Better Pipe Organ Database

Schantz Organ Co. Opus 2304 (2010)

St. Joseph Catholic Church: Church
61 N. 23rd Street
Battle Creek, MI

Images

2010-08-17 - Organ Case and Pipe Display (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Nave, Gallery, and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Gallery and Organ Case (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Console (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

2010-08-17 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Chad Boorsma/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
30 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2010-03-25 - Identified through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ is in an oak case. The console has naturals made of bone and sharps made of rosewood. -Database Manager

2010-04-11 - Updated through online information from Stephen Hall. -- Organ was dedicated with recital by Roger Nyquist on 4/09/2010 (on-line article in Battle Creek Enquirer dated 4/10/2010). -Database Manager

2010-08-19 - Updated through online information from Chad Boorsma. -- The organ is equipped with 99 levels of memory, MIDI, transposer, and playback capabilities. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Schantz factory specifications Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Battle Creek, Michigan
SAINT JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH

Schantz Organ Company    Opus 2304    21 ranks    2010
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GREAT:                        SWELL:                    PEDAL:
   16' Lieblich Gedeckt [SW]   8' Bourdon 61             32' Resultant
    8' Principal 61            8' Salcional 61           16' Subbass 56
    8' Rohrflöte 61            8' Voix Celeste [TC] 49   16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 [SW]
    4' Octave 61               4' Principal 61            8' Octave 44
    4' Traversflöte 61         4' Koppelflöte 61          8' Subbass
2 2/3' Nazard 61               2' Hohlflöte 61            8' Gedeckt [SW]
    2' Gemshorn 61             8' Trompette 61            4' Choralbass
1 3/5' Tierce 61               8' Oboe 61                 4' Flute 
   IV  Mixture 244                Tremulant              16' Contre Trompette 12
       Tremulant                                          8' Trompette [SW]
    8' Trompette [SW]                                     4' Oboe [SW]
    8' Oboe [SW] 
 
[Received on line from Chad Boorsma • May 5, 2010]