Better Pipe Organ Database

Berghaus Organ Co. (1987)

First Methodist [Episcopal, later United] Church
333 North Main Street
South Bend, IN

Images

2018-05-10 - Organ and choir area at the rear of the sanctuary (Photograph by Benjamin A. Stone/Benjamin A. Stone)

2025-03-27 - Console (Daniel Boin/Daniel Boin)

2025-03-27 - Chancel (Daniel Boin/Daniel Boin)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
30 stops
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs
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: Computerized/Digital
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2016-08-22 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Benjamin A. Stone, based on personal knowledge of the organ. <br> -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist taken from the console August 23, 2016 Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

South Bend, Indiana
First United Methodist Church

Berghaus Organ Co., 1987
30 Stops, 40 Ranks, 2068 pipes

Great:			Swell:			Pedal:

16'	Quintadena	8'	Salicional	16'	Subbass
8'	Principal	8'	Celeste (tc)	8'	Principal
8'	Bourdon		8'	Gedackt		8'	Gemshorn
4'	Octave		4'	Principal	4'	Octave
4'	Spielfloete	4'	Rohrfloete	4'	Nachthorn
2 2/3'	Nasat		2'	Gemshorn	2 2/3'	Mixture (non-breaking)
2'	Octave		1 1/3'	Klein Nasat	16'	Posaune
1 3/5'	Terz		2 2/3'	Sesquialtera II	4'	Klarine
1 1/7'	Septieme	1'	Scharff IV
1 1/3'	Mixture IV	16'	Dulzian
8'	Trompete	8'	Schalmei
        Tremulant		Tremulant

Couplers:	Swell to Great
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

Temperament:	Equal

Balanced mechanical key action
Electric stop action
Combination action, Four levels of memory
Zimbelstern


 [Received from Benjamin A. Stone 2016-08-25.]