Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1718 (1959)

Samford University: Buchanan Hall, Rm. 202
800 Lakeshore Drive
Homewood (Birmingham), AL

Images

ca. 1986 - Organ in classroom rear corner (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
4 stops
12 registers
2 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: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2007-05-25 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The school name was changed and its location changed in the late 1950s. "Martini" Holtkamp. 16' Quintadena bass, not Bourdon. -Database Manager

2008-05-31 - Updated through online information from Rene' Golden. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the console ca. 1986

Homewood (Birmingham), Alabama
Samford University

Holtkamp Organ Co. (Opus 1718, 1959)


   GREAT                       SWELL                 PEDAL
8  Gedackt               8     Quintadena         16 Quintadena
4  Principal             4     Gedackt            8  Gedackt
4  Quintadena            2     Principal          4  Principal
II Cymbel                1-1/3 Larigot            4  Quintadena


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
16    Quintadena      (Ped)  12  Extension of the 8’ Quintadena.
8     Gedackt      (Gt/Ped)  61
8     Quintadena       (Sw)  61
4     Principal    (Gt/Ped)  61
4     Gedackt          (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8’ Gedackt.
4     Quintadena   (Gt/Ped)  12  Extension of the 8' Quintadena.
2     Principal        (Sw)  12  Extension of the 4’ Principal.
1-1/3 Larigot          (Sw)  12  Extension of the 8’ Gedackt.
II    Cymbel           (Gt) 122  Beginning composition: 26-29.


PIPE SUMMARY
Gedackt........85 pipes
Quintadena.....85 pipes
Principal......73 pipes
Cymbel........122 pipes


ACTION: E-P unit
VOICES: 4
STOPS: 12
RANKS: 5
PIPES: 365