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Charles Pugh studied at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Virginia. Since he became organist at Good Shepherd in 1995, he has traveled twice to Germany where he studied with Tillmann Benfer at the Cathedral of Verden-Aller. Mr. Pugh also works for the Lawless-Johnson Organ Company and assists Mr. Lawless with voicing and tonal finishing of some of their instruments.
About Our Wicks Pipe Organ
The organ at Good Shepherd was designed and built by the Wicks Organ Company of Highland, Illinois. It was installed and dedicated in June 1994 , with a major upgrade done in 2009 when the new sanctuary was built. The console contains three manuals and a pedal keyboard, with a full complement of couples and combination pistons for preset stop combinations. The 1,515 pipes are arranged in 25 ranks and organized into four divisions: Great, Swell, Positiv, and Pedal. The swell division is enclosed in its own chamber and employs movable expression shades to vary the volume of its sound. Some of the stops sound similar to orchestral instruments (flutes, for example), while others such as the diapason, are unique to the pipe organ. The number and types of stops in the various divisions of the organ allow for faithful reproduction of music from all periods of composition, from Baroque to Modern. The specifications of the Wicks Organ are as follows:
GREAT |
SWELL |
POSITIV |
PEDAL |
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8' Principal |
16 Flute conique |
8' Holz gedekt |
32' Untersatz |
