St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, Michigan: Casavant/Allen Combination Pipe and Renaissance™ Digital Instrument A distinctive and unique four-manual organ that includes pipe and digital voices was recently installed in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rochester, Michigan. The organ consists of 17 ranks of Casavant pipes and 70 digitally sampled stops. Its 53 speaker cabinets are placed in the pipe chamber in a valance below stained glass windows, and in the spectacular clerestory in the ceiling. The design of the nave gives the impression of Noah's ark with 20 curved wooden support beams that extend upward three stories above the floor. An inaugural recital was performed by Diane Bish, world-famous concert organist. |
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