Better Pipe Organ Database

John Brombaugh & Associates Opus 29 (1987)

Iowa State University: Recital Hall
Ames, IA

Images

2016-11-28 - Organ case (Photograph by Central Iowa AGO, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

1990 - Facade (Photograph from an archival source: pipedreams.org, submitted by Brian Dobbelaere/Brian Dobbelaere)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
3 manuals
34 stops
34 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Combination action: None

Notes

2006-02-02 - Updated through on-line information from Ryan W. Frederick. -- Brustwerk (III) is enclosed in a cabinet above the music rack, may be opened manually. -Database Manager

2007-10-13 - Updated through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- 5-sectional main case housing Great and Brustwerk. 7-sectional Ruckpositiv case on organ gallery rail. Pedal cases on each side, detached from main case. Built between January 1985 and May 1986. Installed in 1986. Tonal finishing in 1987. Dedicated April 23-35, 1987. -Database Manager

2011-02-03 - Updated through on-line information from Ryan Frederick. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Brombaugh & Associates Source: Stoplist from Brombaugh & Associates Date not recorded

Ames, Iowa
Iowa State University Recital Hall

John Brombaugh & Associates, Opus 29, 1987


      GREAT ORGAN
16    Quintadena
8     Praestant
8     Holpijp
8     Oak Principal
4     Octave
4     Spitzflöte
2-2/3 Nasard
2     Octave
2     Gemshorn
1-3/5 Tierce
IV-VI Mixture
8     Trumpet
8     Vox Humana


      BRUSTWERK
8     Oak Gedackt
4     Wood Flute
2     Principal
II    Cymbal
IV    Cornet (descant)
8     Regal


      RUCKPOSITIVE
8     Gedackt
8 or 4 Praestant
4     Rohrflöte
2     Octave
II    Sesquialter
III   Scharff
8     Dulcian


      PEDAL
16    Praestant
8     Octave
4     Octave
2     Nachthorn
V     Mixture
16    Posaune
8     Trumpet
2     Cornett


[Received on line from Richard C Greene October 07, 2009.]

Websites

The Recital Hall [Ames Historical Society - Brombaugh Op. 29] - Photograph, stoplist, essay by John Brombaugh (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)