2004-10-30 - Built in 1883 for Christ Church, Louisville, KY. Moved here 1904 [by Marshall-Bennett?]. Relocated to McDowall Recital Hall & rebuilt by Balcom & Vaughan in 1952, 3-55, electric pulldowns, with Reuter console. -Database Manager
2016-01-02 - Updated through online information from Joe O'Donnell. <br>The organ was relocated by an unknown builder (possibly Balcom & Vaughan) to Chism Recital Hall in the Hall of Music, presumably at the time of the building's construction. The console is on a movable platform but normally resides in a dedicated room at the right side of the stage, just below the organ chamber.<br><br>The drawknobs are in an advanced state of deterioration, rendering the organ unusable, though it is playable. There have been tonal changes, primarily new reeds and mixtures. The Tracker article from 1960 indicates a Choir enclosure also housing part of the Great. In the present installation the Swell is the only enclosed division, and its shades are moved by a first-generation Peterson controller. -Database Manager
2022-03-08 - The organ was installed here in 1905, second hand. A contemporary newspaper account states the organ was from Arch Street Presbyterian in Philadelphia, however there are inscriptions within the organ “Christ Church, Louisville”, which was opus 118, 1883, and an identical instrument; very similar to catalog Style 54. 58-note manual chests, 27-note pedal chest; electrified in 1952. -- *2008 OHS Atlas* -Paul R. Marchesano
Typed stoplist from the OHS PC Database. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington
Roosevelt?
Tracker 4:2 January 1960 Page 9
GREAT
16' Double Open Diapason
8' Open Diapason
8' Doppel Flute
8' Viola d'Gamba
8' Gemshorn
4' Octave
4' Flute Harmonic
2-2/3' Octave Quint
2' Super Octave
Mixture III & IV
8' Trumpet
SWELL
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional 8'
8' Quintadena
4' Octave
4' Harmonic Flute
2' Flageolet
III Cornet
8' Cornopean
8' Oboe
CHOIR
8' Geigen Principal
8' Concert Flute
8' Dulciana
4' Rohr Flute
4' Fugara
2' Harmonic Piccolo
8' Clarinet
PEDAL
16' Open Diapason
16' Bourdon
10 2/3' Quinte
8' Violoncello
Electrified 1952 by Balcom & Vaughn of Seattle with a new Reuter Console.
Relocated to Chism Recital Hall in the new Hall of Music 1985 or later.
The TRACKER article alludes to some mystery regarding its origin. While certain that it originally
was intended for somewhere else, where, what with inscriptions on wind chests and anectotal
information, seems unclear.
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