St. Michael's By-the-Sea


The Ministry of Music

phone | 760.729.8901 ext. 113        Director of Music | Susan Lutz

The Chancel Organ

In 1972 Dorothy Kelly donated our 23 rank Casavant Pipe Organ to the church.  It served us well for many years.  With the growth of the choir, both in size and demands of the music, we decided to enlarge the Casavant.  Space being the critical factor we chose to add digital stops to the Casavant.  After much searching we chose the Phoenix organ company of Peterborough, Canada.  They specialize in organs for the Anglican Church and provided us with a three manual console with 45 digital stops.  The organ is a custom instrument with two specifications, playable separately, designed to accompany the Anglican service and play repertoire of the English Romantic and French Romantic periods.  The English sampled stops are from famous Harrison and Willis organs.  The French sampled stops are from Cavaille-Coll and Letourneau organs.