ORGAN HISTORY:
The Radanovich Pipe Organ
The Radanovich Pipe Organ is a 33 rank, three manual, 56 stop, 2,060 pipe organ with Artisan
computerized combination action. The organ was completed in the fall of 2000 for the 50th
anniversary of Christ the King Lutheran Church of Delafield, Wisconsin.
This beautiful and unique instrument is not the result of the usual purchase of a new commercial
pipe organ. Rather, it evolved. It is the result of a gift from the congregation of Covenant
Presbyterian Church of Madison, Wisconsin and the time and financial generosity and the
support of many members of the congregation of Christ the King Lutheran Church of Delafield,
Wisconsin.
CTK purchased a new seven and a half rank organ from Hunt Organ Company of Minneapolis as
a starter instrument in 1967. It was never intended to be the final implementation. The current
church building, completed in 1967, was designed and built with the expectation that it would
have a much larger, multi-chamber organ. For thirty years the little Hunt organ served the
church only partially filling a third of the space provided. Periodically, the congregation
evaluated additions or even replacements, however no action was taken due to the cost. That
organ, however, became a valuable part of the new organ.
Following a baptism in November 1996, a member of the extended baptismal family mentioned
to Pastor David Peters that a church in Madison had received a large donation for a new pipe
organ and that their current pipe organ might be available. A subsequent conversation between
Pastor Peters and Pastor Bill King of Covenant Presbyterian Church eventually led to an offer of
their Wangerin pipe organ to Christ the King.
Realizing that a gift of an organ is only part of the process, a committee was quickly formed.
Within weeks a decision was necessary to either accept or reject the gift of the organ, knowing
only that there would be significant associated costs, and some unknown amount of effort.
The church was only just completing a major building expansion program and the mortgage
payments had not yet begun. The congregation had to choose whether or not to fund organ costs
even in the midst of the building program fundraiser. Almost immediately $40,000 was offered
by members toward a total project of an estimated $80,000 to $120,000. The project was
underway. The Church Council and Congregation agreed to contract the project limited to funds
available. Before the organ was significantly completed, and while fund raising was still
underway, two large gifts satisfied the fund raising goal for the entire organ project.
The new CTK organ was conceived and developed through the technical and musical skills of
Joseph Radanovich of Radanovich and Associates Pipe Organs, Milwaukee. Radanovich was
selected from a larger group of eight builders and contractors and organ company
representatives.
Completion of this organ was not a simple challenge. It required 3½ years from the time of the
gift to complete negotiations, remove the Madison organ, pack and store it, raise funds, relocate
storage, design and install the organ. Rebuilding and installation took over 1½ years alone.
Building modifications had to be completed and the chambers prepared for the much larger
instrument. An estimated 1,900 volunteer hours were required to complete the project.
Individual parts of this organ comprise a variety of histories having come from a number of other
organs, some quite old and some worthy of note.
The Covenant Presbyterian Church organ itself consisted of three organs that had been brought
together to form one. William Berkemeier, a now-retired University of Wisconsin professor of
mathematics, and other members of that church assembled and maintained that organ.
A major segment of that organ came from The Methodist Church of Burlington, Wisconsin. It
was originally built by the Wangerin Organ Company of Milwaukee. It consisted of seven ranks
and about 450 pipes. A second part of the Covenant organ came from the Chapel at Saint Mary's
Hospital in Madison. It contained 8 ranks and about 550 pipes. The third major part came from
Oak Park Theater in Oak Park, Illinois.
The three manual console, manufactured by the Schaefer Organ Company of Slinger, Wisconsin,
was removed from the former Notre Dame Mother House which is now Concordia University of
Mequon, Wisconsin. It was refinished and refurbished by Wolfgang and Johnson Pipe Organs,
Milwaukee. The 2.5 horsepower main Spencer blower also came from Concordia.
The pedal board was removed and rebuilt from the original CTK Hunt organ.
The console side jambs, coupler rails and kick panel were refitted with new switching, and the
Artisan combination action were installed and programmed by Tim Patterson of Patterson Organ
Works, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The beautiful 21-note Deagan Chime set, only recently purchased by Covenant, was part of the
gift from that church.
The remainder of the organ contains a variety of other sourced parts:
The Vox Humana came from Faith Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.
The Three Rank Swell mixture and Four-Foot octave came from the Congregational Church in
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Three different organ companies manufactured the four wind chests in the swell chamber:
Schaefer, Wicks and Wangerin.
The great division of the organ includes six chests. Two came from the Covenant organ. One is a
Schaefer, one a Wangerin and two were custom built by Radanovich.
All of the stops in the great division are from the Covenant organ with the exception of the
strikingly beautiful multi-wood Flute Triangular, which was custom built for Berea Lutheran
Church in Milwaukee by American Organ Supply Company, Milwaukee.
