2014-10-01 - Kotzschmar Organ at Merrill Auditorium, Portland, Maine (Photograph from an archival source: Wikipedia Commons, photo by Len Levasseur, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2014-08-26 - This is a rebuild of an existing organ. Identified by T. Daniel Hancock, using information found in The Diapason, August 2014. -- Work included construction of new walk-in Austin Universal Windchest, addition/replacement of missing or non-original pipework (mostly in the Pedal, but including some manual additions), cleaning, reconditioning of the c.2000 console, re-regulation, and selective revoicing. Pedal additions include a full-length 32' Contra Bombarde (which replaces a 32' half-length Contra Tuba, which had been damaged and modified); a metal Principal at 16', 8', and 4' (pedal) and 8' (Great); a new five-rank Mixture in the Great which replaced at four-rank Mixture that had been donated in 2002, and additions of a 4' Octave and 4' Clarion to the Swell. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist (Source: The Diapason, August 2014) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
The Kotzschmar Organ
Merrill Auditorium, Portland City Hall, Portland Maine
Austin Organ Company, Opus 323, 1912
Enlarged by Austin Organ Company, Opus 323-A, 1926
Revisions by Austin Organ Company, Opus 323-B, 2003
Rebuilt and enlarged by Foley-Baker, Inc., 2014
OHS ID: 53125
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GREAT SWELL ORCHESTRAL PEDAL
16 Principal (Pd)[1] 16 Lieblich Gedeckt [7] 16 Contra Viola 32 Major Bass [1,12]
16 Bourdon (Pd,1st) 8 Diapason Phonon 8 Geigen Principal 32 Contra Bourdon (ext 2nd)
16 Dulciana (Pd)[2] 8 Horn Diapason 8 Concert Flute 16 Major Diapason [13]
8 First Diapason 8 Stopped Diapason 8 Flute Celeste 16 Principal (metal) [1]
8 Second Diapason 8 Chimney Flute [8] 8 Quintadena 16 Violone
8 Third Diapason 8 Flauto Dolce 8 Viole d'Orchestre 16 First Bourdon [14]
8 Major Flute (Pd)[3] 8 Unda Maris 8 Viole Celeste 16 Second Bourdon
8 Bourdon (Pd,ext 2nd) 8 Viola da Gamba 8 Voix Seraphique 16 Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw)
8 Doppel Flute [4] 8 Viola da Gamba Celeste 8 Dulciana 16 Dulciana
8 Clarabella [4] Viole Celeste III 4 Flute d'Amour 16 Contra Viola (Orch)
8 Gemshorn [4] 8 Muted Viol 4 Dulcet 16 Viole Celeste II [15]
8 Violoncello [4] 4 Octave [1] 2 Flageolet 16 Gedeckt (ext Ec)
4 Octave 4 Principal 8 French Horn 10-2/3 Quinte (ext 1st Bourdon)
4 Hohl Flute [4] 4 Harmonic Flute 8 Clarient 8 Octave (ext16)[13]
2-2/3 Twelfth 4 Orchestral Flute [8] 8 English Horn 8 Major Flute (ext)[13]
2 Fifteenth 4 Salicet 16 Tuba Profunda (So)[1] 8 Octave Bourdon (ext 1st)
Mixture V [1,5] 2-2/3 Nazard [8] 8 Harmonic Tuba (So)[1] 8 Violone (ext)
16 Double Trumpet [4] 2 Flautino [8] 4 Tuba Clarion (So)[1] 8 Flauto Dolce (ext 2nd)
8 Trumpet [4] 1-3/5 Tierce [8] 8 Tuba Magna (So) 8 Stopped Flute (Sw)
4 Clarion [4] 1-1/7 Septieme [8] Tremolo 8 Dulciana (ext)
Harp (Orch) 1 Twenty-Second [8] Harp 8 Contra Viola (Orch)
Carillon (Ec)[1] Mixture III-IV Celesta [11] 8 Gamba Celeste II (So)
Chimes (So)[1] 16 Contra Fagotto Marimba (So) 4 Major Octave Flute (ext)
Glockenspiel (So)[1] 8 Cornopean Sub Marimba (So)[12] 4 Super Octave (ext)[1]
Xylophone (So)[1] 8 Oboe Carillon (Ec)[1] 32 Contra Bombarde [1,16]
Marimba (So)[1] 8 Corno d'Amore [8] Tap Cymbal (Pd)[1,10] 16 Tuba Profunda (So)
16 Great to Great 8 Musette [8,9] Wood Block [1,10] 16 Double Trumpet (Gt)
