Better Pipe Organ Database

Eric A. Fiss (1965ca.)

St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church
535 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN

Images

Unknown - Facade (sounding Blockfloete pipes), console, and side view of sanctuary (Photograph by M. Ehlert/Database Manager)

2014-11-11 - Windchest (Photograph by M. Ehlert/Database Manager)

2014-11-11 - Trackers and Bellows (Photograph by M. Ehlert/Database Manager)

2014-11-11 - Pipework (Photograph by M. Ehlert/Database Manager)

2014-11-11 - Pipework and Windchest (Photograph by M. Ehlert/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
9 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 52 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: Fixed Mechanical

Notes

2004-10-30 - Positiv. -Database Manager

2014-11-20 - Updated through online information from Nicholas Ringwald. -- As of 11/8/2014 This organ has not been played in about 2 years, still in good condition mechanically. Tuning is a mixture of stoppers, tuning scrolls, and tuning collars. The original leather on the wind reservoir was replaced by rubbercloth ca. October 2012. Pallet leather and felt in good condition. Some minor mechanical adjustments needed. Full action easily accessible by removal of side and rear panels. Pipes in good condition, with exception of a few needing minor repairs (replacing/resoldering of pipe hooks) and a thorough check of the Mixtur and Siffloete. -Database Manager

Stoplist

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

St. Thomas Aquinas Church, West Lafayette, Indiana
c. 1965 Laukhuff-Fiss
(Stoplist: David Schnute 1997)

BASS
8' Gedeckt
4' Blockfloete
2' Principal
1' Mixtur IV

TREBLE
8' Rohrgedeckt
4' Blockfloete
2' Principal
1-1/3' Siffloete
2' Mixtur V

Pedal Coupled

Information derived from personnel correspondence with builder, 1975.

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