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Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1649 (1950)

Syracuse University: Setnor Auditorium
Syracuse, NY

OHS convention: 2014

Images

Unknown - Pipe Display and Console (Photograph by Bob Wyer, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)

2011-10-08 - Stage and organ (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2011-10-08 - Pipe display (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2011-10-08 - Keydesk/Console and pipework above (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2019-03-30 - Several generations of Syracuse University Organ professors (Ryan J. Boyle/Ryan Boyle)

2017-08-28 - 16' Double Open pipe stamp (Ryan J. Boyle/Ryan Boyle)

2018-01-04 - Swell Celeste pipe stamp (Roosevelt) (Ryan J. Boyle/Ryan Boyle)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
56 stops
61 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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: Remote Pneumatic/Mechanical Capture
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

2004-10-30 - A mechanically new organ using some pipework from the existing Estey rebuild of Roosevelt Opus 423. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Contains many pipes from 1889 Frank Roosevelt Op. 423. -Database Manager

2016-09-03 - Updated through online information from Will Headlee. -Database Manager

2021-08-27 - Exhibited in the 2014 OHS convention -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the OHS 2014 <i>Organ Handbook 2014<i/> Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Syracuse, New York
       Syracuse University
       Crouse College Auditorium

       Holtkamp   Job 1649   1950   3/71
       _______________________________________________________

       GREAT

   16' Quintadena        61
    8' Principal         61
    8' Gemshorn          61  423 GT Gemshorn
    8' Gedackt           61  423 SW Stopped Diapason
    4' Octave            61
    4' Gross Octav       61  423 CH Geigen Principal, rescaled
    4' Spitzflöte        61
2 2/3' Quinte            61
    2' Super Octave      61
   IV  Mixture          244
  III  Scharf           183
   16' Dulzian           61  wood, 1/2-length resonators
    8' Schalmey          61

       SWELL

   16' Lieblich Gedackt  61  423 SW Bourdon
    8' Geigen Principal  61
    8' Rohrflöte         61
    8' Gamba             61  423 SW Salicional
    8' Gamba Celeste     56  423 SW Vox Celeste
    8' Flauto Dolce      61
    8' Flute Celeste     49
    4' Octave Geigen     61  423 SW Octave
    4' Bourdon           61  423 CH Flute d'Amour
    2' Flautino          61  423 SW Flageolet
1 1/3' Larigot           61
   II  Sesquialtera     122  423 SW Cornet
    V  Plein Jeu        305  
   16' Bassoon           61  1-12 1/4-length; 13-61 1/2-length
    8' Trompette         61
    8' Oboe              61
    4' Clarion           61

       POSITIV

    8' Copula            61
    8' Quintadena        61  423 CH Quintadena
    4' Principal         61
    4' Rohrflöte         61
2 2/3' Nazard            61
    2' Doublette         61
    2' Nachthorn         61
1 3/5' Tierce            61
    1' Sifflöte          61
  III  Cymbal           183
    8' Cromorne          61

       PEDAL

   32' Grand Bourdon     12  Aeolian Op. 1771 (Hendricks Chapel)
   16' Principal         32  423 GT Dbl Open in 423 façade
   16' Subbass           32  423 PD Bourdon
   16' Gamba             32  Aeolian, wood
   16' Quintadena        GT
   16' Lieblich Gedackt  SW
    8' Octave            32  423 GT 2nd Open Diapason
    8' Violon            32  423 SW Spitzflöte
    8' Stillegedackt     32
5 1/3' Quinte            32  423 SW Open Diapason
    4' Choral Bass       32  423 GT Octave
    4' Hohlflöte         32  423 SW Hohlflöte
    2' Piccolo           32
   II  Rauschquinte      64  423 GT Octave Quint and Super Octave
  III  Mixture           96  423 GT Mixture, rescaled
   16' Posaune           32  423 PD Trombone; top 2 pipes Estey Op. 2244
   16' Dulzian           GT
    8' Trumpet           32  Estey Op. 2244
    4' Rohr Schalmey     32
    2' Rohr Schalmey     12

       Stops marked with '423' are from the old organ, 
       Frank Roosevelt Op. 423, 1889

      [Received from Jeff Scofield January 26, 2016]

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