Better Pipe Organ Database

Jacob Teschemacher (1750)

Bethel College: Kauffman Museum
300 E 27th Street
North Newton, KS

Images

2014-02-24 - View of Organ in the Kaufmann Museum (Photograph by John Panning/Database Manager)

2014-02-24 - Keydesk (Photograph by John Panning/Database Manager)

2014-02-24 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by John Panning/Database Manager)

2014-02-24 - Rght stopjamb (Photograph by John Panning/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Removable Panel in Front of Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
6 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1995. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Built for Johannes Deknatel (Mennonite Pastor). Interited by his daughter, then her son, Jacob van der Smissen II. Brought to Wadsworth Institute, Wadsworth, OH by his son Carl Justus van der Smissen in 1869. Moved to Sommerfield, IL (1890's), then Goessel, KS (1901). Donated to Bethel College 1910 by his daughter, Wilhelmina (Mrs. Heinrich Schwake). Bourdon 8' (Holpijp 8'), viola 8' (treble), Fleut Traverso 4', Principal 2', Quint 1 1/3', Octava 1'. 4 octaves, 48 keys. (From interpretretive leaflet of the Kauffmann Museum. Contains line drawing.) Restored 1971 by Flentrop. -Database Manager

2014-02-25 - Updated through online information from John Panning. -Database Manager