Better Pipe Organ Database

J. C. Taylor (& Co.) (1998)

St. Willebrord Roman Catholic Church
209 S. Adams Street
Green Bay, WI

Images

2013-04-05 - Gallery and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Console (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Swell Stopkeys (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Great Stopkeys (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Pneumatic Tubing (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Pedal Bourdon (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Bellows (left) and Pedal Bourdon (right) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Chimes (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2013-04-05 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
2 manuals
18 stops
18 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2013-04-12 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by Rodney J. Weed, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- The following information was put together by David Bohn from information from J.C. Taylor. "St. Willibrord's Parish was founded in 1864. Construction on the church began in 1889, with the new church building constructed around the old; when the new outer building was nearing completion, the inner, original building was dismantled and removed. The Kimball organ was constructed with the two manual divisions side by side; the Swell division is to the left as one faces the case, and the Great is on the right, with the enclosed stops in front of the smaller Great swell-box. The two pedal ranks are installed behind the swell boxes, with the Open Diapason behind the Swell box, and the Bourdon behind the Great. Originally tubular-pneumatic, the action was electrified and the console replaced; the original wind chests survive, with electropneumatic magnet boxes hanging below the windchests, connected to the primaries by short lengths of lead tubing. Over the years the organ was enlarged and altered by multiple hands, such that portions of the Great Gamba and Gemshorn were lost; replacement pipework was made by J.B. Meyer to match the surviving pipes of each rank. The mixture had been installed at some point in the past; it was repitched by J. C. Taylor. The trumpet/trombone rank is from 1998; it replaced another trumpet rank. The chest holding the Trumpet and Mixture had been located on top of the swell boxes; it has been relocated to a location that places it at nearly the same chest level as the rest of the manual pipework. The top octave extension of the Bourdon is of open wood pipes, and is installed under the manual chests. The Melodia, Stopped Diapason, Flute d'Amour, and pedal ranks are of wood. The Principal is a replacement by J. C. Taylor; it replaced a Celeste which had replaced a Dulciana, and the Fifteenth replaced a Vox Humana prior to Taylor's work. The mixture is composed 15-19-22 at low c, breaking at treble and high c's -Database Manager

2013-04-14 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- The Console needs to be redone. While there are combination pistons on the organ they are not connected so the console has no combination system at this time. -Database Manager

2013-10-09 - Updated through online information from Richard C Greene. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from Console on April 5, 2013 Organ Crawl Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Green Bay, Wisconsin USA

Kimball Organ Company,  Opus # Unknown   1901
rebuilt by J.C. Taylor,  Opus # Unknown   1998

GREAT

 8'  Open Diapason            61 pipes
 8'  Melodia                 *61 pipes
 8'  Gamba                   *61 pipes
 8'  Gemshorn                *61 pipes
 4'  Octave                   61 pipes                   
III  Mixture                 183 pipes
 8'  Trumpet                  61 pipes
                               * enclosed in Great box

Chimes

Great 4'
Great Unison Off
Swell to Great  16', 8', 4'

SWELL

 8'  Viol Diapason            61 pipes
 8'  Salicional               61 pipes
 8'  Stopped Diapason         61 pipes
 4'  Principal                61 pipes
 4'  Flute d'Amour            61 pipes
 2'  Fifteenth                61 pipes
 8'  Oboe                     61 pipes

Tremolo

Swell 16', 4'
Swell Unison Off

PEDAL

16'  Open Diapason            30 pipes
16'  Bourdon                  30 pipes
 8'  Flute                    12 pipes
16'  Trombone                 12 pipes

Swell to Pedal 8'
Great to Pedal 8'

Crescendo Shoes

Great Expression
Swell Expression
Register Crescendo

Combination Pistons

General 5
Swell 5
Great 5

Reversibles (all dup toe)

Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Sforzando

Currently the combination action is not usable




 [Received from Rodney J. Weed 2013-04-15.]