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Pipe Organs Hawaii Opus 1 (1976)

Kaumakapili Church, U.C.C.
766 N. King Street
Honolulu, Oahu, HI

Images

2004-03-22 - Church interior and facade (Photo by David Franzen/Database Manager)

2004-03-22 - Chancel & facade from gallery (Photo by David Franzen/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Facade from right (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Facade from left (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Facade, straight-on (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Console from right (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Console from left (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Manuals and stops (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Great stops (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Swell stops (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Pedal stops (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

2009-06-07 - Pipes (Photo by Sybil Schoenstein/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
25 stops
5 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons

Notes

2009-06-12 - Identified through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was designed by Terrence P. Schoenstein, and installed by Richard Harger. The console was built locally of native Koa wood by E. John Harger. The 5 ranks are: Principal, Bourdon, Viola, Viola Celeste, and Oboe. The console is prepared for the addition of a III Mixture. The facade pipes are believed to be from the 1911 pipe organ, which is thought to have been a Bergstrom. -Database Manager

2009-06-13 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -Database Manager

2014-09-19 - Updated through online information from Richard Harger. -- This organ was designed by, built by and installed by Richard Harger. -Database Manager

2021-02-09 - Kaumakapili Church is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places in 2004 and is significant for its association with the establishment of Protestant Christianity in Hawaii. It is the centerpiece of the 48,457 square foot North King Street campus. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console June 7, 2009 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Honolulu, Ohau, Hawai'i
Kaumakapili CHurch, U.C.C.

Pipe Organs Hawai'i, 1976 - Original Specifications

GREAT (Expressive)
   8'     Principal
   8'     Bourdon
   8'     Viola
   4'     Octave
   4'     Gedeckt
   2-2/3' Quinte
   2'     Super Octave
   1-3/5' Tierce
   III    Mixture 2'  [prepared]
   
   Great to Great 4'

SWELL (Expressive)
   8'     Viola
   8'     Viola Celeste
   8'     Bourdon
   4'     Fugara
   4'     Gedeckt
   2'     Flageolet
   1-1/3' Quinte
   III    Mixture 1'  [prepared]
   8'     Oboe
   4'     Clarion
          Tremulant

   Swell to Swell 16'
   Swell Unison Off
   Swell to Swell 4'

PEDAL
   16'    Bourdon
   8'     Principal
   8'     Gedeckt
   8'     Viola
   4'     Octave
   4'     Gedeckt
   III    Mixture 2'  [prepared]
   8'     Oboe
   4'     Clarion

PIPE SUMMARY
   Principal...................85
   Bourdon/Gedeckt.............97
   Viola.......................85
   Viola Celeste...............49
   Oboe........................73


COUPLERS
   Swell to Pedal               8
   Great to Pedal               8
   Swell to Great               8

FINGER PISTONS
   General                  1 - 6
   SFZ                      (rev)
   Set
   Gen Can

TOE STUDS
   None

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

ACTION: Electro-Mechanical
VOICES: 5 (6 w/preps)
STOPS: 25 (28 w/preps)
RANKS: 5  (8 w/preps)
PIPES: 389

NOTES
The stoplist and all pertinent notes about the organ were generously
sent to me by church organist Sybil Schoenstein.

 [Received on line from James R. Stettner June 14, 2009.]

Websites

KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH - Interior architect photos from 2004 Preservation/Rehabilitation project, including photo of the organ facade. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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