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Rodney Leslie Degner (1981)

St. Paul Universalist Church / Family of God Church
Clinton, IL

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


Images


Unknown - Keydesk (Photograph by Richard Schneider (2013)/Database Manager)

Unknown - Chancel, Keydesk, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Richard Schneider (2013)/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2012-10-18 - A rebuilt organ. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in The Stopt Diapason, February 1980. Changes to Barckhoff organ consisted of reversible tonal changes. -Database Manager

2013-08-31 - Updated through online information from Richard Schneider. -- Organ was removed to storage by Schneider Pipe Organs prior to demolition of the building by the United Methodist Church next door which purchased the property. The organ is still intact and available for sale, but it will be parted-out soon if no buyer for the instact instrument is found. -Database Manager

2013-11-02 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- This organ was removed by Schneider Pipe Organs, Inc. of Kenney, Illinois and is in storage at their facility. It is presently (2013-10-31) for sale on ebay for $1,999.00. The case is white oak, and the facade has 45 pipes arranged: 13-19-13 with the center section containing 1-18 of the Great 8' Open Diapason. Couplers are actuated via On/Off pistons in the Swell key slip. -Database Manager

2014-03-28 - Updated through online information from Richard Schneider. -- The facade and its pipes were sold to a church in Japan for hiding an electronic organ in February of 2014. The interior pipes and windchests remain and are for sale on EBAY. Currently available intact as a II manual tracker organ chassis but for how long remains to be seen. -Database Manager

2014-03-28 - Updated through online information from Shawn P. Keith. -- Broken up for parts in early 2014 following the sale of the case and facade to a firm in Japan for use (heavily altered) as a display for an electronic organ. -Database Manager

2019-02-08 - Updated by Richard Schneider, the builder. <br> <br> -Database Manager


Stoplist

Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, February 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      St. Paul Universalist Church 
      Clinton, Illinois
      Carl Barckhoff, ca. 1900
      OHS ID: 50478
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      GREAT (61 notes)   SWELL (61 notes)     PEDAL (27 notes)
    8 Open Diapason   16 Bourdon TC        16 Sub Bass
    8 Melodia          8 Violin Diapason
    8 Dulciana         8 Stopped Diapason     Originally water-motor
    4 Principal        8 Salicional           powered; electric blower
    4 Flute d'Amour    4 Fugara               added by Warren Gratian
    2 Fifteenth        2 Flageolet            in 1935.
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-10-18]      

Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, February 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

      Family of God Church (Formerly St. Paul Universalist)
      Clinton, Illinois
      Carl Barckhoff, ca. 1900
      Tonal Changes (reversible) by Degner, date unknown (before 1981)
      OHS ID: 50477 
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      GREAT (61 notes)                           SWELL (61 notes)     
    8 Open Diapason....original                8 Stopped Diapason...original       
    8 Bourdon..........Sw. Bourdon 16          8 Salicional.........original
    4 Octave...........Sw. Violin Diapason 8   8 Celeste............Gt. Dulciana 8
    4 Flute d'Amour....original                4 Flute..............1-24 from Sw. Harmonic Flute 4,
2-2/3 Twelfth..........Gt. Principal 4                                   rest Gt. Melodia 8
    2 Fifteenth........original            2-2/3 Nasard.............Sw. Fugara
                                               2 Flute TC...........Sw. Harmonic Flute 4
      PEDAL (27 notes)                     1-3/5 Tierce.............Sw. Flageolet 2
   16 Sub Bass.........original                  Tremolo

      Bellows Signal (now blower switch)
    3 normal on/off pistons on keyslips
    2 metal combination pedals (straps are broken)
      Reservoir level indicator
      Metal swell shoe
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-10-18]

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