1. The biggest pipe organ in Hawai‘i is in dire need of restoration!
A Pipe Organ in Peril
The biggest pipe organ in Hawai‘i is in dire need of restoration!
The Cathedral of St. Andrew
Episcopal Diocese of Hawai‘i
Honolulu, HI

2. About the Pipe Organ
An Æolian-Skinner organ, the biggest in Hawai‘i and one of the 50 largest in the world.
Installed at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in 1961, it is the Cathedral’s fourth pipe organ.
The pipe organ is essential to…
Cathedral worship services
Concerts by community and visiting artists and music groups
Up to 20 weddings each week

3. Music Director Todd Beckham at the console

4. Organ Chambers (from console area)

5. View of the console from the organ chamber

6. Features of the Organ A four-manual Æolian Skinner organ
Main organ has 4,526 pipes, all custom-made
Special features include:
a half-length 32' Contra Fagotto
a high-pressure Trompette Harmonique
a remote Antiphonal organ in the gallery near the west doors
120 voices, 148 ranks

7. Pipes near the center screen

8. Wiring that connects the console
to the organ

9. Mitered bass pipes

10. Wind lines

11. “Choir” division pipes
behind swell box (on left)

12. Trumpet pipes (in foreground)

13. “Great” division pipes
behind swell box

14. Pipe with tuning scroll

15. Wind line to bass pipes

16. The Pipe Organ in Peril
Age: it’s nearly 60 years old. Leather and other materials are subject to natural decay in this climate
Environmental assaults include a leaking roof that has destroyed one entire set of pipes, and termites have caused extensive damage to the console and other components
Over 166 notes are permanently silent
Electrical problems cause some notes to play on their own!

17. Console electronics (showing termite dust below)

18. Water-damaged division

19. Wiring that connects the keys to the pipes

20. Restoration Plan
On-site analysis by Schoenstein & Co, oldest and largest organ factory in the US completed in 2014.
Planned remedial actions include:
Re-voicing the pipes
Replacing the console
In 2018 we plan to invite three organ repair specialists to provide estimates.

21. Pipes in the “Great” division

22. Control Wiring (bass pipes in background)

23. Bass Pipes

24. Control wiring panels

25. Organ pipes in the chamber

26. Costs and Benefits
Estimated total cost of the restoration project is $1M
The project will take about one year to complete
Value of the restored organ estimated to be nearly $2.5M

27. The organ is essential to the service!
Easter Sunday
The organ is essential to the service!

28. View from the organ chamber

29. Boys from St. Andrew’s Prep
learn music
from the organ.

30. View from the bell tower

31. Donors Will you join them?
Donors include Foundations and other organizations as well as pipe organ lovers around the world, many of whom have enjoyed worship, weddings, and concerts at the Cathedral.
Will you join them?