St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
402 Second Street NE
Independence, IA
Images
2020-11-06 - Swell shoe, pre-restoration photo (Photograph by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2020-11-06 - Nameplate, pre-restoration photo (Photograph by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2020-11-06 - Facade, painted gold, pre-restoration photo (Photograph by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2020 - Closeup of facade, side view (Photograph by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2020 - View of organ case (Photograph by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2020 - Organ in loft, view from nave (Photograph by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd., submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 8 stops
- 8 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Not been played in many years in 1998. Also have electronic. about 10 ranks -Database Manager
2010-01-10 - Updated through on-line information from John Panning. -- Electric blower fitted in the 1910s. Bellows feeders extant but hand pumping mechanism missing. Facade pipes may have previously been stenciled; currently painted gold. Pedal sharps have been replaced with plastic. -Database Manager
2021-04-07 - Restored by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders 2020, including restenciling the pipe facade. -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Restored 2020 Source: Taken from builder's website
GREAT (61 notes, unenclosed) Open Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Melodia 8 (61 pipes), Dulciana 8 (49 pipes, 1-12 from Melodia), Octave 4 (61 pipes)
SWELL (61 notes, enclosed) Stop'd Diapason 8 (61 pipes), Salicional 8 (61 pipes), Flute Harmonique 4 (61 pipes), Tremolo
PEDAL (30 notes) Bourdon 16 (30 pipes)
COUPLERS / MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS Swell to Great, Swell to Great at Octaves, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Bellows Signal
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