Christ Church Pittsford, New York, USA

The suggestion that the only place for the new organ at Christ Church Pittsford was at the west end of the church was met initially with some scepticism by the congregation but, once the whole question of the reordering of the church was considered, the logic became evident. The terraced console is an elegant solution to the lack of height and allowed the sizable manual departments to be disposed one above the other behind an 8' facade. The organ has mechanical key and drawstop action, but with additional drawstop solenoids for pistons and eight levels of memory.

We often work together with a church in the design of the carving for the pipe shades, and this is a particularly intriguing example of such cooperation. The then organist of the church, Michael Messina, and the treasurer, Catherine Shoemaker, suggested the inclusion of symbolic elements in the carving, which we were pleased to do. The outer pedal towers have a vine on one side and a sheaf of wheat on the other, representing "I am the true vine" and the parable of the sower as well as the reaping of souls. The pedal flat on the left has the inscription INRI for Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews) as posted on the Cross by Pilate.