Better Pipe Organ Database

Gregor Hradetzky II (1967)

Stanford University: Dinkelspeil Auditorium
Palo Alto, CA

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

Images

Unknown - Organ Case and Console ((ca. 1967) Photograph from a university pamphlet; image courtesy of James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
16 stops
16 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - 56note man, 32note ped. On moveable platform. Sold c. Dec. 1993 to unknown, east coast. -Database Manager

2015-06-14 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The manual compass is from the AAA below the standard bottom CC thru e 53. -Database Manager

2024-12-26 - Actually, the compass is the standard 56 note C to g''' instead of starting at AA. When comparing how the stops on the left and right side of the keyboard look in the image on the last page of the document with how they look in the image, one sees that the image of the manuals at the end of the document is mirrored horizontally for unknown reasons. -William Rehwinkel

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from a University-published pamphlet about the organ Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Palo Alto, California
Stanford university - Dinkelspiel Auditorium

GREGOR HRADETZKY, Opus ___, 1967 - Original Specifications


HAUPTWERK                                    COUPLERS
   8'     Rohrflöte                 56          Rückpositiv to Pedal
   4'     Prinzipal                 56          Hauptwerk to Pedal
   2'     Waldflöte                 56
   II     Sesquialtera             112          Rückpositiv to Hauptwerk 
   IV-VI  Mixtur                   ___

                                             HITCH-DOWNS
RÜCKPOSITIV                                     II - Ped
   8'     Gedeckt                   56          I - Ped
   4'     Spitzflöte                56
   2'     Prinzipal                 56
   1-1/3' Quint                     56
   IV     Cymbel  2/3'             224
   8'     Cromorne                  56
          Tremulant                          ACTION: Mechanical Key & Stop

                                             VOICES: 16
PEDAL
   16'    Subbass                   32       STOPS: 16
   8'     Prinzipalbass             32
   4'     Choralbass                32       RANKS: 25
   2'     Nachthorn                 32
   16'    Fagott                    32       PIPES: 1,200+


NOTES
The organ is entirely free-standing and encased, and in addition is housed atop a
rolling platform which allows the organ to be placed anywhere on the stage, or rolled
off-stage for storage. The console is on the right and is enclosed by folding doors –
as is the entire casework. The Hauptwerk is immediately above the console and has a
3-sectional façade of 21 pipes from the 4' Prinzipal arranged: 7-7-7. The Pedal and
Rückpositiv are in the left side of the case with the Pedal over the Rückpositiv. The
Pedal also has a 3-sectional façade with 15 pipes of the 8' Prinzipalbass arranged:
5-5-5. And the Rückpositiv also has a 3-sectional façade with 30 pipes of the 2' 
Prinzipal arranged: 10-10-10. The organ was dedicated November 5, 1967.

Sources: University-published pamphlet about the organ with description,
         stoplist, and photos.

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2015-06-08.]

Documents

(1967-11-05) The New Hradetzky Organ in Dinkelspiel Auditorium Organ Dedication Brochure, courtesy of James Welch -Database Manager