Noack
Opus 128, 1995

Updated through online information from Chris Holman.

Updated through online information from T. Daniel Hancock. -- From "The Diapason," May 2009, "The organ at Christ the King Lutheran Church follows the example of Hildebrandt, thus adding a Bach organ of a new dimension on the North American continent....Noack is an American builder born and trained in Germany...Kristian Wegscheider of Dresden, restorer of improtant Silbermann organs, accepted appointment as a design consultant.; Reinhard Schaebitz of Dresden, voicer in the restorations, assisted in the voicing; and most of the metal pipes were built near Dresden in the workshop of Gunter Lau. The result is a wonderful instrument which not surprisingly, but quite remarkably, evokes the look, feel, and sound of an 18th-century Saxon organ. "This Bach organ possesses attributes commonly found in organs built today in historical style--tracker action; mechanical stop action; keys suspended below the pipe chests; a flexible wind supply provided by bellows; flat rather than radiating pedalboard, narrower, shorter manual keys; no pistons or combinations; and tuning in a historical temperament. The Saxon style imposes a series of additional design characteristics. The entire organ is housed in one case, rather than in compartments for each division according to the Werkprinzip; the case design and beautifully executed carvings employ 18th-century Saxon conventions; and the case is built of pine and pained (blue-green, red, and gold-leaf). The Oberwerk to Hauptwerk coupler is activated by shoving the Oberwerk manual forward, and the Oberwerk does not couple to Pedal. The pipe scalings are taken from Hildebrandt's, and the principal pipes have a high tin content rather than lead."

Status Note: There 1995.

In the style of (Z.?) Hildebrandt.