A NEW TRACKER ORGAN FOR THE
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA


The city of Rocky Mount is 70 miles east of Durham, North Carolina. The church of the Good Shepherd, a neo-gothic building with seats for 250, dates from the late nineteenth century. The organ is in a chamber on the north side of the chancel, with the Great Organ projecting forward. The casework is painted and patterned to match the panelling in the church. The lower panels of oak are stained and polished to match the choir stalls, and the reversed console stands in front.



(Photo by courtesy of Barringer Studio)



            PEDAL ORGAN
 1. Bourdon                       16
 2. Principal                      8
 3. Fifteenth                      4
 4. Trombone                      16
       I  Great to Pedal
      II  Swell to Pedal

            GREAT ORGAN
 5. Open Diapason                  8
 6. Stopped Diapason               8
 7. Principal                      4
 8. Chimney Flute                  4
 9. Twelfth                        2 2/3
10. Fifteenth                      2
11. Seventeenth                    1 3/5
12. Mixture                       IV
13. Trumpet                        8
14. Cremona                        8
     III  Tremulant
      IV  Swell to Great

            SWELL ORGAN 
15. Gedackt                        8
16. Viola                          8
17. Céleste                        8
18. Gemshorn                       4
19. Flageolet                      2
20. Mixture                      III
21. Bassoon                       16
22. Cornopean                      8
       V  Tremulant

(Photo of Mark Venning and HRH Prince Charles in the workshop by courtesy of Northern Chronicle and Journal ltd)

ACCESSORIES
Eight general pistons (six duplicated by foot pistons)
Four foot pistons to the Pedal Organ
Six pistons to the Great and Swell Organs
General cancel piston
Reversible pistons and foot pistons to I, II and IV

The pistons are adjustable with eight memories.

The key actions are mechanical; the drawstop and piston actions electric. Slider chests and traditional wind reservoirs are used throughout the organ


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For further information, email Mark Venning:
h.h@btinternet.com