The Choir-Positiv division consists primarily of the
original Hunt organ with additions of the Dulciana
and the Unda Maris pipes.
32 pipes of the 8' and 4' Principal came from a
catholic church in Marquette Michigan.
J. B. Meyer Organ Company of Milwaukee made
many of the metal pipes, and many of these pipes
were made for the Wangerin Organ Company of
Milwaukee.
A. R. Schopp of Alliance, Ohio, made the 16' and 8' Trumpet pipes.
ORGAN SPECIFICATION
GREAT SWELL
16’ Principal 16’ Bourdon
8’ Diapason 8’ Diapason
8’ Stopped Diapason 8’ Bourdon
4’ Octave 8’ Viol d’Orchestre
4’ Flute Triangular 8’ Viol Celeste
2 2/3’ Quint 8’ Salicional
2’ Fifteenth 8’ Voix Celeste
III-VI Fourniture 4’ Octave
16’ Contra Trumpet 4’ Flute
8’ Trumpet 2 2/3’ Nazard
Chimes 2’ Flute
Tremulant 1 3/5’ Tierce
Great Sub III Mixture
Great Unison Off 16’ Contra
Trompette
Great Super 8’ Trompette
Choir Unison 8’ Oboe
Choir Super 8’ Vox Humana
MIDI to Great 4’ Clarion
Tremulant
Swell Sub
Swell Unison Off
Swell Super
Swell Nave Shades
Off
MIDI to Swell
CHOIR-POSITIV PEDAL
16’ Gedeckt 32’ Contra Soubasse
8’ Principal 32’ Contra Bourdon
8’ Gedeckt 16’ Open Diapason
8’ Dulciana 16’ Soubasse
8’ Unda Maris 16’ Bourdon (SW)
4’ Octave 8’ Octave
4’ Flute 8’ Flute
2 2/3’ Nazard 8’ Bourdon (SW)
2’ Principal 5 1/3’ Quint (SW)
1 1/3’ Quint 4’ Choral Bass
1 Octave 32’ Trombone
III Scharf 16’ Contra Trumpet (GT)
8’ Tuba 8’ Trumpet (GT)
8’ Cromorne 4’ Cromorne (CH)
Tremulant Great Unison
Choir Sub Swell Unison
Choir Unison Off Choir Unison
Choir Super Great Super
Swell Sub Swell Super
Swell Unison Choir Super
Swell Super Cymbalstern
Choir/Great Manual Transfer MIDI to Pedal
MIDI to Choir/Positiv
ORGAN HISTORY:
The Radanovich Pipe Organ
The Radanovich Pipe Organ is a 33 rank, three manual, 56 stop, 2,060 pipe organ with Artisan
computerized combination action. The organ was completed in the fall of 2000 for the 50th
anniversary of Christ the King Lutheran Church of Delafield, Wisconsin.
This beautiful and unique instrument is not the result of the usual purchase of a new commercial
pipe organ. Rather, it evolved. It is the result of a gift from the congregation of Covenant
Presbyterian Church of Madison, Wisconsin and the time and financial generosity and the
support of many members of the congregation of Christ the King Lutheran Church of Delafield,
Wisconsin.
CTK purchased a new seven and a half rank organ from Hunt Organ Company of Minneapolis as
a starter instrument in 1967. It was never intended to be the final implementation. The current
church building, completed in 1967, was designed and built with the expectation that it would
have a much larger, multi-chamber organ. For thirty years the little Hunt organ served the
church only partially filling a third of the space provided. Periodically, the congregation
evaluated additions or even replacements, however no action was taken due to the cost. That
organ, however, became a valuable part of the new organ.
Following a baptism in November 1996, a member of the extended baptismal family mentioned
to Pastor David Peters that a church in Madison had received a large donation for a new pipe
organ and that their current pipe organ might be available. A subsequent conversation between
Pastor Peters and Pastor Bill King of Covenant Presbyterian Church eventually led to an offer of
their Wangerin pipe organ to Christ the King.
Realizing that a gift of an organ is only part of the process, a committee was quickly formed.
Within weeks a decision was necessary to either accept or reject the gift of the organ, knowing
only that there would be significant associated costs, and some unknown amount of effort.
The church was only just completing a major building expansion program and the mortgage
payments had not yet begun. The congregation had to choose whether or not to fund organ costs
even in the midst of the building program fundraiser. Almost immediately $40,000 was offered
by members toward a total project of an estimated $80,000 to $120,000. The project was
underway. The Church Council and Congregation agreed to contract the project limited to funds
available. Before the organ was significantly completed, and while fund raising was still
underway, two large gifts satisfied the fund raising goal for the entire organ project.
The new CTK organ was conceived and developed through the technical and musical skills of
Joseph Radanovich of Radanovich and Associates Pipe Organs, Milwaukee. Radanovich was
selected from a larger group of eight builders and contractors and organ company
representatives.
