Traffic Stops on Seventh Street

October 25, 2009

Saturday morning was a busy one while the building contractor and mechanical contractor literally stopped traffic for the delivery of the church’s new chiller. Not too different from a home system, the chiller is used to produce chilled water that passes through a condensing system in order to make cold air for the air conditioning.
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Highly visible progress on both Church and Organ

September 14, 2009

After a summer of mostly detail work in the renovation of the church and building of a new organ, these two photos show some exciting (and visible) progress.
At the C. B. Fisk Workshops in Gloucester, Mass., Nami Hamada has been principally responsible for the building of the keyboard, shown mostly completed here. More clearly seen [...]

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Fisk Tour Showcases All Aspects of Opus 136 Under Development

July 22, 2009

Vestry Member Maria Long and Building Committee Member Rob Smith took time out from their summer vacation in Maine to visit the workshops of the C. B. Fisk Company where St. Peter’s new organ, Fisk Opus 136, is being built. Outside of Boston, in Gloucester, Mass., Fisk’s facility encompasses all aspects of the organ building [...]

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Conversion of the Transept Begins

July 16, 2009

With the pipe organ and choir seating moving to the rear of the nave, that space will be available for seating. First, with the removal of the organ console and choir risers, that area is being provisioned to mirror the transept seating that’s adjacent to the existing chancel. Likewise, with the removal of the organ [...]

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Roof and Flashing Work Continues

July 10, 2009

Work on the roof repair, gutters, and flash continues on all sides of the nave roof. Crews have erected scaffolding to enable workers to get to the tricky corners safely. Pictured here are two view of the roof of the nave, just above what would be the back of the chancel from the inside. This [...]

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Unique Views of St. Peter’s, Inside and Out

June 26, 2009

The painstaking working of the renovation continues day-by-day and has reveal some unique view of the interior of the church. The back third of the nave, once the site of the narthex and several rose of pews, is now covered in an immense erector-set-like scaffolding that reaches up to the ceiling. From here, there’s literally [...]

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Field Trip: Fisk Workshop in Gloucester, Mass.

June 5, 2009

Preliminary work for C. B. Fisk Opus 136 has begun in the Fisk workshops in Gloucester, Mass. Vestry Member Mark Boyd and Building Committee member Andre Fleuriel sent great photos of the organ in its earliest stages.

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The Slow Work of Demolition Continues

May 29, 2009

A large sign at the corner of Seventh and Tryon Streets announces that St. Peter’s is still open for worship during our exciting renovation project. While the church is closed to the public, work inside is proceeding methodically. Surprises are inevitable as the layers of flooring, plaster, and other materials are removed. As each of [...]

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Work on the New Organ, Fisk Op. 136, Enters the Design Phase

May 16, 2009

While the demolition of the nave interior begins, with the removal of the 1934 Austin organ, the floor, and the heating and air system, the team at the Fisk Organ Company in Gloucester, Mass. have begun the modeling, design, and engineering process for St. Peter’s new organ, Opus 136.

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Interior Demolition Moves Right Along

May 14, 2009

Over the past two weeks General Contractor Hostetter & Keach has been busy starting the interior demolition of the church. Without delay, the stained glass windows were covered with protective plywood, demolition permits acquired, and work started. The church is now a hard hat area, with access highly restricted to construction and architectural personnel only.

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