Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1815 (1970)

First Congregational Church: Sanctuary
310 Broadway Street
Eau Claire, MN

Images

Unknown - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: wisconsinhistory.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-04-26 - Organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
38 stops
40 registers
4 divisions
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
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

2006-01-03 - Identified through information adapted from E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: Replaced E. M. Skinner Opus 305 (1920). -Database Manager

2009-02-26 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

2017-07-29 - Updated by Harrison Lawrence, who maintains the organ. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from The Diapason March 1968 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

     Eau Claire, Wisconsin
     First Congregational Church

     Holtkamp   Job 1815   1967   3/51
     ___________________________________________

     GREAT                     POSITIV

 16' Quintadena  61         8' Copula         61
  8' Principal   61         4' Prestant       61
  8' Gedackt     61         4' Rohrflute      61
  4' Octave      61     2 2/3' Nazard         61
  4' Spitzflöte  61         2' Principal      61
  2' Doublette   61     1 3/5' Tierce         61
 IV  Mixture    244       III  Fourniture    183
III  Scharf     183         8' Cromorne       61
 16' Trumpet     61
  8' Trumpet     61            PEDAL

     SWELL                 16' Principal      32
                           16' Subbass        32
  8' Bourdon     61        16' Quintadena     GT
  8' Gamba       61         8' Octave         32
  8' Celeste     56         8' Flauto         32
  4' Gemshorn    61         4' Choralbass     32
  4' Fullflute   61         4' Nachthorn      32
  2' Octave      61        IV  Rauschwerk    128
  1' Glocklein   61        32' Contra Posaune 12
 IV  Plein Jeu  244        16' Posaune        32
 16' Fagott      61         8' Trumpet        32
  8' Oboe        61         4' Schalmey       32

    [Received from Jeff Scofield January 5, 2016]

Websites

Eau Claire, WI, First Congregational, Holtkamp - Photograph, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)