Better Pipe Organ Database

Odenbrett & Abler Opus 1881 (1881)

St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church: Chapel (former church)
1800 Station Road
Valley City, OH

OHS convention: 2009

Images

2008-05-01 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-05-01 - Chapel Exterior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-05-01 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-05-01 - Keydesk and Pedalboard (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-05-01 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-05-01 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2009-03-12 - Rear gallery and organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
2 manuals
18 stops
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)

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1963 -Database Manager

2005-08-23 - On-line update from David W. Morris -- Organ is in wonderful condition and is used regularly for Weddings and funerals and other liturgies that are held in the chapel (former church). Was used regularly for all liturgical events until new, larger church was built a few years ago to be used for weekend liturgies and events requiring larger seating accomodations. -Database Manager

2008-02-18 - Updated through online information from William M. Worden. -- Restored by Homer Blanchard c. 1960-65; tubular pedal action was dependent on a huge thin channelboard and was considered hopeless; replaced with electric action to pedal stops only. -Database Manager

2009-07-14 - Updated through online information from Don Daley. -Database Manager

2010-12-10 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager

2015-02-18 - Updated through online information from David Bohn. -- Blanchard electrified the originally tubular pneumatic pedal action, and built new chests for the three pedal ranks. -Database Manager

2019-07-24 - Updated by Adam James, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Steve Dickson. <br> <br>From what I was told by Mr. Steve Dickson, the current caretaker of this beautiful instrument, this Odenbrett and Abler op.1881 is the only working one in existence. Although this organ is old, it plays loud and proud! -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Saint Martin's R. C.;  Valley City, Ohio
1881 Odenbrett & Abler
(Stoplist Schnute 1997)

GREAT
16' Bourdon
8' Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Viola di Gamba
4' Octave
4' Flute Harmonic
2-2/3' Twelfth
2' Fifteenth
8' Trumpet

SWELL
8' Geigen Principal
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Violina
4' Flute d'Amour
4' Fugara
8' Oboe & Bassoon

PEDAL
16' Diapason
16' Subbass
8' Violoncello

A fascinating article by Homer Blanchard, who restored it in 1962.  Evidently it was in bad shape.



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