Better Pipe Organ Database

Roosevelt (1884)

St. John's Episcopal Church
134 N. Broad Street
Lancaster, OH

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

Images

Unknown - Organ Cabinet ((2014) Photograph by Stephan Drexler/Database Manager)

Unknown - Mechanical Action Unification System ((2014) Photograph by Stephan Drexler/Database Manager)

Unknown - Sanctuary Interior ((after 1886) Photo in Church Records; image courtesy of Stephan Drexler/Database Manager)

Unknown - Cabinet Interior (with back & bass wood pipes removed) ((2014) Photograph by Stephan Drexler/Database Manager)

Unknown - Details of metal pipe mounting system ((2014) Photograph by Stephan Drexler/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
1 manuals
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Row Above Top Manual
Pedal Type: No Pedalboard
Combination action: None

Notes

2013-03-24 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Thurlow Weed, using information found in church archives. -- Cabinet Pipe Organ -Database Manager

2017-07-25 - Updated by Thurlow Weed -Database Manager

Stoplist

From console as noted. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Columbus, Ohio
Private Owner

Hilborne L. Roosevelt number 252, c.1886

2 ranks; Stopped Flute and Open Diapason unified by back fall  mechanical NOT SLIDER chest system according to1886 U.S. Patent number 340,461

Stop knobs from L to R;

16' Bourdon  (TC)
4'   Octave
4'   Flute
8'   Stopt Diapason
8'   Open Diapason
 Space with wind indicator
8'   Diapason Treble
8'   Rohr Flöte
4'   Flute d'Amour
4'   Principal
      Forte ( Tutti- engages all stops)

The pitch is not indicated on the knobs but have been included for clarity.

 [Received from Stephan Drexler 2015-03-06.]