Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling
1938
Originally Johnson Organ Co.
St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church
1930 W. 54th Street
Cleveland, OH, US
41 Ranks
Instrument ID: 9440 ● Builder ID: 6451 ● Location ID: 8713
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
Design: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal4 Divisions34 Stops34 RegistersElectrical Key Action✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)Stop Layout: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Updated through online information from david dunkle. -- The fabulous thing about the addition of the wooden 16' reed is that the acoustic is in excess of 5 seconds! My choir on the East side of Cleveland made a recording of a cappella music of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony, rec. by the rec. engineers of the Cleve. Orchestra there in 1979. One of the most fabulous buildings in North America, visually and acoustically.
Database Manager on October 24th, 2010:
Updated through online information from david dunkle. -- In the late 70s, or early '80s, an interested friend of the church got hold of a 32-note wooden 16' Skinner Bombarde. Bought it, transported it in a truck and installed in the Holtkamp organ. Sits on a separate chest on back wall. The organ never had a 16' reed before that.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
The original builder was Johnson Organ Co. (1886, Opus664).
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1995
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
All-electric magnets later fitted, builder not named. Johnson Swell slider chests rebuilt in place by Carl Emerson in 1995. [Johnson was 2m.]
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