keys on the console to the pipes. They are now covered with modular flooring for easy access.
On Sunday November 22nd we will celebrate the completion of two huge projects, both made possible by the bequest of Ruth Proehl.
We will gather in the parish hall and process to the new East Entrance, often referred to as the "Jewel Box" because of its size and ressemblance to the building in Forest Park... We will give thanks to God for the new entrance and selected parishioners have been invited to participate in a ceremonial "first ascent" in the elevator. The rest of us will process into the church and give thanks for the organ.
During the service, five different members of the congregation will have a chance to play the organ. The service will be followed by a festive reception in the parish hall.
Everyone in the congregation and the community at large is invited to this joyful service. The East Entrance was the work of Powers Bowersox Associates who skillfully honored and complemented the original Dunn and Nagel church buildilng. St. Mark's received the "Distinguished Building Award" from the St Louis American Institue of Architects, an honor it shares with the Arch, St. Louis Abbey and a select group of other buildings. The award is given for a building, still in use for its original purpose, of enduring beauty.
The pipe organ is a twenty stop, twenty-three rank tracker instrument built by Juget-Sinclair Organ Builders of Montreal. While the organ includes state of the art electronics for setting combinations of stops, all of the pipes and case work have been made "from scratch." The organ builders pour their own pipe metal, shape their own pipes and do their own design and carpentry. The mechanism which makes the pipes speak was used for centuries before electricity.The organ is made of Oak, the casework complements the architecture of the building and frames the Holy Innocents' window.
Below: View of the trackers, the wooden "sticks" which connect the keys on the console to the pipes. They are now covered with modular flooring for easy access.
