07/21/2025
This afternoon we wrapped up our latest project, a small organ we built for a Grand Rapids, Michigan residence. The organ has eight stops over two manuals and pedal within a freestanding casework.
The stoplist is:
Lower Manual
Fugara 8
Rohrflute 8
Prestant 4
Flautino 2
II-I coupler
Upper Manual
Gedact 8
Lieblich Flute 4
Treble Nasat 3 (from middle c)
Pedal
Subbass 16
Subbass 8 (extension 16)
II-Pedal coupler
I-Pedal coupler
58/30 compasses
Mechanical key and stop actions
The casework is of riftsawn white oak painted with linseed oil paint of seven different colors plus 23k gold leaf. The keydesk is of white oak, walnut, holly, and boxwood. The keys are of cow bone and blackwood.
The majority of the metal pipework was made by Luca Scotti of Scotti Giuseppe of Crema, much of it after late 19th century patterns. The Rohrflute is from an E.&G.G. Hook organ from 1860. The wood pipes were made in the Wahl workshop.
Ronald Wahl, Christoph Wahl, and Jonathan Borchardt designed, constructed, voiced, and installed the instrument.
