Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College - Fairchild Chapel
The Mary McIntosh Bridge Memorial Organ

John Brombaugh & Associates   Opus 25   1981            2 manuals, 15 stops, 19 ranks
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          WERCK - Manual I
       8' Præstant         52 a (CC, DD, FF# and GG# from Gedackt 8')
       8' Oak Principal    52   (CC, DD, FF# and GG# from Gedackt 8')
       8' Gedackt          56
       4' Octava           56
       4' Spitzpype        56
       2' Octava           56
       3' Quinta        ]
      II  Sesquialtera  ] 112 b
   V-VII  Mixtura         382
       8' Trommett         56 a

          BRUSTWERCK - Manual II
       8' Regal            45 (permanently engaged)
       3' Hohlquinta       31 (discant, from c') 

          This division patterned after the original pre-Schnitgerian Brustwerck
          in Lüdingworth, Niedersaxony, Germany.

          PEDAL
      16' Subbass (wood)   28
       8' Præstant         WK
       8' Trommett         WK


a Manual stops playable in Pedal by transmission

b Quinta and Sesquialtera use one stop-knob with Quinta playing when full drawn
  Sesquialtera begins at c' or cis' at choice of organist to accommodate various
  compositional styles/requirements


Organ tuned in pure 1/4 SC Meantone temperament with Subsemitonien eb/dis, 
gis/ab & gis/bb on Werck & Pedal divisions

Keyboard compasses: Werck, 52 notes: CDE - c ''' in "gebrockene Octav" form;
Brustwerk, 50 notes: CDEFGA - c ''' in "kurz Octav" form;
Pedal, 28 notes: CDE - d ' in Schnitgerian form
Coupler: Werck / Pedal
Tremulant to entire organ, adjustable
Mechanical key action, suspended; mechanical stop action

Metal flue pipes of finest lead/tin alloys, hammered and voiced for vocale sound
Cone tuning used for open metal flue pipes; soldered domed hats for stopped metal pipes
Reeds arranged for easy tuning by the organist
Façade pipe mouths gilded with 23 carat goldleaf

Wind system made with two wedge bellows which may be foot pumped in historic manner
or may be winded by an electrical blower when desired.

[Received from Steven E. Lawson  August 19, 2014]