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Holtkamp Opus Job No. 1689 (1956)

Episcopal Theological School / Episcopal Divinity School: St. John's Chapel
99 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA

Images


1960's - Chapel exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Library of Congress, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019 - Chapel exterior (Photograph by J. B. Chandler on Google, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

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Notes

2008-12-22 - 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 1689. That number appears here as the Opus number of this instrument. -Database Manager

2023-10-27 - The Episcopal Divinity School, loosely affiliated with Harvard, closed in 2016 and the students transfered to Union Theological in NYC. As of 2023 the campus is unused and the status of the organ is a matter of concern. -Scot Huntington


Stoplist

Source: Taken from console 5/2/13

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Episcopal Divinity School

Holtkamp, Job No. 1689, 1956


      GREAT II (61 notes)
16    Quintadena
8     Principal
8     Gedackt
4     Octave
4     Spitzflote
2     Doublette
      Mixture
8     Trumpet


      SWELL (61 Notes)
8     Flute a Chemini
8     Gambe
8     Voix celeste
8     Lieblich Gedackt
4     Bourdon
2-2/3 Nazard 
2     Blockflute
1-3/5 Tierce 
8     Fagot
4     Rohr Schalmei


      POSITIV I (56 notes)
8     Copula
4     Prestant
4     Rohrflote
2     Principal
1-1/3 Quinte 
      Cymbal
8     Cromorne


      PEDAL (32 notes)
16    Principal
16    Quintadena  (Gt)
8     Octave
8     Flauto Dolce
4     Choral Bass
16    Posaune
4     Schalmey


      COUPLERS
Undocumented


       FINGER PISTONS
Undocumented


       TOE STUDS
Undocumented


       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression          (bal.)
Crescendo                 (bal.)


       NOTES
Modern Multilevel capture system
Yes, there is no Bourdon 16 in the Pedal
There is a typical array of pistons: 6 Generals, ~5 divisionals, etc.
S/P, Pos/P, G/P reversibles


Console and pipework are in a gallery within and in front of a tower
which is located at the "south" side of the nave, approximately central
in the room.


[Received from Mark Nelson 2013-05-04.]

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