2008-12-24 - 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 1724. That number appears here as the Opus number of this instrument. -Database Manager
2016-06-12 - Updated through online information from Jim Thompson. <br>The stop list (http://www.agolexington.org/central-christian-lexington-stoplist.pdf) is on the Lexington AGO website. It also indicates that Associated Organ Builders added 85 digital voices to this instrument, and that in 1994 4 ranks in the Swell were replaced (unmentioned supplier). The church's web site seems quite out-of-date, but mentions a start of a fund to releather the pipe chests (2007, with no update beyond the initial information). -Database Manager
2018-02-23 - Updated by Grant Holcomb, who has heard or played the organ.<br> The Holtkamp pipework is mostly original. The console was renovated in 1990 by AOB. -Database Manager
2022-02-26 - The organ was installed with two identical consoles - one hidden with the choir behind the reredos and the other a movable one on the main floor in the front; many analog voices added in 1990 by Associated Organ Builders; wings in Holtkamp-style were added on each side of the console to console the new stops; Holtkamp will rebuild the organ in 2022, apparently returning it to the 1964 stoplist with a few appropriate additions. -Jeff Scofield
Source: Website of Lexington Chapter, AGO
Lexington, Kentucky
Central Christian Church
Holtkamp Job 1724 1960 3/38
_________________________________________
GREAT SWELL
16' Quintadena 61 8' Copula 61
8' Principal 61 4' Prestant 61
8' Gedackt 61 4' Rohrflöte 61
4' Octave 61 2 2/3' Nazard 61
4' Spitzflöte 61 2' Octava 61
2' Super Octave 61 1 3/5' Tierce 61
IV Plein Jeu 244 III Fourniture 183
8' Trumpet 61 8' Cromorne 61
Tremolo
SWELL Unison Off
8' Chimney Flute 61 Super
8' Gambe 61
8' Voix Celeste 49 PEDAL
4' Octave 61 a 16' Principal 12 e
4' Spillflöte 61 b 16' Subbass 32 f
2' Flautino 61 c 16' Quintadena GT
1 1/3' Larigot 61 d 8' Principal 32
8' Hautbois 61 8' Bourdon 32
4' Clarion 61 4' Choral Bass 32
Tremolo III Mixture 96
Unison Off 16' Posaune 32
Super 8' Trumpet 12
4' Clarion 12
a Replaced Dulciana in 1964
b Replaced Gemshorn in 1964
c Replaced Fifteenth in 1964
d Replaced Cymbal in 1964
e Along the back chamber wall
f 13 wood pipes along back wall
and 19 wood pipes on a unit chest
[Received from Jeff Scofield Feb. 25, 2022]Regrettably, it is not possible to display the information about the sponsor of this pipeorgandatabase entry or if there is a sponsor. Please see About Sponsors on Pipe Organ Database.