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St. Dunstan’s Campaign to Build a Tracker Action Why a Tracker Organ?

“Much inspiration and Tracker organs in Europe Our goal is to work with healing can come by our and the United States stand the renowned artists at creating the most beautiful as works of art, and last for Dobson Pipe Organ music possible, and to that hundreds of years. Builders of Lake City, Iowa, very end, we envision a who have built organs for beautiful organ suited to spaces as small as private our space.”—Dr. Steve homes, and as large as the Denmark, Organist at St. new Roman Catholic Dunstan’s Cathedral in Los Angeles. We aim to grace the A Tracker Action Organ Monterey Peninsula with an is an organ that allows for artistic treasure, and a maximum expressiveness in lasting legacy for future playing by minimizing generations to enjoy. electrical components.

2 Our goal is to build an by Dobson Organ Builders, “A Dobson organ on the instrument that will be a Ltd., we seek to add a Monterey Peninsula would gift to the entire local timeless piece of art to the be something to really music-loving community. riches of the music scene on celebrate.” Music touches the heart the Monterey Peninsula, and —The Rev. Rob Fisher, in ways that words alone to create here a new venue Rector of St. Dunstan’s cannot. Music speaks a worth celebrating. universal language that The organ will not be the transcends barriers. largest in our area, but it will A true pipe organ has the have balance and special advantage of finesse as well as profound physicality. Unlike presence and with an electronic organ, that power. can only play back samples “I am of pipe organ sounds impressed by the through speakers, a true pipe way the organ organ uses wood, air, leather design team at and metal to create moving Dobson takes care sounds that you not only to craft their hear with your ear, but you instruments for feel with your body. In fact, their respective the entire room becomes the spaces—both sounding chamber of the sonically and instrument. visually. Great organs are built “They are artists. They —A Statement from Dobson for the spaces they inhabit. pour their hearts into every In commissioning an organ instrument they create.

3 Our organ will have pipes as small as a straw and as large as a small tree. It will have roughly 1,000 pipes in all.

Bach himself was a tester perfectly suited to their organs. Tracker instruments of pipe organs, and he called performance spaces. There is allow for greater expression the organ the “king of only one tracker organ by the organist, and they instruments.” Pipe organs currently, and that was hold up better over time. have been used since Old designed for a different Testament times, and as they space than the room where it blend across various is now played. kinds of pipes, there is We see a great nothing better suited for opportunity for making St. leading a congregation in Dunstan’s Church in sunny singing. and accessible Carmel Valley While the Monterey a new and cherished venue Peninsula is a place where for community musical “I was very pleased to the arts are enthusiastically gatherings, for education, learn that St. Dunstan’s embraced, there is a shortage and for spiritual uplift. Church plans to install a of fine pipe organs that are first-rate tracker action organ What makes a tracker action in its Carmel Valley organ special? sanctuary. New venues for Modern pipe organs the performance of fine often utilize electronic music enhance the cultural components that send scene in Monterey County, signals from the keyboards and make beautiful music to the pipes. With a tracker available for more people. I organ, the keyboard is encourage community physically connected to the support for the organ project mechanism that releases air at St. Dunstan’s.” into the pipes. This is the —Betsey Pearson, President ancient way of building The Carmel Bach Festival

4 The Proposed Instrument

15 Registers • 16 Stops • 17 Ranks • 950 Pipes

Details of Construction:

• Three manual attached • Bench with height • Freestanding case made console adjustment blocks of white oak • Manual compass of 58 • Console mirrors • Double-thickness swell notes, Pédale compass of (removable) box with tightly fitted 32 notes • Mechanical key action for shades • Manual keyboards have the manuals; electric key • Balanced rosewood blackwood naturals and action for the Pédale expression shoe with bone-covered rosewood • Electric stop action with brass toe plate sharps 10 level solid-state (mechanical linkage) • Pedalboard has hard combination action • Walkboards, ladders and maple naturals and • Bone-colored thumb case lights provided for rosewood sharps pistons with black ease of tuning and • Drawknobs placed in engraving maintenance vertical jambs • Toe pistons of polished • Quiet-running blower in • Music rack and brass with inset black silencing enclosure pedalboard lights rubber surfaces

5 How this dream will become a reality

Our goal is to raise $750,000, and as of early September 2014, we have already raised $450,000, which is well beyond half of what we need. In addition to this, one household has made a commitment for a gift of $50,000 through their will to endow a maintenance fund for the instrument.

We will record all contributions on a permanent donor wall:

! !$250,000 and above !Visionary Level—with naming rights ! !$100,000 to 249,999 !Jennifer Denmark Memorial Level ! !$50,000 to $99,999 !Patron Saint Level ! !$25,000 to $49,999!!Celestial Level ! !$10,000 to $24,999 !Archangel Level ! !$5,000 to $9,999 !!Angel Level ! !$1,000 to $4,999!!Cherubim Level ! !Up to $999!!!Supporter Level

You may give anonymously, or you may use your gift to honor someone special to you. Also, all donors will receive an invitation to the celebratory debut concert!

6 There are many advantageous ways to give.

If you would like to see this project become a reality, here are ways you might be able to leverage your support. We have experts that can guide you in setting up any of the following:

u A pledge of installments over time.

u A “Life Income” gift, such as a pooled income fund, charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust.

u A Living Trust gift of a pledged asset (such as a home) that can be used to secure major funding for the Organ yet will allow the donor to maintain the residence until it is no longer needed. We have worked out financing arrangements from Thrivent Financial for this project. This would be especially apt for reaching the Visionary Level with accompanying naming rights.

Please contact The Rev. Rob Fisher (831-402-9000, [email protected]) or Dr. Michael Hendrickson, chair of the Organ Campaign (831-624-6646, offi[email protected]) for further information.

We thank you for your interest and your support!

7 The Organ Project Q&A

How soon will the organ be We have reserved a place in Dobson’s building schedule for beginning built? the project in September 2014. (We are in line right before a major project by them at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue!) The organ will take about a year to build.

How much will the project We need to raise $750,000, total. We are more than half-way to this point cost? already. We locked in the price of the instrument at 2013 values with a design retainer. The instrument alone is $705,000, and we are aiming to raise $45,000 more for renovating the chancel as needed around the new instrument. A separate maintenance fund has already been established.

Can I give a planned gifts? Yes! In fact we already have one living trust gift for $50,000 and one gift of $50,000 toward maintenance. Thanks to Thrivent Financial, we are being offered the opportunity to finance the building of the instrument in the meantime until the principal arrives. The loan is designed to function as a revolving loan with no prepayment penalties.

How many organs has Ours will be only the third. Their most recent California instrument was Dobson built in California? built for the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, one of the largest organs in the country with 109 stops and over 6,000 pipes.

How will this new organ This organ will mesh a sensitive and subtle tactile connection at the compare to the other organs keyboard to an extremely warm and rich sound. It will serve the needs on the Peninsula? of church as well as for all sorts of added musical offerings, including master classes held by Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel Valley, and concerts for the Carmel Bach Festival. It will be one of only two tracker action pipe organs on the peninsula, and will be the only one designed specifically for the space in which it is installed.

What are the maintenance This organ would be expected to require tuning once or twice per year costs of such a pipe organ? and cost as little as $300 to $600 per year. Currently our electronic organ maintenance is $1000 to $2000 per annum.

Physical Address: 28003 Robinson Canyon Road in Carmel Valley Mailing Address: P.O. Box 101, Carmel Valley, CA 939243 offi[email protected] • 831.624.6646