As we celebrate the 235th birthday of our great nation, we asked a number of community leaders to share their thoughts on what the Fourth of July means to them. Here are the responses we received: The Fourth of July reminds me very simply of our freedom. This year, like last, is also a time for reflection on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as our youngest adult child, Sgt. Kenneth Butler, will be heading back to Afghanistan in a couple weeks, like he did at this time last year.
The standard organ manual keyboard has 61 keys and the pedal keyboard has 32 keys. Most pipe organs have at least two manual keyboards and large.
As is the case for most of the worldâs giant organs, the organ at St. Stephenâs took shape gradually over the course of centuries. The contemporary version consists of five separate organs in varying tonal styles amounting to 17,774 pipes, 223 registers, and four chimes.