The new INC Central Temple Pipe Organ

The newly installed Pipe Organ was played for the first time during the worship service led by our Executive Minister Bro. Eduardo Manalo.






Local news about the Pipe Organ:

"Saturday’s special service, which started at 6 a.m., began with the singing of new hymns of praises accompanied by the pipe organ. Church organist Genesis Rivera, a doctor, was the first to play the instrument as part of worship. 

“The first public performance of the instrument with the choir and the congregation—and the organ itself—exceeded our expectations as the organ makers. It was a fabulous blend in every way,” Schlueter said.
Peter Duys, one of his senior staff members, said he could not be “more proud of the organ and the way it blended with the choir.” 

Rivera said the sound he produced playing had “power and majesty,” which was very different from that of an ordinary organ, hence the choir members became more inspired in their singing. 

Schleuter noted that in other US churches where his company had built and installed pipe organs, the instrument serves as the centerpiece and the choir is only secondary. 

But with the INC pipe organ, it was the other way around, he said, since its makers designed it in such a way that it would “complement the choir” and not overpower it. 

“The choir leads the congregation. So in designing the organ, we were really careful that we do not voice an organ that it so strong that it overpowers the choir,” Schleuter said. 

For Schleuter and Duys, the experience of attending the first public performance of the pipe organ with the choir and the congregation was a very unique one. 

“You can imagine, I’ve worked with about 15 different religious denominations in the United States, but this is probably the highest level of ability on the part of the congregation in singing,” he said. 

“We are so grateful and so honored to have built the organ,” said Schleuter, who said he would like to witness the grand centennial celebration of the INC on July 27."

source: inquirer.net