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Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus Job No. 1776 (1962)

Oberlin College: Warner Concert Hall
Oberlin, OH

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Movable Console
3 manuals
59 stops
59 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
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 (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2006-04-19 - 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: New organ, retaining five ranks from E. M. Skinner Opus 667, previously rebuilt by Holtkamp (1952). Replaced by Flentrop, 1974. -Database Manager

2007-06-08 - Updated through online information from William Gravesmill. -- This instrument was removed from Oberlin at the time of the Flentrop installation. It was totally cleaned at the Holtkamp factory and installed at Texas Tech University, Hemmle Hall, Lubbock Texas. It is extant there and recordings of it are available from Texas Tech Music Dept. -Database Manager

2007-07-23 - Updated through online information from William Gravesmill. -- This instrument was reconditioned at the Holtkamp factory and is now proudly serving Texas Tech University in Lubbock Texas. -Database Manager

2024-07-28 - The organ was moved to Texas Tech School of Music of Lubbock, TX. in 1977 and refurbished there in 2012. -Brock Downward

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from The Diapason November 1962 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Oberlin, Ohio
       Oberlin College Conservatory of Music

       Holtkamp   Job 1776   1962   3/82
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       GREAT                        POSITIV

   16' Bourdon        61         8' Copula        61
    8' Principal      61         8' Quintadena    61
    8' Gedackt        61         4' Praestant     61
    8' Gemshorn       61         4' Rohrflöte     61
    4' Octave         61     2 2/3' Nazard        61
    4' Spitzflöte     61         2' Octave        61
    2' Doublette      61         2' Blockflöte    61
    2' Flute          61     1 3/5' Tierce        61
1 1/3' Quinte         61     1 1/3' Quinte        61
   II  Sesquialtera  122        IV  Scharf       244
   IV  Mixture       244         I  Cymbal        61
  III  Scharf        183         8' Cromorne      73
   16' Trumpet        61         4' Schalmey      73
    8' Trumpet        73
    8' Dulzian        73            PEDAL

       SWELL                    16' Principal     32
                                16' Subbass       32
   16' Quintadena     61        16' Quintadena    32
    8' Rohrflöte      61         8' Octave        32
    8' Gamba          61         8' Spitzflöte    32
    8' Celeste        61         8' Gedackt       32
    4' Principal      61         4' Choralbass    32
    4' Bourdon        61         4' Flute         32
2 2/3' Nazard         61         2' Nachthorn     32
    2' Octave         61        II  Rauschquinte  64
    1' Piccolo        61         V  Mixture      160
    V  Cornet        220        32' Basun         32
   IV  Plein Jeu     244        16' Posaune       32
  III  Cymbale       183        16' Dulzian       32
   16' Fagott         61         8' Trumpet       32
    8' Trumpet        73         4' Clairon       32
    8' Oboe           73

      [Received from Jeff Scofield January 24, 2016]

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