St. Adalberts Roman Catholic Church
66 Adalbert Street
Berea, OH
OHS convention: 2009
Images
2008-06-23 - Church Exterior (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-07-06 - Church exterior (Photograph by Jim Cook/Database Manager)
2009-03-12 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Organ gallery (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Organ gallery (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Relocated former facade pipes (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Swell shoe (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Organ (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2008-03-30 - Organ gallery from chancel (Photograph by Bill Van Pelt/Database Manager)
2007-12-05 - Swell shoe (Photograph by James Leek/Database Manager)
2007-12-05 - Organ façade (Photograph by James Leek/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 9 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1970 -Database Manager
2007-11-07 - Updated through online information from Mike Friesen. -Database Manager
2007-12-11 - Updated through online information from Leek Pipe Organ Company. -- The Leek Pipe Organ Company rebuilt the wind chests, installed linkages, sprayed the façade with a golden bronze and repaired wooden pedal cracked pipes. In addition Leek cleaned the organ and pipes and revoiced some pipes that had been altered from their original character. At some time, a blower was installed but scoops were removed. Additionally, some cone tuned pipes were converted to slide tuned. Additionally, the bellows have been releathered. -Database Manager
2008-09-24 - Updated through online information from Joseph McCabe. -- This likely was an older organ rebuilt in 1904 for the church. The pedal compass is 27 notes but there are only 17 pipes, meaning the remaining treble notes mechanically couple and are borrowed. The pipes have an older look to them than other similar Votteler Hetche organs. A couple of stenciled pipes with added new feet are behind the faced. These pipes used to be tubed off to the impost. The impost contains additional toe holes which can not be used since the upper half of the case seems to be of newer construction. From the impost down, it is very similar in construction style and molding detail to other circa 1900 GF Votteler's including the extant example at Franklin Circle Masonic Temple, Cleveland -Database Manager
2010-12-10 - Updated through online information from Connor Annable. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from James Leek Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Berea, Ohio
St. Adalbert's Roman Catholic Church
Votteler-Hetche Organ, 1904
STOPLIST
Swell:
Flute Harmonique 4'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Oboe Gamba 8'
Violin Diapason 8'
Tremolo
Great:
Open Diapason 8'
Dulciana 8'
Melodia 8'
Principal 4'
Pedal:
Bourdon 16'
Couplers:
Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
[Received via e-mail from James Leek, Leek Pipe Organ Company, December, 2007.]
Annotated stoplist from Joe McCabe Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
BEREA, OHIO
Saint Adalbert Catholic Church
66 Adalbert Street
Berea, Ohio 44017
Specification of 1904 Votteler-Hettche Organ Company organ:
GREAT (Manual I, right jamb, 8' on upper row, 4' on middle row)
8 Open Diapason (4 basses interior of stopped wood, in façade from E1 through F2, except G#1,
then 4 stenciled zinc pipes; remainder common metal, scribed "Op Diap";
scroll tuned except 12 trebles, 61 pipes)
8 Melodia (12 stopped wood basses, remainder open wood, scroll-tuned at top, 61 pipes)
8 Dulciana (12 basses grooved from 8' Melodia, spotted metal, 24 basses slotted,
25 trebles slided, 49 pipes)
4 Principal (61 pipes)
SWELL (Manual II, enclosed, left jamb)
8 Violin Diapason (12 basses Quintadena, 61 pipes)
8 Stopped Diapason (49 stopped wood basses, 12 open metal trebles, 61 pipes)
8 Oboe Gamba (12 basses grooved from 8' Violin Diapason, spotted metal, 49 pipes)
4 Flute Harmonique (harmonic from middle C, 61 pipes)
PEDAL (left jamb, bottom row)
16 Bourdon (at rear, stopped wood, breaks back an octave at F#2, 18 pipes)
COUPLERS (right jamb, bottom row)
Sw. to Gr. Coupler
Gr. to Ped. Coupler
Sw. to Ped. Coupler
ACCESSORIES
Tremolo (entire organ, left jamb, bottom row)
Bellows Signal (left jamb, bottom row, inoperable)
Balanced Swell expression shoe ("Votteler & Hettche/Cleveland/O.")
Wind indicator
Documents
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