Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 887 (1967)

Indiana University: IU Auditorium
Bloomington, IN

Images

1967 - Auditorium interior and exposed pipes (Photograph by Courtesy of the Schantz Organ Co., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-05-01 - Choir pipework (Photograph by Jerry Mead /Jerry Mead )

2023-05-01 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Jerry Mead/Jerry Mead)

2023-05-01 - Great and Pedal pipework (Photograph by Jerry Mead/Jerry Mead)

2023-05-01 - Console (Photograph by Jerry Mead /Jerry Mead)

2023-05-01 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Jerry Mead /Jerry Mead)

2023-05-01 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by Jerry Mead /Jerry Mead)

2023-05-01 - Pipework (Photograph by Jerry Mead/Jerry Mead)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
60 stops
88 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-05-06 - Redesign and rebuild of the Auditorium's previous 1944 Aeolian Skinner, Op. 1045. Most pipework was new. -Database Manager

2009-05-05 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Incorporates six ranks from previous Aeolian-Skinner/Roosevelt organ which had been damaged by fire (information from South Indiana AGO website, accessed May 4, 2009) -Database Manager

2011-06-12 - Updated through on-line information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Schantz sales promotional flyer Source: Source not recorded 1967-1969

       Bloomington, Indiana
       Indiana University, IU Auditorium

       Schantz   Op. 887   1969   4/79
       _______________________________________________________

       GREAT                           CHOIR
   16' Violone              61     16' Gemshorn             68
    8' Principal            61      8' Principal            68
    8' Spitzflöte           61      8' Hohlflöte            68
    4' Octave               61      8' Dolcan               12
    4' Flute Harmonique     61      8' Dolcan Celeste       56
2 2/3' Twelfth              61      8' Doppelflöte          68
    2' Super Octave         61      4' Principal            68      
   IV  Fourniture          244      4' Flute d'Amour        68
  III  Scharf              183      2' Italian Principal    61
    8' Trompete             61      8' English Horn         68
       Sub                          8' Orchestral Oboe      68
       Unison Off                      Tremulant
       Super                           Sub
    8' Chancellor's Trumpet 61         Unison Off
                                       Super
       SWELL                           Chimes
   16' Lieblich Gedackt     68      8' Chancellor's Trumpet GT
    8' Geigen Principal     68
    8' Rohrflöte            12         SOLO
    8' Viola                68      8' Bell Gamba           68
    8' Viola Celeste        61      8' Doppelflöte          CH
    8' Flauto Dolce         68     VI  Grand Mixture       248
    8' Flute Celeste        56      8' Fanfare Trompette    GT   
    4' Prestant             68      8' English Horn         CH
    4' Flute Conique        68      8' Orchestral Oboe      CH
2 2/3' Nasard               61
    2' Octavin              61         PEDAL
    2' Waldflöte            61     32' Untersatz             5
1 3/5' Tierce               61     16' Principal            32 *
   IV  Plein Jeu           244     16' Subbass              32
   16' Fagot                68     16' Violone              GT
    8' Trompette            68     16' Gemshorn             CH
    8' Fagot                12     16' Quintaton            PO
    8' Vox Humana           68     16' Lieblich Gedackt     SW
    4' Clarion              68      8' Principal            32 *
       Tremulant                    8' Flachflöte           32
       Sub                          8' Flute                12
       Unison Off                   8' Cello                GT
       Super                        8' Gemshorn             CH
                                    8' Quintaton            PO
       POSITIV                      8' Rohrflöte            SW
   16' Quintaton            61      4' Choralbass           32
    8' Holzgedackt          61      4' Nachthorn            32
    8' Quintaton            12      2' Nachthorn            12
    4' Principal            61     IV  Mixture             128
    4' Koppelflöte          61     32' Bombarde             32
    2' Principal            61     16' Bombarde             12
    2' Blockflöte           61     16' Fagot                SW
1 1/3' Larigot              61      8' Bombarde             12
    1' Sifflöte             61      8' Fagot                SW
   IV  Mixture             244      4' Bombarde             12
    8' Krummhorn (copper)   61      4' Fagot                SW
    4' Rohrschalmey         61      4' Krummhorn            PO
       Tremulant                    2' Rohrschalmey         PO
       Sub
       Unison Off                   *  exposed

      [Received online from Jeff Scofield  June 9, 2011]

Websites

Southern Indiana chapter of the American Guild of Organists - Extensive photographs, link to additional information (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)