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La Marche Brothers (1953)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church: Church
914 E. Knapp St.
Milwaukee, WI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
3 manuals
56 stops
66 registers
5 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: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2014-12-28 - Originally installed in 1884 as a 3/37 Hook & Hastings; renovated by Wangerin-Weickhardt in 1915; new 5-manual console by Jerroll Adams in 1972; replaced by 3/51 Schantz Op. 2307 in 2012, retaining some previous stops. -Database Manager

2014-12-28 - Dedication recital by Frederick L. Marriott on March 8, 1953; many Hook & Hastings stops retained; new pipework was supplied by Jerome B. Meyer & Son of Milwaukee. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> December 1951 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Milwaukee, Wisconsin
       St. Paul's Episcopal Church

       La Marche   1953   3/64
       ___________________________________________________

       GREAT                          CHOIR

   16' Open Diapason    61         8' Geigen Principal  68
    8' Open Diapason    61         8' Melodia           68
    8' Second Diapason  61         8' Dulciana II      122
    8' Doppelflöte      61         8' Flute Celeste II 122
    8' Gamba            61         4' Fugara            68
    8' Gemshorn         61         4' Flute             68
    4' Octave           61     2 2/3' Quint             61
    4' Harmonic Flute   61         2' Piccolo           61
    4' Flute d'Amour    61     1 3/5' Tierce            61
2 2/3' Twelfth          61         8' Clarinet          68
    2' Fifteenth        61         8' Cor Anglais       68
  III  Mixture         183            Tremolo
   16' Trombone         61            Chimes            21
    8' Trumpet          61
    4' Clarion          61            ANTIPHONAL
       
       SWELL                       8' Open Diapason     61
                                   8' Gedeckt           61
   16' Bourdon          68         8' Viola             61
    8' Open Diapason    68         8' Aeoline           61
    8' Stopped Diapason 68         4' Prestant          61
    8' Quintadena       68         2' Piccolo           61
    8' Salicional       68       III  Mixture          183
    8' Voix Celeste     68         8' Oboe              61
    8' Aeoline          68
    4' Harmonic Flute   68            PEDAL
    2' Flageolet        61
  III  Dolce Cornet    183        16' Open Diapason     32
   16' Posaune          68        16' Open Diapason 2   GT
    8' Trumpet          68        16' Bourdon           32
    8' Oboe             68        16' Violone           32
    8' Vox Humana       61        16' Quintaten         32
    4' Clarion          68        16' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
       Tremolo                    16' Dulciana          12 CH
                              10 2/3' Quint             --
                                   8' Cello             32
                                   8' Lieblichflöte     32
                                   8' Lieblich Gedeckt  SW
                                   4' Flute d'Amour     SW
                                  16' Trombone          32
                                  16' Posaune           SW
                                   8' Tromba            12
                                   4' Clarion           12
                                      Chimes            CH

      [Received from Jeff Scofield December 28, 2014]

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