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John J. Miller Mechanical Organ and Clock Works, LLC (2019)

Divine Peace Lutheran Church
3203 South 76th St.
Milwaukee, WI

Images

2019-10-07 - Organ case in rear corner of sanctuary (Photograph by Elizabeth Miller/Database Manager)

2019-10-07 - Organ case with pedal pipes to the side (Photograph by Elizabeth Miller/Database Manager)

2019-10-07 - Organ case - perspective (Photograph by Elizabeth Miller/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Hinged Doors That Enclose Keyboards
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
10 stops
10 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Balanced Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2019-08-31 - This organ was originally built for the Christian Science Society in Ripon, Wisconsin. In 2009, it was relocated to St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has now been gifted to Divine Peace Lutheran. John Miller was also involved with the previous relocation and reinstallation. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from the OHS Database Source: Stoplist provided for another Database entry by John J. Miller Date not recorded

Divine Peace Lutheran Church
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Klaus Becker, 1971
John J. Miller Mechanical Organ and Clock Works, LLC, 2019 - Moving & Reinstallation
2 manuals. 3 divisions. 10 stops. 13 ranks. 676 pipes.
56-note manuals. 30-note pedals.
Mechanical key action. Mechanical stop action.

HAUPTWERK                                    COUPLERS (hitch-down)
   8'     Rohrflöte                 56          I/Ped
   4'     Prinzipal                 56          II/Ped
   2'     Gemshorn                  56
   IV     Mixtur  (1 1/3')         224          II/I

BRUSTWERK
   8'     Gedackt                   56       ACCESSORIES
   4'     Koppelflöte               56          Tremolant
   2'     Prinzipal                 56
   1 1/3' Quinte                    56

PEDAL
   16'    Subbaß                    30
   4'     Choralbaß                 30


ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop     VOICES: 10     STOPS: 10     RANKS: 13     PIPES: 676


NOTES
Originally built for the Christian Science Society in Ripon, Wisconsin.
2009 moved by Nolte Organ Building to St. Andrew Lutheran in Milwaukee.
2019, refurbished and installed here without tonal changes.

Sources: OHS Database with photos; John J. Miller, organ builder

Websites

Divine Peace Lutheran - Organ Project - Video updates of repairs and installation (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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