2007-08-27 - Identified through online information from Douglas W. Craw. -- Renovated by Holtkamp in 1990 -Database Manager
2010-05-20 - Complete rebuild, expansion, and gallery organ by Holtkamp in 2007. -Database Manager
2019-08-21 - Updated by David Engen, who has heard or played the organ. <br>The Antiphonal was never installed, so the organ was actually 64 ranks in the gallery. <br>Prior to the Holtkamp rebuild, I knew this organ well. I did an organ degree at St. Olaf, did two recitals on it and a research paper. Was told by Arnold Flaten (art dept) that the chapel when built had 7 seconds of reverberations, which is what Herman and David Johnson designed the organ for. Acoustic changes before the organ was installed reduced reverberation to less than 2 seconds. Chests were NOT slider chests, but EP Pitman. -Database Manager
2020-06-10 - Rank and stop count is incorrect. There was some unification and duplexing. It was actually 75 ranks, 61 stops. As a senior, I did a graduate honors thesis that included analysis of the mixtures in the organ as well as a rank and stop count, which I still believe to be accurate. Presence of the prepared antiphonal in all listings adds to confusion of its size. Also, the Swell Mixture is IV-VI, not IV-IV. Great: 19 ranks Swell: 19 ranks Positiv: 21 ranks Pedal: 16 ranks 16' Gemshorn is duplexed to 8' on the Great. No other manual stops are duplexed this way. Pedal unification is 8' Gedeckt to 4'; 32' Contra-Fagott to 16'; 8' Trumpet to 4' and 2'. Stops duplexed to the pedal are the Great Gemshorn at 16' and 8' and the Positiv Ranket to 16' -David Engen
2021-03-02 - I did my senior graduation paper on this organ. The antiphonal was never installed, and the organ has never been 80 ranks. -David Engen
Stoplist from THE DIAPASON, Dec. 1960 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Northfield, Minnesota St Olaf College, Boe Memorial Chapel Schlicker Organ Co. (1960). GREAT ORGAN 16 Gemshorn 8 Principal 8 Gemshorn 8 Holzflöte 4 Octave 4 Spitzflöte 2-2/3 Quint 2 Octave V-VII Mixture IV Scharf 8 Trumpet Chimes 16 Trompeta Real 8 Trompeta Real 4 Trompeta Real SWELL ORGAN 16 Quintadena 8 Principal 8 Rohrflote 8 Salicional 8 Celeste 8 Dolce 4 Octave 4 Traversflote 2-2/3 Nasat 2 Waldflote IV-VI Mixture 16 Contra Fagott 8 Schalmei 4 Clarion Tremolo ANTIPHONAL 8 Rohrflöte 4 Spillflöte 2 Blockflöte II Mixture ANTIPHONAL PEDAL 16 Gedecktbass 4 Koppelflöte POSITIV ORGAN 8 Holzgedeckt 8 Quintadena 4 Principal 4 Rohrflöte 2 Octave 2 Nachthorn 1-1/3 Larigot 1 Sifflöte II Sesquialtera IV-V Mixture III Zimbel 16 Ranket 8 Krummhorn 4 Regal Tremolo Zimbelstern 16 Trompeta Real 8 Trompeta Real 4 Tompeta Real PEDAL ORGAN 16 Principal 16 Gemshorn 16 Subbass 16 Quintadena 8 Octave 8 Gemshorn 8 Gedeckt 4 Choralbass 4 Gedeckt 2 Hohlflöte III Rauschpfeife IV Mixture 32 Contra-Fagott 16 Fagott 16 Ranket 16 Trombone 8 Trumpet 4 Clarion 2 Cornet [Received on line from Richard C Greene March 03, 2009.]
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