Better Pipe Organ Database

Verlinden Organ Co. (1957)

St. Joseph Catholic Church
83 E 2nd Street
Fond du Lac, WI

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

Images

2014-07-10 - Church Interior and Altar (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-07-10 - Nave and Balcony (former location of organ) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-07-10 - Balcony (former location of organ case and console) (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-07-10 - Stained Glass Windows (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-07-10 - Church (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

2014-07-10 - Church Exterior (Photograph by Rodney J. Weed/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
35 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2014-07-17 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- In 1996 Organ Service man, Chris Feiereisen of Manitowoc, WI, added to this organ a Peterson MIDI Control System, a 32 level memory upgrade for the combination action, a Transposer unit and an Allen organ sounds module. -Database Manager

2014-07-11 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Rodney J. Weed, based on information learned from a conversation with Paul Thelen. -- This church was closed and combined with five other Fond du Lac Catholic Churches to become the new Holy Family Catholic Community. In November 2007 the organ was moved to the new Holy Family Catholic Community Church which opened in December 2007. The move was supervised by Chris Feiereisen and John Meyer with more than twelve members of the Holy Family community doing the Physical moving. Only changes made at the time of the move were predominately cosmetic to make the divided Swell and Great Divisions appear as one unified organ case with facade pipes going across the entire front. -Database Manager

2014-07-14 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- As of July 10, 2014 This church built in 1909 is up for sale. It is still used on occasion by the school that is located next to it. The Church has not been used for regular parish worship since 2007 when the new facility dedicated in November 2007 began being used under the name of Holy Family Catholic Community. This organ was relocated to the Holy Family facility in 2007. -Database Manager

2014-07-15 - Updated through online information from Rodney J. Weed. -- When I visited the Church on July 10, 2014 it was up for sale but still owned by the Holy Family Community and occasionally used be the parish school located next door. The organ had been removed back in 2007 and relocated to the new Church facility for Holy Family opened in the Fall of 2007. Three of the stained glass windows had also been relocated to the new Holy Family facility. I went up to the choir loft (rear Gallery) where the organ had been located and the remaining carpet in the gallery completly outlined on the floor where the organ case and console had been located. Apparently when the organ was installed in 1957 there was only a wood floor in the gallery and carpeting was added at some later date and was not placed under the organ case or console. The outline is very clear. The building is much smaller in square footage and volume than the new location at Holy Family and part of the reason the organ now in Holy Family sounds weak. This church was built in 1909 and used as the main church for the congregation for 98 years. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console June 26, 2014 & adjusted for changes made since 1957 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin USA
St. Joseph Church 83 E. 2nd Street

Verlinden Organ Company 1957 Opus _____ 28 Ranks

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. Blank
12. Blank
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. Blank
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. 8' Trumpet
46. Blank
47. 4' Clarion
48. Chimes
49. Great to Great 16'
50. Great to Great 4'
51. Great Unison Off
52. Tremulant
53. Swell to Great 16'
54. Swell to Great 8'
55. Swell to Great 4'

COMBINATION PISTONS

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 Sforzando

ACCESSORIES

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

This stop list is a best guess based on the console stop[list on June 26, 2014 with known changes done in 1996
removed and comparison with a 1959 Verlinden organ of similar size at St. James Lutheran Church in Howard Lake, MN

[Received from Rodney J. Weed 2014-07-14.]