Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2009-08-16 - Identified through research conducted by Sand Lawn, courtesy of David Scribner. -Database Manager
2015-07-04 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- A photo on the University's website dated May 2014 showed the Holtkamp organ as being there at that time. The case work is much darker than the original installation photo on the Holtkamp website. The organ is to be replaced by Paul Fritz Opus 37 in 2016. -Database Manager
2016-03-31 - Last played December 27, 2015; the pipework is going to St. Pius X Parish in Granger, Indiana; the console will be moved to the Basilica's small museum. -Database Manager
2016-04-14 - Updated through online information from John Igoe. Web page describes the December 2016 removal of this instrument. AB Pipe Organ is building a large, complex electric-action organ for a new church under construction for St. Pius X parish in Granger, Indiana. The Holtkamp pipework will be incorporated into the new instrument at Granger. -Database Manager
Specification from builder's and university's web sites Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
South Bend, Indiana University of Notre Dame - Basilica of the Sacred Heart Holtkamp Organ Company Job 1939 1978 3 manuals, 42 stops, 56 ranks ____________________________________________________________________________ GREAT ORGAN SWELL ORGAN 16' Quintadena 61 8' Gamba 61 8' Principal 61 8' Voix Celeste (GG) 54 8' Rohrgedackt 61 8' Hohlflöte 61 4' Octave 61 4' Principal 61 4' Spitzflöte 61 4' Holzgedackt 61 2' Superoctave 61 2' Waldflöte 61 Mixture IV 244 1 1/3' Larigot 61 Scharf III 183 Plein Jeu IV 244 8' Trumpet 61 16' Dulzian 61 8' Fagott 61 POSITIV ORGAN 4' Clairon 61 8' Copula 61 Tremolo 4' Praestant 61 4' Rohrflöte 61 PEDAL ORGAN 2 2/3' Nazard 61 32' Bourdon 12 2' Doublette 61 16' Principal 32 1 3/5' Tierce 61 16' Quintadena GT 1' Glocklein 61 16' Bourdon 32 Fourniture IV 244 8' Octave 32 8' Cromorne 61 8' Flute 32 Tremolo 4' Nachthorn 32 8' Fanfara (horizontal) 61 4' Choralbass 32 Rauschbass IV 128 COMBINATIONS (8 levels) 16' Posaune 32 Great 4 8' Trumpet 32 Swell 4 4' Schalmey 32 Positiv 4 Pedal 4 COUPLERS General 6 Great to Pedal Set Swell to Pedal General Cancel Positiv to Pedal Swell to Great REVERSIBLES Positiv to Great Sforzando (thumb) Swell to Positiv [Received from Steven E. Lawson 2015-03-31]
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