Loretto Heights Chapel
3001 South Federal Blvd
Denver, CO
Images
2018-12-19 - Interior to the front (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-12-19 - Console (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-12-19 - Facade and console (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-12-19 - Interior to rear (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-12-19 - Facade pipes (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-12-19 - Organ facade (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
2018-12-19 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich/Database Manager)
2018-12-19 - Great Stops (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich/Database Manager)
2018-12-19 - Swell Stops (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich/Database Manager)
2018-12-19 - Pedal Stops (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich/Database Manager)
2018-12-19 - Chapel East Exterior (Photograph by Benjamin Ehrlich/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main (Gallery)
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
- 2 manuals
- 21 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: Flat Radiating
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2019-01-11 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ.
<br>Identified by Benjamin Ehrlich, who has heard or played the organ.<br>property under review for new redevelopment. Historical buildings safe, no current plans for organ. -Database Manager
2019-02-14 - Updated by Benjamin Ehrlich, who has heard or played the organ. <br> <br>Installation year updated after comparing entry with OHS Database ID 9043, Scottish Rite Temple, Denver Consistory; in email with Charles Schaeffer -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist copied from detailed OHS Database photos of the console November 15, 2020
Denver, Colorado
Loretto Heights Chapel
W.W. KIMBALL CO., Opus 6725, 1923 - Original Specifications
GREAT COUPLERS
8' Open Diapason Swell Unison 8' [to Pedal]
8' Clarabella (Sw) –- Great Unison 8' [to Pedal]
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Dulciana Swell Sub 16' [to Great]
4' Wald Flute (Sw) –- Swell Unison 8' [to Great]
2' Flautino (Sw) –- Swell Super 4' [to Great]
Great Sub 16'
Great Unison On/Off FINGER PISTONS
Great Super 4' General 1 - 4
Swell 1 - 4
Sw to Ped (rev)
SWELL (Expressive) Great 1 - 4
16' Lieblich Gedeckt 12 Gr to Ped (rev)
8' Violin Diapason
8' Clarabella
8' Echo Salicional COMBINATION COUPLERS
8' Voix Celeste Pedal Comb [to Swell] On/Off
4' Forest Flute 12 Pedal Comb [to Great] On/Off
2 2/3' Nazard 7
2' Piccolo 5
1 3/5' Tierce 4 TOE STUDS
8' Orch. Oboe Pedal 1 - 4
8' Vox Humana Gr. to Pedal (rev)
Tremolo Sforzando (h-d)
Vox vibrato
Swell Sub 16' PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Unison On/Off Expression (bal.)
Swell Super 4' Crescendo (bal.)
PEDAL ACTION: E-P
32' Acoustic Bass -–
16' Bourdon 32 VOICES: __ STOPS: 21
16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw) –-
8' Flute 12 RANKS: __ PIPES: _____
NOTES
Installed in a case in the rear gallery. The 3-sectional facade contains 37
pipes arranged: 5-27-5, with the middle section itself divided into 3 sections
by virtue of the pipe arrangement as: 5-17-5.
Sources: OHS Database photos
Loretto Heights Chapel
3001 South Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO. 80236 Documented: November 15, 2020
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