Better Pipe Organ Database

Foley-Biggers Organ Service (1991)

Plymouth Church, UCC: Sanctuary
2717 E. Hampshire St.
Milwaukee, WI

Images

2014-09-20 - Nave and Balcony (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)

2014-09-20 - Chancel and Organ Case (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)

2014-09-20 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)

2014-09-20 - Sanctuary Interior, Chancel, and Organ Case (Photograph by Ryan Mueller/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 58 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

Notes

2010-06-22 - Identified through on-line information from James R. Stettner. -- This was the completion of the organ built by Hammes-Foxe in 1983. The contract was awarded in 1990, and the additions were completed in 1991. The original Swell 4' Flute à Biberon was relocated to the Great, and other ranks were added to the Great, Swell, and Pedal. -Database Manager

2012-04-11 - Updated through online information from Donna Kummer. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from console, September 20, 2014 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Plymouth Church, UCC

Hammes-Foxe Organs Inc. - Opus 8, 1983
Tonal alterations by Foley-Biggers Organ Service, 1991. 

Great:                                Swell:
8'   Prinzipal                        8'   Rohrflote
8'   Holzgedackt                      8'   Gemshorn
4'   Octave                           8'   Celeste
4'   Flute a Biberon                  4'   Koppelflote
2'   Oktav                            2 2/3'  Nasat
2'   Blockflote                       2'   Prinzipal
1 1/3'  Quinte                        1 3/5'  Terz
IV   Mixture                          III     Scharf
8'   Trompete                         16' Dulcian
Chimes                                8'  Cromorne
                                      Tremulant

Pedal:
16'  Subbass
8'   Prinzipal
8'   Hohlflote
4'   Choralbass
III  Mixture
16'  Fagott
4'   Schalmei


Couplers:
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell to Great


 [Received from Ryan Mueller 2014-09-26.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#46687 - Hammes-Foxe Organs Inc. Opus 8 (1983)