2018-05-05 - This was a rebuild with tonal changes of Wm. Johnson 3/29 Op. 798 (1893); rebuild and tonal changes by D F Pilzecker in 1977; replaced by 3/61 Buzard Op. 44 in 2016, retaining some Johnson, Schlicker and Pilzecker pipework. -Database Manager
2018-07-03 - Updated by Steven Bartley, naming this as the source of information: "The Organ" A quarterly Review for its Makers, its Players & its Lovers "July 1951". <br> In the "Letters to the Editor" of this British publication, Robert Noehren gives a review of the Schnitger organ at Steinkirchen. At the end he gives some details of the organ, at Grace Church, Sandusky, Ohio, which he claims to have designed, with Schlicker as the organ firm, doing the work. Noehren says that he imitated the concepts of Schnitger's tonal ideas as well as the voicing. -Database Manager
Source: Stoplist copied from <i>The Diapason</i> November 1950 Date not recorded
Sandusky, Ohio
Grace Episcopal Church
Wm Johnson 1893 Op. 798 3/29
Schlicker 1950 3/45
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GREAT POSITIV
16' Quintadena 61 8' Gedeckt 61
8' Principal 61 4' Flute d'Amour 61
8' Hohlflöte 61 2' Principal 61
4' Octave 61 1 1/3' Quint 61
2' Octave 61 II-IV Scharf 208
II-IV Mixture 208 8' Clarinet 61
III Cymbel 1/5' 183 Tremulant
SWELL PEDAL
8' Gedeckt 61 16' Subbass 30
8' Salicional 61 8' Principal 30
8' Voix Celeste 61 4' Octave 30
8' Principal II 98 2' Nachthorn 30
4' Flute Harmonique 61 III Mixture 90
2' Piccolo 61 16' Posaune 30
1' Sifflöte 61 2' Cornet 30
II Sesquialtera 106
III Mixture 183
16' Fagotto tc 49
8' Trumpet 61
Tremulant
From the November 1950 issued of THE DIAPASON:
An installation of unusual character will be completed this
month at Grace Episcopal Church, Sandusky, Ohio. An organ
originally built by Johnson is being completely rebuilt by
Schlicker. Mechanical action is being retained and will be
renewed throughout with the inclusion of new keyboards and
stop jambs. All the chests are being redesigned and rebuilt.
The old pipes, rescaled and rebuilt with new languids and
mouths, will be augmented by several new stops. The wind
pressure throughout will be lowered from 3 to 2 1/2 inches.
The rebuild has been planned by Robert Noehren.
Instead of using modern voicing techniques, Mr. Schlicker is
voicing the pipes in the manner of 17th and 18th century
builders. A feature of the organ will be the III Cymbel,
beginning at 1/5', which is possibly the first of its kind
to appear in an American organ. It is not designed to be a
part of the Great chorus and will be of delicate voicing.
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