Better Pipe Organ Database

Schlicker Organ Co. (1968)

Bethesda Lutheran Church
1517 Northwestern Avenue
Ames, IA

Images

2009-07-17 - Church interior to front (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021-03-16 - Organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
3 manuals
28 stops
38 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets 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: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-02-06 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Richard C Greene, based on information learned from a conversation with Gene LeVasseur. -- Bethesda relocated in 1964 to our current address and left the Moller organ at the downtown location, [which was] sold to a Methodist Church. Â We currently have a Schlicker pipe organ that was installed in 1968 in the balcony; a positiv was added to it in 1971. Â We also have a Noack portative organ by the altar that was purchased in 2002. -Database Manager

2014-11-12 - Updated through online information from Zachariah Hastings. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON June 1968

        Ames, Iowa
        Bethesda Lutheran Church

        Holtkamp   1968   3/39
        _________________________________________

        GREAT                     POSITIV (1971)
    16' Pommer        61       8' Holzgedeckt  61
     8' Principal     61       4' Rohrflöte    61
     8' Spitzflöte    61       2' Blockflöte   61
     8' Pommer        12   1 3/5' Terz         45
     4' Octave        61   1 1/3' Quint        61
     4' Pommer        12     III  Scharf      183
     2' Principal     61       8' Krummhorn    61
  IV-V  Mixture      292          Tremolo
     8' Trumpet       61
                                  PEDAL
        SWELL                 16' Principal    12
     8' Rohrflöte     61      16' Subbass      32
     8' Salicional    61      16' Pommer       GT
     8' Voix Céleste  49       8' Principal    32
     4' Waldflöte     61       8' Pommer       GT
     2' Gemshorn      61       4' Choralbass   32
III-IV  Mixture      231       4' Pommer       GT
    16' Basson        12       2' Nachthorn    32
     8' Schalmei      61     III  Mixture      96
     4' Clarion       61      16' Posaune      32
        Tremolo               16' Basson       SW
                               8' Trumpet      12
                               4' Schalmei     SW

  [Received from Jeff Scofield September 11, 2021]