Bloomfield Hills, MI St. Hugo of the Hills R. C. Church – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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Patrick J. Murphy & Associates is pleased to announce completion of the renovation of the chapel organ for Saint Hugo’s Roman Catholic Church located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

The 24 rank instrument was built in 1935 by Casavant Frères of Sainte-Hyacinthe, Québec, as their Opus 1506.  The main organ and console are in the rear gallery, and there is a small echo organ above and to the left of the altar at the east end.   Several tonal changes have been made since the instrument’s original installation.

The completed work includes releathering of all chest pneumatics and updating the console with the latest solid state technology. The existing pipework was thoroughly cleaned and voiced for optimal speech.  Several vintage pipe ranks were added to allow the instrument to be more successful in leading congregational singing, accompanying, and rendering the organ literature.

John E. Sittard is Director of Music Ministries and David Enos is Music Associate and Carillonneur.

Great	Swell	Echo	Pedal
8′ Open Diapason	16′ Gedeckt	8′ Chimney Flute	16′ Bourdon
8′ Hohlflute *	8′ Open Diapason	8′ Muted Viol	16′ Gedeckt
8′ Spitzflute	8′ Stopped Diapason	8′ Viole Celeste	8′ Major Bass
8′ Flute Celeste gg	8′ Viola da Gamba	8′ Corno d′ Amore	8′ Stopped Bass
4′ Principal	8′ Voix Celeste gg	8′ Tuba *	16′ Trombone *
2′ Fifteenth	4′ Principal	Tremulant	16′ Echo Bourdon
II Mixture *	4′ Traverse Flute	Chimes
8′ Clarinet	III Dolce Cornet *
8′ Tromba *	8′ Oboe
Tremulant	8′ Tuba (echo)
Chimes	8′ Tromba (gt)		*PJM additions
	Tremulant