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The
organ at Trinity was dedicated on October 23, 1994. In many ways it can
be thought of as a reflection of our own congregation. There are 2,544
pipes in the organ. Trinity congregation, in 1994 was very close to
that number in membership and has since then far surpassed it.
 The
pipes in the organ actually form a “congregation of singers" made up of
many different shapes and sizes. Some are short, some are tall. Some
sing high, some sing low. Some are loud, some are soft. Each person in
our sanctuary can combine his or her voice with others to offer up
prayers and songs of praise. Each pipe in the organ “building” works
along side of others to produce sounds for accompanying our songs of
praise.
We
each have a mouth to sing God’s praise. Each pipe in the organ also has
a mouth. The straight edge at the top of a pipe’s mouth is called the
upper lip. The bottom edge is the lower lip. Pipes have “feet”,
“bodies”, “ears”, and “tongues.” The pipes “sing” in much the same way
as humans. Sound is produced when air causes something to vibrate. The
sound then comes out through a mouth for all to hear. The pipes receive
their breath for singing from a windchest. The sound produced by the
pipes is thus a sound that is vibrant - “alive”!
The
organ at Trinity is an instrument allowed by God to be built for
worship - an instrument whose breath will combine with ours to set in
motion pipes for praise.
Melvin Schiwart
Minister of Music
THE BUILDER
Martin
Ott, born to a family of German organ builders, served an
apprenticeship in Germany from 1960 to 1963 with his uncle, Paul Ott.
He spent his journeyman years (1963-1969) with this uncle and his
father, Alfred, and later with Holtlkamp Organ Company in the United
States. In 1969 he completed his Master Organ Building Examination in
West Germany. After serving four years as tonal finisher and installer
for Bosch Organ Company in Germany and St.Louis he formed his present
company in St.Louis in 1973. His spacious shop is well equipped for
building, erecting, demonstrating and servicing pipe organs. The new
organ at Trinity is the company’s Opus No. 68.
Martin Ott Pipe Organ Company Inc.
1353 Bauer Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132
314-569-0366 Tel.
314-569-3879 Fax
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www.martinottpipeorgan.com
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