Better Pipe Organ Database

A. J. Schantz, Sons & Co. Opus PW285 (1891)

First United Brethren Church
Canton, OH

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

Images

early 20th century - Organ case (Photograph from an archival source: Schantz Organ Company archives, submitted by Eric J Gastier/ERIC J GASTIER)

Unknown - Organ Case and Keydesk ((1890's) Photograph in Company Archive; image courtesy of Jeffrey Dexter/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
20 stops
20 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 27 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None

Notes

2014-08-26 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Eric J. Gastier, based on information from Schantz Organ Company archives. -- -Database Manager

2015-09-01 - Updated through online information from Jeffrey Dexter. -Database Manager

2015-12-01 - Updated through online information from Eric J. Gastier. -- A surviving sketch of this organ's manual key action (in the Schantz archives)indicates that it was tubular pneumatic. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Company Archive Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Canton, Ohio
First United Brethren Church

A J Schantz Sons and Co., 1891

Great

8' 	Open Diapason
8' 	Melodia
8' 	Dulciana
4' 	Principal
4' 	Flute Harmonic
2-2/3' 	Twelfth
2' 	Octave
8' 	Trumpet

Swell

16' 	Bourdon
8' 	Stopped Diapason
8' 	Salicional
8' 	Celeste
8' 	Aeoline
4' 	Violina
4' 	Flauto
2' 	Flautino
8' 	Oboe
	Tremolo

Pedal

16' 	Open Diapason
16' 	Bourdon
8' 	Violon Cello
	
        Bellows Signal




 [Received from Jeffrey Dexter 2015-08-29.]