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CHURCH HISTORY
By Wanda Glover, Church Historian. Photos by Soeren Walls
ORGAN
You see it and hear the beautiful music, which flows from its pipes as Juanita DeHeart, or Grace Thomas, skillfully manipulate the keys. As with so much of the many facets of our church, the grand organ has its own story.
The Ladies Aid Society played (no pun intended) a major part in its purchase and installation. It was bought and installed in 1930 at the cost of $9,000. Today, a replacement of our organ would run about $99,000. In 1930 it cost $400.00 to install. At the time of installation, the church paid $2,500 with the balance to be paid at the rate of $100 per month.Not an easy chore at that time –THEN -- the depression hit. Interest ran $1,315.41. With the ladies running a cafeteria at our church for the Centennial High School and downtown business men, the payments were made with the final payment being made May 29, 1937. HALLELUJAH!!
Our pipe organ produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass. It has multiple ranks of pipes of differing timbre; pitch and loudness that Juanita can employ singly or in combination through the use of controls called stops. The pipes we see are for show, the working pipes are located out of sight behind them. The organ has several keyboards (called manuals) played by the hands, and a pedalboard played by the feet, each of which has its own group of stops.
Each Sunday, as we are treated to the beautiful music of the organ, we have the talent of the organist and the tenacity of the 1930’s First Methodist Episcopal Church members to thank. The lines are fallen unto us in pleasant places; yea, we have a goodly heritage.