Racine College / DeKoven Center: St. John Chapel; rear gallery
600 21st Street
Racine, WI
Images
2012-03-18 - Exposed Great and Pedal pipework (Photograph from an archival source: Dekoven Center Facebook page (J.E. Bark Fine Art Photography), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Date Unknown - Organ in side chamber with console in rear gallery (Photograph by Patrick Byrne, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1900 - Chapel exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
2019-11-05 - Organ pipes in side gallery (Jeph Kemp/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- 2 manuals
- 13 stops
- 16 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2015-04-21 - This entry represents the installation (with alterations?) of a used organ. Originally built for Kemper Hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Identified by James R. Stettner, using information from this web site: http://www.byrnepiano.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/St.-Johns-Dekoven-.jpg. The DeKoven Center was originally Racine College - a prep school for men before entering the Episcopal Seminary in Nashota, WI. According to the website, "In 1889, the college division closed and the school remained a boys boarding school until 1933 when it closed during the Great Depression. The Community of St. Mary, an Episcopal order of women, bought the property at sheriffs auction and formed the DeKoven Foundation for Church Work which carried on the work of Racine College. The sisters used the buildings as a retreat and conference center as well as a summer camp for girls. The sisters sold the property to the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee in 1985." According to Executive Dir. Max Dershem in a phone conversation today (2015-04-20) the organ in St. John's Chapel came from a facility in Kenosha. -Database Manager
Stoplist
COMB. ACTION: 2 combination pistons/studs-per-division; REVERSIBLES: Sforzando (hitch-down); PEDAL MOVEMENTS: Swell Expression (balanced), Crescendo (balanced). Source: Rec'd from David Boin, 2016-01-20
Great Gedeckt 8, Dulciana 8, Mixture II, Principal 4, Spitz Flöte 4
Swell Quintadena 8, Bourdon Dolce 8, Gemshorn 2, Rohr Flöte 4, Sesquialtera II
Pedal Principal 8, Octave Sub Bass 8, Sub Bass 16, Flute 4, Octave Flute 2, Octave Principal 4
Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great), Swell to Pedal 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal)
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