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 The idea for a pipe organ to enhance the worship at St. Andrew’s Church was first shared with the Building Committee about 2002. Several musicians in the parish encouraged the committee to include space for a future pipe organ in their plans for the new church. This meant that the architectural drawings had to include large enough chambers to allow for the organ pipes, and space in the choir area for the organ console.
Those chambers were included in the construction, and are located upstairs behind and on either side of the altar. All 1750 pipes are in two rooms behind the screens on either side of the altar retablo.
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Ed Raymond is carefully arranging long wooden vertical shutters in neat rows across a sidewalk, getting them ready to paint. When they're finished, the shutters, which look much like vertical Venetian blinds, will be mounted behind a screened area in the sanctuary of St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church.
"They're going to control the volume of music from our new pipe organ," Raymond said while opening a can of white paint. As one of the church's parishioners, Raymond has been helping with the installation of a 1949 Moller organ, a project organ builder Michael O'Sullivan has been working on since August 2007.
Once installed, the three-manual organ, with its 1,750 pipes, will be the largest pipe organ in southeastern Arizona. St. Andrew Church purchased the organ when O'Sullivan learned about a Baptist church in Racine, Wis., that wanted to sell the majestic instrument. O'Sullivan traveled to the church, played the organ and listened to its sound. Satisfied with what he heard, he took it apart and arranged to have it shipped to Sierra Vista, where it would be the newest addition to St. Andrew Church's music program. "It's a nice organ," O'Sullivan said. "I've taken care of other Moller organs of this vintage, so I have something to compare it to. And I was happy with how this one sounds."
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