Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Opus 1600 (1937)

First Congregational Church
La Grange, IL

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
3 manuals
38 stops
45 registers
4 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 (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Setterboard
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2008-12-20 - Identified through information published in John Ferguson's <i>Walter Holtkamp: American Organ Builder</i> (DMA treatise, Eastman School of Music, 1976). Although neither Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling nor their successor Holtkamp Organ Co. assigned Opus numbers to their instruments, this organ was identified in factory documents as Job number 1600. That number appears here as the Opus number of this instrument. -Database Manager

2015-10-26 - Updated through online information from Ron Yeater. -- Only older pipes were re-used. -- Great 61, Swell 73, Positiv 68 -Database Manager

2016-06-13 - Updated through online information from Jim Thompson. <br>According to the Midwest-Chicago OHS Chapter newsletter Spring 1996, Number 51, page 3, this organ was relocated in 1978 to Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.ohschicago.org/TSD/archives/TSD051.pdf -Database Manager

Stoplist

stoplist copied from factory records Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

La Grange, Illinois
First Congregational Church

Holtkamp Organ Co.   Job 1600   1937

PEDAL
    16  Contrabass          old
    16  Soubasse            old
     8  Violoncello         old Gt. 16' Dia.
     8  Flute               old Sw. 8' St. Dia.
     4  Choralbass          old Gt. 4' Prin.
     2  Nachthorn           new
    16  Bombarde            new
     8  Fagott              new
     4  Clarinette          new  
    16  Stille Posaune      Gt.
    16  Quintaton           Gt.

GREAT
    16  Quintaton           new
     8  Principal           new
     8  Salicional          old Sw Aeoline
     8  Hohlfloete          old Sw. Dia. (!) rescaled
     4  Octave              new
     4  Fugara              new
     2  Doublette           old Sw. Violina rescaled
     V  Plein Jeu 2 2/3'    new
    16  Stille Posaune      new
        Harp
        Chimes

SWELL
     8  Gambe               new
     8  Voix Celeste II rk. old  Sal. & Cel.
     8  Harmonic Flute      new, wood
     8  Bourdon             old Sw. Lieblich 16
     8  Ludwigtone          new
     4  Flute Octaviante    old Sw. Fl. Har. 4
     2  Piccolo             old
    IV  Mixture             new
   III  Dolce Cornet        old & new - 2 2/3' old Gt. Dulciana rescaled, 
                            2' old Gt. Gamba rescaled, 1 3/5' new
     8  Trompette           new
     4  Oboe Clarion        old 8' Oboe
     8  Vox Humana          old
        Tremolo

POSITIV
     8  Quintaton           new
     8  Gemshorn            new
     4  Prestant            new
     4  Rohrfloete          old Gt. Flute d'Am. 4
 2 2/3  Nazard              new
 1 3/5  Tierce              new
III-IV  Mixture             new
     8  Cromorne            new
        Harp                Gt.

The old pipes are from the church's old organ. builder unknown.

 [Received from Ron Yeater 2015-10-15.]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1937 Stoplist and description -Jeff Scofield