Better Pipe Organ Database

Charles M. Ruggles (Pipe Organs) Opus 14 (1986)

Lawrence University
420 E. College Avenue
Appleton, WI

Images

2020-09-10 - Organ case (Photograph by Christoph Wahl, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2020-02-06 - Console, Case and Pipework (Photograph by Ethan Mellema/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
7 stops
8 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 56 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2019-11-03 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. Identified by Andrew Schaeffer, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager

2022-07-22 - Organ suffered damage to the case, bent pipes, and snapped trackers, during a moving incident while the building was undergoing HVAC work in June 2022. Organ is currently under the care of Wahl Organbuilders in Appleton, Wisconsin who will be overseeing the rebuilding/restoration efforts. (July 2022) -Ethan Mellema

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from console 2020-02-08

Appleton, Wisconsin
Lawrence University

Charles M. Ruggles, 1986


    MANUAL I - 56n                      COUPLERS 
8'  Rohrflöte                           Manual II to Pedal     (hitch-down)
4'  Principal                           Manual I to Pedal      (hitch-down)
II  Mixture 
                                        Manual II to Manual I       (shove)

    MANUAL II -	56n
8'  Gedackt 
4'  Koppelflöte 
2'  Gemshorn                            ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop

    PEDAL - 30n                         VOICES: 7    STOPS: 8
16' Subbass 
8'  Bourdon                             RANKS: 8     PIPES: ___


[Original document from Ethan Mellema]