Great Unison Off 8 Vox Humana Castanets [1,10] 16 Contra Fagotto (Sw)
4 Great to Great 4 Clarion [1] Tambourine [1,10] 16 Double Horn (So)
Ant on Great [6] Tremolo (fan) 16 Orch to Orch 8 Harmonic Tuba (So)
Echo on Great Tremolo (valve) Orch Unison Off 8 Fagotto (Sw)
Solo Chorus Reeds 16 Swell to Swell 4 Orch to Orch 4 Tuba Clarion (So)
on Great [1] Swell Unison Off Ant on Orch [6] Bass Drum (roll)
4 Swell to Swell Echo on Orch Bass Drum (strike)
SOLO Ant on Swell [6] Encl Great on Orch [1] Tap Cymbal [1,17]
16 Violone (Pd)[10] Echo on Swell Unencl Great on Orch [1] Crash Cymbal [1,17]
8 Grand Diapason Roll Cymbal [1]
8 Major Flute [1,18] ECHO ANTIPHONAL 4 Pedal to Pedal
8 Viola da G. Celeste 8 Nachthorn 8 Diapason Ant on Pedal [6]
4 Flute Ouverte 8 Gedeckt 8 Harmonic Flute Echo on Pedal
2 Concert Piccolo 8 Viole Celeste III 8 Flute Celeste [21]
16 Tuba Profunda [19] 8 Vox Angelica 8 Viole F [22] FUNCTIONS
8 Tuba Magna [1,10] 8 Vox Aetheria 8 Viole Celeste F [22] All pistons next [1]
8 Harmonic Tuba 4 Fern Flote 8 Viole MF [22] All Swells
4 Tuba Clarion [19] 8 Vox Humana 8 Viole Celeste MF [22] Cymbals on Toe Studs [1]
Tremolo Tremolo 8 Gemshorn [22,23] Pedal Divide [1]
Chimes Carillon 4 Principal Pedal to Orchestral [1]
Marimba 16 Echo to Echo 4 Spitz Flute MIDI to Antiphonal
Xylophone Echo Unison Off String Mixture III MIDI to Solo
Glockenspiel 4 Echo to Echo 8 Trumpet [24] MIDI to Swell
Harp (Orch)[1] Echo Expression on Tremolo MIDI to Great
Carillon (Ec)[1] Great Shoe 16 Ant to Ant MIDI to Orchestral
16 Solo to Solo Ant Unison Off MIDI to Pedal
Solo Unison Off ON KEY CHEEKS 4 Ant to Ant
4 Solo to Solo Bell in F [25] Echo on Ant COUPLER RAIL
Ant on Solo [6] Turkish Cymbal [1,17] 8 Great to Pedal
Echo on Solo Birds [1] KEY CHEEKS, cont'd 5-1/3 Great to Pedal
Car Horn [1] Door Bell [1] 4 Great to Pedal
Train Whisle [1] Fire Gong [1] 8,4 Swell to Pedal
Hoofs [1] Triangle [1] 8,4 Orchestral to Pedal
Manual Transfer Rev [1] Memory Up 8,4 Solo to Pedal
Memory Down Transposer Up [1] 16,8,4 Swell to Great
Transposer Down [1] 16,8,4 Orchestral to Great
NOTES 16,8,4 Solo to Great
1. Stops and functions new in 2014, by Foley-Baker, Inc. 16,8,4 Swell to Orchestral
2. Renamed Dulciana in 2014; originally "Violon Dolce." 16,8,4 Solo to Orchestral
3. Extension of Major Diapason in Pedal. 8 Great to Solo
4. Enclosed with Orchestral Division; all other Great stops unenclosed. 8,4 Swell to Solo
5. Replaces Mixture IV. Manual Transfer (Great
6. Antiphonal couplers travel; Antiphonal remains on Manual V. and Orchestral Manuals)
7. Extension of 8' Stopped Flute; 1-12 from original 16' Quintaten.
8. 1927 additions; affected by valve tremolo. NOTES, cont'd.
9. Original Orchestral Oboe, renamed. 18. Extension of Pedal Major Diapason.
10. Unenclosed stop; all others in this Division enclosed. 19. Extension of Harmonic Tuba.
11. Borrowed from Harp, no top octave extension. 20. Enclosed with Antiphonal.
12. Borrowed from Marimba, no bottom octave extension. 21. Gross Flute tuned as Celeste.
13. Original stop, renamed. 22. Originally drawn together with
14. Originally 16' Bourdon on Great. other ranks thus indicated, as
15. Extension of Antiphonal Viole and Viole Celeste MF. "V String Celeste."
16. 1-24 new, 23-32 from Solo Tuba Magna. 23. Original Viole, renamed.
17. Replaces original. 24. Original French Trumpet, renamed.
25. Enclosed with Solo.
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