Better Pipe Organ Database

Karl Wilhelm (1978)

St. Olaf College: Skifter Hall
1500 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN

Images

2017-07-01 - Keydesk (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Database Manager)

2017-07-01 - Pipework (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Database Manager)

2017-07-01 - Casework and Keydesk (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
6 stops
6 registers
3 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: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2010-05-28 - Identified through online information from Andrew Schaeffer. -Database Manager

2017-08-16 - Updated by Andrew Schaeffer, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

2024-02-22 - Transferred notes from duplicate entry. Database Manager on October 29th, 2004: Practice organ. Database Manager on February 8th, 2007: Updated through on-line information from Martin Hill. Database Manager on May 23rd, 2011: Updated through on-line information from Martin Hill. -- Moved to St. Olaf college, Northfield MN. Jim Stettner on February 19th, 2024: Updated through on-line information from Dr. Andrew Schaeffer: Organ was moved to St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, in 2010. -Paul R. Marchesano

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console May 26, 2010 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Manual I
8' Rohrflote (stopped, metal)
4' Traversefloete (open, wood)
2' Prinzipal (open, metal)

Manual II
8' Gedeckt (stopped, metal)
4' Traversefloete (open, wood, from Man. I)
1 1/3' Quint (open, metal)

Pedal
8' Bourdon (stopped, wood, operated by a hitchdown.)

[Received on line from Andrew Schaeffer May 31, 2010.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#71200 - Ericksen, Christian and Associates (2010)