Louisville Memorial Auditorium
970 S. 4th Avenue
Louisville, KY
OHS convention: 1993
Images
2012-09-22 - Auditorium exterior (Photograph by Wikipedia, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Auditorium interior to rear (Photograph by kentuckytourism.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Unknown - Auditorium interior (Photograph by weddingwire.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
1992-07-28 - Console Manuals, pistons, couplers (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
1992-07-28 - Console (Photograph by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Unknown - Auditorium Interior and Stage (Photograph from the OHS 1993 Convention Handbook; image courtesy of Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
- 4 manuals
- 67 stops
- 85 registers
- 6 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
- 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: Computerized/Digital
- Has sequencer
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1993. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - To be renovated 1996, with tonal egress reopened. Heard at 1993 OHS Convention. -Database Manager
2009-03-12 - Updated through on-line information from Rev. Dennis A. Steckley. -- The instrument was still there in 2001 and somewhat playable. A small local foundation was trying to raise funds for restoration and preservation. I believe it was called the Timothy Baker Foundation, but I am no longer certain. -Database Manager
2011-03-09 - Updated through on-line information from Stephen Hall. -- Restoration by Samuel Bowerman begun in early 2011, funding by William H. Bauer Foundation (Tim Baker, president). Information from on-line article from NBC affiliate WAVE Channel 3, accessed March 2011. -Database Manager
2015-12-04 - Updated through online information from David C. Schroth Jr,. <br>Organ fitted with digital relay in 2011, initiated by Samuel Bowerman, continued posthumously through the William Bauer Foundation, overseen by Tim Baker, by Gottfried Reck, Bob Martin, and David Schroth, on a volunteer basis. With new relay, organ is now 80% functional. Solo stop-actions re-built. Orchestral division sustained severe water damage in February 2015 and is now non-functioning. Observed most chest leather still in good condition. Currently cleaning and addressing spurious problems. Plans to begin giving recitals on organ early in 2016. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Stoplist from the 1993 OHS Convention Organ Handbook Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Memorial Auditorium
Pilcher Op. 1454 1929 4/80
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GREAT 7" *15" SWELL 7"
16' Open Diapason 61 16' Quintaton GT
16' Bourdon 29 PD 8' Diapason Phonon 73
8' 1st Diapason 61 8' Tibia Clausa 73
8' 2nd Diapason 61 8' Rohr Flute 73
8' 3rd Diapason 61 8' Gamba 83
8' Claribel Flute 61 8' Vox Celeste II 146
8' Gemshorn 61 8' Echo Salicional 73
4' Octave 61 8' Flute Dolce 73
4' Principal 61 8' Flute Celeste 61
4' Flute 61 4' Flute Harmonic 73
2 2/3' Twelfth 61 4' Gemshorn 73
2' Fifteenth 61 2' Flautina 61
V Mixture 305 V Cornet Mixture 305
16' Trombone 61 * 16' Posaune 10" 73
8' Tromba 61 * 8' Cornopean 10" 73
4' Clarion 61 * 8' Oboe 73
Cathedral Chimes EC 8' Vox Humana 73
Celestial Harp OR 4' Octave Oboe 73
Orchestral Bells Tremolo
Xylophone
SOLO 10" *15"
ORCHESTRAL
8' Stentorphone 73
8' Gross Flute 73 16' Contra Gamba 73
8' Violincello 73 8' English Diapason 73
8' Gross Gamba 73 8' Concert Flute 73
8' Gamba Celeste 73 8' Quintadena 73
4' Forest Flute 73 8' Viol d'Orchestra 73
8' Tuba Mirabilis 73 * 8' Dulciana 73
8' French Horn 73 8' Unda Maris 61
4' Clarion 73 4' Flute Traverso 73
Tremolo 2 2/3' Nazard 61
2' Piccolo 61
PEDAL 1 3/5' Tierce 61
8' Cor Anglais 73
32' Contra Bourdon 10 8' Clarinet 73
32' Resultant -- Tremolo
16' 1st Open Diapason 32 Cathedral Chimes EC
16' 2nd Open Diapason GT 8' Celestial Harp 61
16' Major Bass 12 4' Celestial Harp
16' Bourdon 32 Harp Damps
16' Violone 32
16' Quintaton SW ECHO
16' Contra Gamba OR
8' Octave 12 8' Cor d'Nuit 73
8' Flute (MajorBass) 12 8' Vox Angelica 73
8' Gedeckt 12 8' Vox Aetheria 73
8' Violoncello 12 8' Vox Seraphique 73
4' Super Octave 12 4' Fern Flute 73
4' Flute 12 8' Vox Humana 73
V Mixture 160 Tremolo
32' Bombarde 15" 32 Cathedral Chimes 25
16' Ophecleide 12
16' Trombone GT PERCUSSION
16' Posaune SW
8' Tromba 12 Bass Drum - Pedal Keys
4' Clarion 12 Tympani - Pedal Keys
Cathedral Chimes EC Snare Drum Roll - Great
Snare Drum Tap - Great
Cymbal Crash - Pedal
Hand Cymbal - Pedal
Triangle - Toe Piston
Combinations(thumb pistons)
Great 1-2-3-4-5-6
Orchestral 1-2-3-4-5-6
Swell 1-2-3-4-5-6
Solo 1-2-3-4-5-6
Echo 1-2-3-4-5-6
Pedal 1-2-3-4-5-6
General 1-2-3-4-5-6(dupl. by toe pistons)
Master(setter button)
Reversibles
(thumb pistons, dupl. by toe pistons)
Great to Pedal
Orchestral to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Solo to Pedal
Swell to Great
Orchestral to Great
Solo to Great
Swell to Orchestral
Couplers
Great to Pedal - 8'
Swell to Pedal - 8'
Orchestral to Pedal - 8'
Solo to Pedal - 8', 4'
Solo to Swell - 8'
Swell to Swell - 16', 4'
Swell to Great - 16', 8', 4'
Swell Unison Off Orchestral to Great - 16', 8', 4'
Solo to Great - 16', 8', 4'
Swell to Orchestral - 16', 8', 4'
Solo to Orchestral - 16', 8', 4'
Orchestral to Orchestral - 16', 4'
Orchestral Unison Off
Great to Solo - 8'
Swell to Solo - 8'
Solo to Solo - 16', 4'
Solo Unison Off
Great Separation
Orchestral Separation
Swell Separation
Solo Separation
Echo to Solo(Echo on Solo)
My thanks to Memorial Auditorium and Timothy L. Baker for their help.
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