Better Pipe Organ Database

Holtkamp Organ Co. Opus 1684 (1956)

Residence: William Scheide
133 Library Place
Princeton, NJ

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

Images

2018 - Side view of organ: Great on left, Positiv on right, Pedal in background (Photograph by John Bishop (Organ Clearing House), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018 - Keydesk with Great behind and Pedal 4' Choral Bass to the left (Photograph by John Bishop (Organ Clearing House), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018 - Exposed pipes and keydesk in living room (Photograph by John Bishop (Organ Clearing House), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018 - Organ pipes and keydesk in living room (Photograph by John Bishop (Organ Clearing House), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018 - Drone image of rear of house from above (Photograph from an archival source: Redfin Real Estate photo, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2018 - Front of house (Photograph from an archival source: Redfin Real Estate photo, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
10 stops
12 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2008-12-22 - Identified through information published in John Ferguson's *Walter Holtkamp: American Organ Builder* (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 1684. That number appears here as the Opus number of this instrument. -Database Manager

2010-05-31 - Updated through online information from Loren Southern, MD. -- Mrs. Scheide was kind enough to allow me to see the organ yesterday during a dinner for Princeton University alumni in a tent in the yard of her home. It sits in the corner of the Scheide living room, with fully exposed pipework, the usual Holtkamp style manuals, but the stops are drawknobs above the top manual. Of note is the fact that across the room, looking at the organ, is the famous Elias Haussman portrait of Bach holding BWV 1076! The organ appeared to be frequently played, with open music present. -Database Manager

2020-10-19 - Originally located here in the Princeton, NJ. home of William Scheide. Donated by Mrs. Scheide to Montgomery United Methodist Church in Belle Mead, NJ. Removed, renovated with tonal changes, and reinstalled by the Organ Clearing House in 2019. Re-leathered by Columbia Organ Leathers. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Source: John Bishop 10/16/2020

Princeton, New Jersey
Residence: William Scheide

Holtkamp Organ Co. (Opus 1684, 1956) - Original Specifications


    MANUAL I
16’ Quintadena
8’  Copula	
4’  Principal	
III Cymbel	
8’  Regal

    MANUAL II	
8’  Quintadena	
4’  Rohrflute	(wood)
2’  Principal	
1’  Sifflote

    PEDAL
16’ Quintadena	
8’  Gedeckt  extension
4’  Choral Bass

Three couplers
Glockenstern

Documents

(2020-10-16) Original location PDF showing photos of the original location of the organ, the house, and William Scheide's widow -John Bishop

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#65369 - Organ Clearing House (2019)