OHS convention: 1990
2004-10-30 - Rebuilt J. Ross (England) c.1883. OCH from England; via Episcopal, Lubbock, TX. ; rebuilt by unknown, date unknown, to 3-29; rebuilt by J. C. Taylor c.1986. What did Earl Calvin (now deceased) of Long Beach, CA have to do with this instrument (see entry for his residence in Long Beach. -Database Manager
2014-09-07 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -Database Manager
2014-09-21 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -Database Manager
2021-10-26 - Part I: In March 1919, B. Schaeffer & Sons of Schleissingerville, Wisconsin, installed a pipe organ in the lower church; in 1924, they moved it lo the upper church. It was replaced there in 1949 by a three-manual instrument built by the Wangerin Organ Co. of Milwaukee, at a cost of $12,500. This instrument may have incorporated some parts of the Schaeffer. By 1985, the Wangerin organ was in need of major repairs, and J. C. Taylor recommended its replacement. He contacted the Organ Clearing House, which suggested the Wadsworth in strument. The organ had been built originally for the Park Road Wesleyan Chapel, Chorley, Lancashire, England, and rebuilt there by the original builders in 1893, at which time they made some tonal changes, added a mechanical combination action, and modernized the keydesk. In recent years, the organ was sold to an antique dealer in Texas, and brought to this country. It was subsequently moved several times, suffering much damage in the process, and was pretty close to being ready for the scrap heap when a crew from the Clearing House collected ii for delivery to the Taylor shop. It was recommended to St. James Church because it was just the right size, physically and tonally, and could be modified so as not to obstruct the rose window, a requirement of the buyers. Too, ii seemed clear that it was still salvageable. As indeed ii was, but not without a great deal of work. -- *1990 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
2021-10-26 - Part II: The action was completely reconstructed; the windchests and wind system were thoroughly rebuilt. Much of the pipework had been mangled during incompetent moving and storage, and many of the metal basses were beyond repair. J. C. Taylor cleaned and straightened as many as possible of the damaged pipes, and replaced the missing ones with miscellaneous used pipes. All the pipework is original Wadsworth except as noted. The Great Bourdon 16', the Choir Gedact 8', and the Swell Stop! Diapason 8' all have 24 stopped wood basses; the remainder of each rank is of spotted metal with stoppers. The Great Rohr Gedact 8' was probably recycled by Wadsworth from an older instrument with a 54-nole compass: 1-24 are of stopped wood with 13-24 having bored stoppers; 25-54 are of open wood with normal mouths (clarabellas); and the top two pipes are Wadsworth fill-ins. The Great Seventeelh 1 3/s' and the Great Mixture III are made up from recycled pipes, including some from the St. James Wangerin. The Choir Wald Flute 4' has 12 stopped wood basses; the remainder of the set is a clarabella. The Great and Choir are on a single chest, and the Great Gamba 8' borrows the bottom octave from the Choir Dulciana 8', as does the Choir Vio:oncello 8', both of which are of common metal. The shared bottom octave is of zinc, replacing original damaged common metal pipes. With the exception of the Great Harmonic Flute 4', which is of spotted metal, and 1-14 of the Open Diapason 8', a zinc replacement of the original bass, all the remaining Great and Choir pipework is of common metal. -Paul R. Marchesano
2021-10-26 - Part III: In the Swell, the Llebl. Bourdon 16' is of stopped wood throughout. The original Open Diapason 8' was too badly damaged to salvage, and the present set is from the church's previous organ, the 1949 Wangerin; the pipes, however, appear to be older than 1949, and may have been incorporated by Wangerin from the 1919 Schaeffer. The Viola 8' has some zinc replacement basses; the. remainder of the set Is of spotted metal, as are the Voix Celestes 8' and the Harmonic Piccolo 2'. The common metal Gemshorn 4' is actually cylindrical and the pipes are marked "Prin." The Mixture III has a few replacement pipes and was slightly repitched by adding one break. The reed stops utilize the Wadsworth blocks, shallots, and reeds, fitted with resonators recycled from the previous St. James organ. The original Pedal Open Diapason 16' was unusable, and the present set is from a 1911 Hann, Wangerin & Weickhardt organ originally in Sheboygan. The drawknob is the former Great to Pedals Coupler knob, once duplicated by a thumb piston and now available only by that piston. The Bourdon 16' is from a 1940 Wangerin built for a church in Neenah; the Octave 8' is the old St. James Wangerin Choir Diapason 8', rescaled one pipe smaller. The Trombone 16' is new, and was added by J. C. Taylor, as were the Seventeenth 1 3/5' and the Mixture III on the Great. These two slops are double-draw; the 1 3/s' is full draw of the half-draw Twelfth 22/3', making a Sesquialtera II; the Mixture III is full draw of the half-draw Fifteenth 2', making a Mixture IV. -- *1990 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist from Mark Miller. Source: Mark Miller Date not recorded
Madison, Wisconsin St James Catholic Church J.C. Taylor & Co (1987), Wadsworth Organ Co (1863 & 1898) GREAT ORGAN 16 Bourdon 8 Open Diapason 8 Rohrgedact 8 Gamba 4 Principal 4 Harmonic Flute 2-2/3 + 1-3/5 Twelfth/ Seventeenth* 2i+ III Fifteenth/Mixture* 8 Trumpet SWELL ORGAN 16 Lieblich Bourdon 8 Open Diapason 8 Stopt Diapason 8 Viola 8 Voix Celestes tc 4 Gemshorn 2 Harmonic Piccolo III Mixture 8 Cornopean 8 Oboe CHOIR ORGAN 8 Gedact 8 Violoncello 8 Dulciana 4 Wald Flute 8 Clarionet tc PEDAL 16 Open Diapason 16 Bourdon 8 Octave 16 Trombone * [Received from Richard C Greene 2014-04-24. Date correction 2021-10-26]
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