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Chris Feiereisen (Pipe Organ Service) (2007)

Holy Family Catholic Community
271 Fourth Street Way
Fond du Lac, WI

Images

2014-06-26 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Church Interior, Altar, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Pipe Facade (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Pipe Facade, Organ Case, and Swell Box (on top) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Console (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Pedal Stopkeys (left jamb) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Great Stopkeys (right jamb) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Swell Stopkeys (above top manual) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Choir Area and Console (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-06-26 - Nave (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

2 manuals
35 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2014-06-28 - Altered and relocated existing organ. Identified by Rodney J. Weed, based on personal knowledge of the organ. -- This organ was originally built for St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin by the Verlinden Organ Company of Milwaukee. It was probably originally installed in the first half of the 20th Century. Some where along the line Chris Feiereisen worked on it adding Peterson MIDI control, transposer and multiple memory levels to the combination action. When St. Joseph Church was closed in Fond du Lac and became part of a large new city wide parish of Holy Family, the organ was moved to the newly built (2000) Holy Family Church building on the Eastern edge of Fond du Lac. It is very impressive looking as it sits high above the main altar area of the church. The new Holy Family Church building is much larger than the old St. Joseph Church building. When the organ was moved it was not revoiced for the larger space. There are problems with the blowers and the organ now sounds very out of tune and weak. -Database Manager

2014-07-11 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- The following is from an email received 7/8/14 from Paul Thelen, the current Director of Liturgy and Music at Holy Family Catholic Community, "The organ was moved to Holy Family Church in October of 2007. The church opened and was dedicated in December of 2007. The exposed external mixture pipes originally were located on the left and right sides of the center swell and great boxes. The case was split in two and the exposed pipes were moved to the center of the organ. Additional façade pipes were installed to hide the 8' gap in the middle. Chris Feiereisen and John Meyer supervised the move. More than a dozen volunteers from Holy Family parish did the physical moving." -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console June 26, 2014 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin USA
Holy Family Church 271 Fourth St. Way

Verlinden Organ Company 19___ Opus _____ 28 Ranks
Rebuild by Chris Feiereisen 1980's wiring update and addition of 32 level memory combination action,
transposer and Peterson MIDI Resource System
35 speaking stops, 28 Ranks, _____ pipes

PEDAL ORGAN enclosed

1. 16' Contra Bass
2. 16' Sub Bass
3. 16' Lieblich Gedeckt
4. 8' Octave
5. 8' Flute
6. 4' Super Octave
7. 4' Flute
8. 2' Fifteenth
9. 8' Trompette
10. 4' Clarion
11. Great Chimes (placed with pedal stops because no room for this stop in Great Division stops)
12. MIDI
13. Great to Pedal 8'
14. Swell to Pedal 8'
15. Great to Pedal 4'
16. Swell to Pedal 4'

SWELL ORGAN enclosed

17. 16' Rohr Bourdon
18. 8' Geigen Principal
19. 8' Rohr Floete
20. 8' Salicional
21. 8' Vox Celeste (TC)
22. 4' Principal
23. 4' Violin
24. 4' Flute D'Amour
25. 2 2/3' Nazard
26. 2' Flautino
27. 1 3/5' Tierce
28. 1' Flute
29. III Dolce Cornet
30. 8' Oboe
31. 8' Vox Humana
32. MIDI
33. Swell to Swell 16'
34. Swell to Swell 4'
35. Swell Unison Off'
36. Tremulant

GREAT ORGAN enclosed

37. 8' Open Diapason
38. 8' Clarabella
39. 8' Viola
40. 8' Dulciana
41. 4' Octave
42. 4' Wald Floete
43. 2' Fifteenth
44. III Mixture
45. MIDI
46. 8' Trumpet
47. 4' Clarion
48. Great to Great 16'
49. Great to Great 4'
50. Great Unison Off
51. Tremulant
52. Swell to Great 16'
53. Swell to Great 8'
54. Swell to Great 4'

COMBINATION PISTONS

(32 memory levels controlled by Petersen MIDI Resource system)
Adjustable at the Keyboard and visibly affecting Stop Keys.

Eighteen General Combination Pistons 1-9 located below Great and 10-18 located below Swell affecting entire organ

Five Divisional Pistons each for Great & Pedal and Swell & Pedal.
Four divisional Pistons (toe Studs) for Pedal

GENERAL CANCEL and Divisional cancels

Reversible toe studs for Great to Pedal and Swell to Pedal

ACCESSORIES

Peterson MIDI Control System
Separate Expression Pedals for Great and Swell
Crescendo Pedal and Indicator Light
Wind Indicator Light
On-Off Switch Mounted on left side of Console below keyboards
Pedal Illumination
Music Rack
Roll Top Cover for Console
Console Lock

[Received from Rodney J. Weed 2014-07-05.]

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#52852†* - Chris Feiereisen (Pipe Organ Service) (1995)