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Clele d'Autremont Pipe Organ Builder (1960s)

St. Benedicts Abbey Church: Crypt Chapel
St. Benedict, OR

Images

Unknown - Crypt organ temporarily installed in the Basilica, ca. 1996. (Photograph by Marceau & Associates/Database Manager)

Unknown - Case and console as temporarily installed in the Basilica, ca. 1996. (Photograph by Marceau & Associates/Database Manager)

Unknown - New organ case for crypt organ, ca. 1996. (Photograph by Marceau & Associates/Database Manager)

1991-03-18 - Console (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

1991-03-18 - Pipes in non-expressive chamber as originally installed (Photograph by James R. Stettner/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
18 stops
3 registers
1 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
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: None

Notes

2013-02-15 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by James R. Stettner, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This is the crypt chapel organ, beneath the Basilica. The organ was originally installed in a chamber adjacent to the console on the left side of the chapel, and was non-expressive. In the mid 1990's, the Marceau firm of Portland, Oregon built a case for the organ. It was housed for a short time upstairs in the Basilica before being re-installed back in the crypt chapel. -Database Manager

2013-02-16 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The console is of the Holtkamp/Schlicker style of design. -Database Manager

2013-06-13 - Updated through online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally installed in a "chamber" created in a left-side niche with wood framing and metal grille-work. Ca. 1996, Marceau & Associates built a new expressive case for the organ. No tonal changes were made. The new free-standing case was installed further towards the back of the chapel, still along the left wall. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from the console July 1, 1990; verified & updated Dec. 27, 20123 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

St. Benedict, Oregon
Mount Angel Abbey

JOHANNES KLAIS
Clele d'Autremont, 1955 - “Classique Ensemble”


GREAT (II – Expressive)       POSITIV (I – Expressive)      PEDAL (Expressive)
   16    Rohr Bourdon            8     Rohr Flöte              16    Soubasse
   8     Gemshorn                4     Gemshorn                8     Gemshorn
   8     Rohr Flöte              4     Lieblich Flöte          8     Rohr Flöte
   4     Principal               2     Principal               5-1/3 Gemshorn Quint
   2     Fifteenth               1-1/3 Larigot                 4     Fifteenth
   II    Cymbel  2⅔'             1     Flöte                   II    Mixture 2⅔'
                                       Tremolo


STOP / RANK / PIPE ANALYSIS
   16    Soubasse               (Ped)  12   Unenclosed. Extension of he 8' Rohr Flöte.
   16    Rohr Bourdon            (II)  –-   Same as the 16' Soubasse.
   8     Gemshorn            (II/Ped)  61
   8     Rohr Flöte        (I/II/Ped)  61
   5-1/3 Gemshorn Quint         (Ped)  –-   From the Gemshorn unit.
   4     Principal               (II)  61
   4     Fifteenth              (Ped)  –-   Same as the 4' Principal.
   4     Gemshorn                 (I)  12   Extension of the 8' Gemshorn.
   4     Lieblich Flöte           (I)  12   Extension of the 8' Rohr Flöte.
   2     Principal                (I)  –-   From the 4' Principal. Top 8ve from 15th.
   2     Fifteenth               (II)  12   Extension of the 8' Gemshorn.
   1-1/3 Larigot                  (I)  –-   From the Gemshorn. CC – f 54. Top 7 notes
                                               repeat.
   1     Flöte                    (I)  –-   From the Rohr Flöte. CC – c 49. Top 8ve
                                               repeats.
   II    Mixture 2⅔'            (Ped)  –-   Starting pitch: 12-15. The Twelfh is from
                                               the Gemshorn. The Fifteenth is from
                                               the Principal.
   II    Cymbel  2⅔'              (I)  –-   Same as the II Mixture.
         Tremolo                  (I)       Affects the entire instrument.


PIPE SUMMARY

   Gemshorn                      Rohr Flöte                    Principal
   85 pipes                      85 pipes                      61 pipes


COUPLERS                                     FINGER PISTONS
   Positiv to Pedal                [8]          None
   Great to Pedal                  [8]

   Positiv to Great                [8]       PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                                Expression                   (bal.)
                                                Crescendo                    (bal.)
TOE STUDS
   None


ACTION: E-P         VOICES: 3         STOPS: 18         RANKS: 3         PIPES: 231


NOTES
The organ is in a chapel beneath the main Abbey church. The organ was originally in-
stalled in a caged chamber beside the console along the left side of the chapel towards
the front.  Circa 1996, the Marceau firm of Portland, Oregon built a case for the organ.
No tonal changes were made. It was housed for a short time upstairs in the Basilica before
being re-installed back in the crypt chapel. The new free-standing case was installed
further towards the back of the chapel, still along the left wall. The console is in the
style of Holtkamp and Schlicker consoles.

Sources: Fr. David (organist); JRS; extant organ

 [Received from James R. Stettner 2016-06-14.]