Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Opus 1972 (1982)

Faith Lutheran Church / New Hope Lutheran Church
3125 5th Avenue South
Great Falls, MT

Images

Unknown - Gallery and Organ Cases (Photograph from The American Organist (June 1984); image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

1995-08-01 - Nave, Gallery, and Organ Cases (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-08-01 - Organ Cases (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-08-01 - Swell Division (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-08-01 - Pedal Division (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-08-01 - Pedal Pipework (Subbass, on back wall) (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1995-08-01 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
15 stops
15 registers
3 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: None

Notes

2007-04-28 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The asymmetrical light oak case is located in the rear gallery. The manuals are of wood. The first 22 pipes of the Great 8' Principal are are in the facade of the main case. the first 8 pipes of the Pedal 8' Floten Principal are in the facade of the attached Pedal case. The Great 8' Trumpet and Swell 8' Schalmey are dead length. The Pedal 16' Fagott resonators are scrolled. The Fagott is half-length. The Schalmey is half-length for the bottom octave, and then 2/3 length for the remainder of the reeds. The first 18 pipes of the Pedal 16' Subbass are on the back wall of the church, about 15' behind the case and about 30' off the vestibule floor. The stoplist and a picture of the organ appeared in the June 1984 issue of The American Organist, Vol. 18, No. 6, pg. 13, "Holtkamp ad." Source: extant organ, August 1995 and subsequent visits. -Database Manager

2016-10-01 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. Faith Lutheran had been an ELCA congregation. ELCA policy on some social issues were a stumbling block for some, who moved that Faith leave the ELCA. Those who withdrew have retained the name Faith Lutheran, but the remaining congregation reorganized as New Hope Lutheran in 2014. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from The American Organist June 1984 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

    Great Falls, Montana
    Faith Lutheran Church

    Holtkamp   Job 1972   1982   2/20
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    GREAT                    SWELL                PEDAL

 8' Gemshorn    61        8' Copula    61     16' Subbass          32
 8' Rohrgedackt 61        4' Rohrflöte 61      8' Flöten Principal 32
 4' Principal   61    1 1/3' Larigot   61      4' Choralbass       32
 2' Doublette   61      III  Scharf   183     16' Fagott           32
IV  Mixture    244        8' Schalmey  61
 8' Trumpet     61
    
              [Received from Jeff Scofield January 6, 2016]