St. Patrick's Church - Georgetown
2006 574th Avenue
Albia, IA
Images
2022-11-25 - Organ Dedication Plaque (Photograph by Adam Kurimski/Adam Kurimski)
2022-11-25 - Console (Photograph by Adam Kurimski/Adam Kurimski)
2015-04-05 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Manual and Couplers (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Opus Number (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Keydesk (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Organ Case (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Pedal Pipework (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Pump Handle (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
2015-04-05 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Benjamin K. Hoskins/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 7 stops
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Adjustable Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - Installed here c. 1920. -Database Manager
2010-11-04 - Updated through on-line information from Benjamin Hoskins. -Database Manager
2012-05-06 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The church is closed. -Database Manager
2012-10-18 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -- The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school closed in 1959. As the numbers of clergy started to decline, St. Patrick-s lost its resident priest and it was clustered with other parishes in Monroe County. It has been run by a lay Parish Life Coordinator under the direction of a Canonical Pastor since the 1990s. -Database Manager
2015-04-18 - Updated through online information from Benjamin K. Hoskins. -- The church has remained open and still holds weekly Mass. In the 1950s the church's ceiling was lowered to save on heating costs. Subsequently, the top half of the organ (facade pipework/casework and possibly swell box) was removed in order to fit under the new ceiling. In the 1980s, another renovation to the church took place, this time altering/raising the balcony ceiling so that the organ could be restored to its previous state. Restorative work in the 1980s presumably completed by Phil Hoenig of Fort Madison, IA. -Database Manager
2016-03-31 - Updated through online information from Phillip Hoenig. <br>I restored/rebuilt this back in 1988 have not seem in a number of years. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist taken from console April 5, 2015 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Albia, IA
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Georgetown, Iowa)
Hinners Organ Co.
Opus 2683, 1920s
Manual Key Action: Mechanical Tracker
Pedal Key Action: Tubular-Pneumatic
Stop Action: Mechanical
GREAT ORGAN
8' Open Diapason.....61 pipes - Metal
8' Melodia...........61 pipes - Wood, top octave Metal
8' Dulciana..........49 pipes - Metal (1-12 from 8' Melodia)
SWELL ORGAN
8' Stopped Diapason...61 pipes - Wood, top octave metal
8' Echo Salicional....49 pipes - Metal (1-12 from 8' Stopped Diapason)
4' Flute Harmonique...61 pipes - Wood, top octave metal
PEDAL ORGAN
16' Bourdon...........30 pipes - Wood
COUPLERS & ACCESSORIES
Swell Tremolo
Swell to Pedal Coupler
Swell to Great Coupler
Great Octave Coupler
Great to Pedal Coupler
COMBINATIONS (Adjustable & Double Acting)
Swell Piano
] Operated by Comb. Pedal No. 1
Great Piano
Swell Forte
] Operated by Comb. Pedal No. 2
Great Forte
[Received from Benjamin K. Hoskins April 11, 2015]
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