Completion of this organ was not a simple challenge. It required 3½ years from the time of the
gift to complete negotiations, remove the Madison organ, pack and store it, raise funds, relocate
storage, design and install the organ. Rebuilding and installation took over 1½ years alone.
Building modifications had to be completed and the chambers prepared for the much larger
instrument. An estimated 1,900 volunteer hours were required to complete the project.
Individual parts of this organ comprise a variety of histories having come from a number of other
organs, some quite old and some worthy of note.
The Covenant Presbyterian Church organ itself consisted of three organs that had been brought
together to form one. William Berkemeier, a now-retired University of Wisconsin professor of
mathematics, and other members of that church assembled and maintained that organ.
A major segment of that organ came from The Methodist Church of Burlington, Wisconsin. It
was originally built by the Wangerin Organ Company of Milwaukee. It consisted of seven ranks
and about 450 pipes. A second part of the Covenant organ came from the Chapel at Saint Mary's
Hospital in Madison. It contained 8 ranks and about 550 pipes. The third major part came from
Oak Park Theater in Oak Park, Illinois.
The three manual console, manufactured by the Schaefer Organ Company of Slinger, Wisconsin,
was removed from the former Notre Dame Mother House which is now Concordia University of
Mequon, Wisconsin. It was refinished and refurbished by Wolfgang and Johnson Pipe Organs,
Milwaukee. The 2.5 horsepower main Spencer blower also came from Concordia.
The pedal board was removed and rebuilt from the original CTK Hunt organ.
The console side jambs, coupler rails and kick panel were refitted with new switching, and the
Artisan combination action were installed and programmed by Tim Patterson of Patterson Organ
Works, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The beautiful 21-note Deagan Chime set, only recently purchased by Covenant, was part of the
gift from that church.
The remainder of the organ contains a variety of other sourced parts:
The Vox Humana came from Faith Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.
The Three Rank Swell mixture and Four-Foot octave came from the Congregational Church in
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Three different organ companies manufactured the four wind chests in the swell chamber:
Schaefer, Wicks and Wangerin.
The great division of the organ includes six chests. Two came from the Covenant organ. One is a
Schaefer, one a Wangerin and two were custom built by Radanovich.
All of the stops in the great division are from the Covenant organ with the exception of the
strikingly beautiful multi-wood Flute Triangular, which was custom built for Berea Lutheran
Church in Milwaukee by American Organ Supply Company, Milwaukee.
The Choir-Positiv division consists primarily of the
original Hunt organ with additions of the Dulciana
and the Unda Maris pipes.
32 pipes of the 8' and 4' Principal came from a
catholic church in Marquette Michigan.
J. B. Meyer Organ Company of Milwaukee made
many of the metal pipes, and many of these pipes
were made for the Wangerin Organ Company of
Milwaukee.
A. R. Schopp of Alliance, Ohio, made the 16' and 8' Trumpet pipes.
ORGAN SPECIFICATION
GREAT SWELL
16’ Principal 16’ Bourdon
8’ Diapason 8’ Diapason
8’ Stopped Diapason 8’ Bourdon
4’ Octave 8’ Viol d’Orchestre
4’ Flute Triangular 8’ Viol Celeste
2 2/3’ Quint 8’ Salicional
2’ Fifteenth 8’ Voix Celeste
III-VI Fourniture 4’ Octave
16’ Contra Trumpet 4’ Flute
8’ Trumpet 2 2/3’ Nazard
Chimes 2’ Flute
Tremulant 1 3/5’ Tierce
Great Sub III Mixture
Great Unison Off 16’ Contra
Trompette
Great Super 8’ Trompette
Choir Unison 8’ Oboe
Choir Super 8’ Vox Humana
MIDI to Great 4’ Clarion
Tremulant
Swell Sub
Swell Unison Off
Swell Super
Swell Nave Shades
Off
MIDI to Swell
CHOIR-POSITIV PEDAL
16’ Gedeckt 32’ Contra Soubasse
8’ Principal 32’ Contra Bourdon
8’ Gedeckt 16’ Open Diapason
8’ Dulciana 16’ Soubasse
8’ Unda Maris 16’ Bourdon (SW)
4’ Octave 8’ Octave
4’ Flute 8’ Flute
2 2/3’ Nazard 8’ Bourdon (SW)
2’ Principal 5 1/3’ Quint (SW)
1 1/3’ Quint 4’ Choral Bass
1 Octave 32’ Trombone
III Scharf 16’ Contra Trumpet (GT)
8’ Tuba 8’ Trumpet (GT)
8’ Cromorne 4’ Cromorne (CH)
Tremulant Great Unison
Choir Sub Swell Unison
Choir Unison Off Choir Unison
Choir Super Great Super
Swell Sub Swell Super
Swell Unison Choir Super
Swell Super Cymbalstern
Choir/Great Manual Transfer MIDI to Pedal
MIDI to Choir/Positiv