Better Pipe Organ Database

W. Zimmer & Sons, Inc. Opus 337 (1985)

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
1108 W. 24th St.
Billings, MT

Images

1996-10-13 - Organ facade (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1996-10-13 - Organ case from right showing side expression beside console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
18 stops
14 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons

Notes

2008-08-06 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- Free-standing and encased. Great over Swell. Pedal behind. Expression shutters installed in the front and right sides of the swellbox to allow the organist to hear the balance. The first 15 pipes of the Great 8' Principal are in the 5-sectional facade. Documented: October 13, 1996. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist copied from the console October 13, 1996 Date not recorded

Billings, Montana
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

W. ZIMMER and SONS, Inc., Opus 337, A.D. 1985 - Original Specifications


<u>GREAT</u>                                        <u>COUPLERS</u>
8      Principal                 61          Swell to Pedal                    8
8      Gedackt                   61          Great to Pedal                    8
4      Octave                    61
2      Hohlflöte                 61          Swell to Great                 16,8
III-IV Mixture    [19-22-26]    232
8      Trompete                  61
                                             <u>FINGER PISTONS</u>
                                             General                       1 - 4
<u>SWELL (Expressive)</u>                           Swell                         1 - 4
8      Gemshorn                  61          Great                         1 - 4
8      Celeste             (tc)  49          S   [Set]
4      Koppel Flöte              61          C
2      Principal                 61
1-1/3  Quint                     61
II     Sesquialtera        (tc)  98          <u>TOE STUDS</u>
       Tremolo                               General                       1 - 4
                                             Pedal                         1 - 4

<u>PEDAL</u>
16     Subbass                   32          <u>PEDAL MOVEMENTS</u>
8      Octave                    32          Swell Expression             (bal.)
8      Rohr Gedackt              12
4      Choral Bass               12
16     Fagott              (Gt)  --
4      Clarion             (Gt)  --


<u>ACTION</u>: E-P primary      <u>VOICES</u>: 14      <u>STOPS</u>: 18      <u>RANKS</u>: 18      <u>PIPES</u>: 1,028
             & unit


<u>NOTES</u>
The organ is free-standing and encased with the Great over the Swell and the Pedal behind.
Expression shutters were provided on the console [right] side of the case in addition to
the front allowing the organist to better hear the balance between divisions.  The first
15 pipes of the Great 8' Principal are in the 5-sectional façade.

The Swell 8' Celeste plays for 61 notes with notes 1-12 borrowed from the 8' Gemshorn.


<u>Sources</u>: Zimmer opus list; extant organ


Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (ELCA)
1108 W. 24th St.
Billings,  MT.  59102
(406) 656-1080                               <u>Documented</u>: October 13, 1996