Better Pipe Organ Database

A. J. Schantz, Sons & Co. (1943)

St. John United Church of Christ
101 Tremont Avenue S. E.
Massillon, OH

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Images

2021-04-09 - Chancel and organ chamber grilles (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
3 manuals
16 stops
33 registers
4 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)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2011-08-25 - Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -Database Manager

2013-06-24 - Updated through online information from Tim Pettay. -- This organ was replaced in 1973 with an electronic. The pipes were located in two chambers (right and left) in the chancel ceiling. There were no visible pipes. The organ sound passed through into the room below through a lattice work grille. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON November 1943

       Massillon, Ohio
       St. John's United Church of Christ

       Schantz   1943   3/16
       _______________________________________________

       GREAT (enclosed)            SWELL
    8' Open Diapason   73      16' Bourdon          61
    8' Melodia         73       8' String Diapason  73
    8' Dulciana        CH       8' Stopped Diapason 12
    4' Octave          73       8' Salicional       73
    4' Flute           --       8' Voix Celeste     61
    4' Dulciana        CH       4' Flute d'Amour    12
2 2/3' Twelfth         61   2 2/3' Nazard            7
    2' Fifteenth       61       2' Flautino          5
                                8' Muted Trumpet    73
       CHOIR                    8' Oboe             73
    8' Geigen Diapason 73
    8' Melodia         GT          PEDAL
    8' Dulciana        61      16' Open Diapason GT 12
    8' Unda Maris      61      16' Bourdon          32
    4' Flute           GT      16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
    4' Dulciana        12       8' Major Flute      12
2 2/3' Dulciana 12th    7       8' Dolce Flute      SW
    2' Dulciana 15th    5       4' Flute            SW
    8' Clarinet        73

       [Received from Jeff Scofield May 30, 2022]