Better Pipe Organ Database

Carl Barckhoff [Sr] (1887)

Zion Evangelical / Zion E & R / Zion Congregational / New Hope United Church of Christ: Sanctuary; front
1418 West Greenfield Avenue
Milwaukee, WI

OHS convention: 1990

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2016-07-02 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Ryan Mueller, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

1990 - Organ at rear of room (Photograph from an archival source: 1990 OHS Handbook, William T. Van Pelt, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
12 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Has combination trundles

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1990 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Was Zion Evangelical, then Zion E & R, then Zion UCC. Repaired about 1965 by Norbert Bershdorf. Historic Organs Recital 26 Jul 1990. -Database Manager

2024-07-07 - Updated through online information from David Bohn (July 7, 2024): Visited Church on 7/7/24; organ is no longer extant -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Received from Ryan Mueller 2015-03-09 Source: from recital program, July 1990; edits from 1990 OHS Handbook

Swell Principal 8 (metal), Gedeckt 8 (wood & metal), Flute Harmonic 4 (wood & metal), Salicional 8 (wood & metal), Tremulant

Pedal Sub Bass 16 (wood)

Great Bourdon 16 (TC) wood, Melodia 8 (wood & metal), Principal 8 (metal), Octave 4 (metal), Gamba 8 (metal), Quinte 3 (metal), Super Octave 2 (metal)

Swell to Great 8, Great to Pedal 8, Swell to Pedal 8

Websites

Fugue for Organ - Piece by Robert Noehren. Performed by Gary Zwicky. Produced by The Organ Historical Society in 1990 with the title: Historic Organs of Milwaukee: Twenty-five Historic Pipe Organs, Madison to Milwaukee (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)