FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Mansfield, Texas
BEFORE...
Church sanctuary before the recent renovation and expansion.
Note:
There is no preparation for an organ.
Church Organ Associates
staff
collaborated with
architects to design proper organ spaces.
RENOVATION...
Included
new organ chambers (left and right) and a new organ
gallery ideally
located above and behind the choir loft.
Not pictured is the Antiphonal
Organ located
above the entrance at the back of the church.
AFTER...
Renovation and expansion of the sanctuary have been finished.
The
new 3-manual Custom Allen Organ
installation has been completed.
First
United Methodist Church, Mansfield celebrates their new
Allen Organ with
a gala organ dedication concert with
international organist Carlo Curley.
FROM
THE ORGAN CONSULTANT...
"For centuries, the organ has served the church: It is the liturgy of the church that largely has inspired the art of organ building. One may argue that the organ should be first and foremost a practical, flexible musical instrument, but in its highest form it should make an artistic statement. It should inspire not only those who worship and listen to its musical message but also those of us who play the organ and have the privilege of practicing the art of organ building toward an ever-growing creativity.
The Organ in Mansfield First United Methodist Church is one of a kind, built especially for the congregation. But also it is a new kind of instrument--one which I, who have been immersed in the creation of several hundred pipe organs since 1971, could not have envisioned as being musically viable even a decade ago. Its musical voice represents a seamless merger of the art of pipe organ building and the flexibility and the practical application of digitally sampled sound through the state-of-the-art computer technology. May its many voices serve to inspire and to uplift the worship of this congregation for decades hence."
- Burton Tidwell, Organbuilder