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Philip J. Swartz (2012)

First Presbyterian Church
200 S. Ashland Avenue
Green Bay, WI

Images

2012-10-25 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Console (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Left Drawknobs (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Right Drawknobs (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Swell Pipework (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Great Pipework (including Haskel Pipes for 16' Pedal Principal) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Great Pipework (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2012-10-25 - Console and Pipe Facade (Image from Church Dedication Program/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
12 stops
32 registers
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 (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
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

2012-10-14 - A rebuilt organ. Identified by Rodney J. Weed, based on personal knowledge of the organ. The original 1928 Wangerin Organ since its installation in 1928 had some additions made to it, which included a poor 8' Trumpet and the conversion of an original 8' String rank to a a 4' Principal rank Most of the original Wangerin Pipe work was retained in this rebuild but the 8' Trumpet and 4" Octave were not retained in this rebuild and both were later additions to the organ. In this rebuild the single pipe chamber on the upper right of the Sanctuary was divided in half to allow for an enclosed Swell Chamber and an unenclosed Great. In the rebuild the Wangerin Console was not used at all and a new console was constructed. Because of the low ceiling in the Pipe Chamber Haskell pipes were used for at least one rank. At 5 inches of wind pressure the organ puts out a lot of sound. The organ is heavily duplexed and unified to achieve 32 stops including a IV rank mixture out of only 19 ranks of pipes. Very creative use of what was there to work with for an old small organ. It is definitely a vast improvement over the organ I had to work with when I was organist at First Presbyterian from 1986 to 1993. -Database Manager

2012-10-18 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- Information from personal visits to the Church, information from the dedication program and from the organist, Don Verkuilen, who helped in getting the rebuilding done at a cost of $163,000.00 before leaving as organist to study at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in July 2012 -Database Manager

2012-10-18 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- This rebuild is a vast improvement over the 1928 Wangerin I played here between 1986 & 1993. The organ now uses a lot of duplexing and unification to get the 32 stops out of 19 Ranks of pipes. It puts out a great deal of sound for its size but at 5 inches of wind pressure that is not to surprising. -Database Manager

2018-01-01 - Updated by Robert Nickel, who has heard or played the organ. Updated information from Robert Nickel, current organist. The organ consists of 16 ranks across a movable two-manual and pedal console. Originally installed as Wangerin, Op. 402 (1928), the instrument was rebuilt in 2012 by P. J. Swartz, Inc. (Eatonton, GA), and utilizes most of the original pipework. Stoplist as follows: Great (Unenclosed) Bourdon 16 (ext Sw) Diapason 8 Hohl Flute 8 Octave 4 Hohl Flute 4 (ext) Fifteenth 2 Mixture IV Trumpet 8 (Sw) Oboe 8 (Sw) Great 16 Unison Off Great 4 MIDI to Great Swell 16, 8, 4 Swell (Enclosed) Principal 8 (from 4; common bass with Bourdon) Bourdon 8 Salicional 8 Vox Celeste 8 (TC) Principal 4 Bourdon 4 (ext) Nazard 2 2/3 Block Flute 2 Trumpet 8 Oboe 8 Trumpet 4 (ext) Swell 16 Unison Off Swell 4 MIDI to Swell Tremolo Pedal Resultant 32 Principal 16 (ext Gt; Haskell pipes) Bourdon 16 (ext Sw) Octave 8 (Gt) Flute 8 (Sw) Choral Bass 4 (Gt) Flute 4 (Sw) Super Octave 2 (Gt) Trumpet 32 (1-12 digital) Trumpet 16 (ext Sw) Trumpet 8 (Sw) Trumpet 4 (ext Sw) MIDI to Pedal Great 8, 4 Swell 8, 4 Cymbalstern -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console and April 22, 2012 Dedication Concert Program Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Green Bay, Wisconsin
First Presbyterian Church

Philip J. Swartz - Major rebuild and enlarging of 1928 Wangerin Organ

GREAT (Unenclosed)

16'  Bourdon (SW)
8'   Diapason
8'   Hohl Flute
4'   Octave
4'   Hohl Flute (Ext)
2'   Fifteenth
IV   Mixture
8'   Trumpet (SW)
8'   Oboe (SW)

Great to Great 16
Great to Great 4
Unison Off
MIDI to Great


SWELL (Expressive)

8'   Principal
8'   Bourdon
8'   Salicional
8'   Vox Celeste (TC)
4'   Principal (Ext)
4'   Bourdon (Ext)
2 2/3' Nazard
2'   Block Flute (Ext)
8'   Trumpet
8'   Oboe
4'   Trumpet (Ext)

Tremolo
Swell to Swell 16
Swell to Swell 4
Unison Off
MIDI to Swell


PEDAL

32'  Resultant
16'  Principal (GT)
16'  Bourdon (SW)
8'   Octave (GT)
8'   Flute (SW)
4'   Choral Bass (GT)
4'   Flute (SW)
2'   Contus Firmus (GT)
32'  Trumpet (1-12 Digital)
16'  Trumpet (SW)
8'   Trumpet (SW)
4'   Trumpet (SW)

MIDI to Pedal


ACCESSORIES

Cymbelstern

Standard Couplers
Swell to Great   16'  8'  4'
Great to Pedal   8'   4'
Swell to Pedal   8'   4'

Syndyne Organ Control System

64 levels of memory
8 general pistons
6 divisional pistons per division
Tutti
4 programmable crescendos
Transposer
Playback ready

The (Ext) references are mine based on studying the stoplist and examining the Pipe Chamber.  However I have been told the organ now has 19 ranks, though the number of ranks was not listed in the dedication Concert program nor anywhere on the organ (there is no builders label at this time on the organ) so it is possible some of the stops listed as (Ext) could be separate full ranks.



 [Received from Rodney J. Weed 2012-10-16.]

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