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Fabry, Inc. (1978 ca.)

The Presbyterian Church of La Porte: Sanctuary
307 Kingsbury Ave.
La Porte, IN

Images

2019-11-08 - Console: Great stopjamb (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Console: Swell & Pedal stopjamb (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

2019-11-08 - Exposed pipe display (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
2 manuals
18 stops
27 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: 'Hold and Set' Pneumatic/Mechanical
Has combination thumb pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2019-12-21 - This was the addition of an 8' Gemshorn Celeste II to the Great, but with the pipes installed inside the swellbox. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist from James R. Stettner Source: Stoplist from factory specifications; updated from OHS Database console photos Date not recorded

La Porte, Indiana
First Presbyterian Church

M.P. MÖLLER, Opus 10469, 1968
Burger & Shafer, before 1975 -  Trompette En Chamade
Fabry, Inc., ca.  1978 - Gemshorn Celeste II


GREAT                                        COUPLERS
8      Principal                 61          Swell to Pedal                [8]
8      Rohrflöte                 61          Great to Pedal                [8]
8      Gemshorn Celeste II      110
4      Octave                    61          Swell to Great             16,[8],4
2      Blockflöte                61
III-IV Fourniture               220
8      Trompette En Chamade      61          FINGER PISTONS
       Tremolo                               General                       1 - 5
       Chimes                                Swell                         1 - 4
                                             Great                         1 - 4
Great 4                                        Gr. to Ped.                 (rev)
                                             SFZ                             ?
                                             Set                             ?  
SWELL (Expressive)                           Gen Can                         ?
8      Gedeckt                   61
8      Viola d'Amore             61
8      Viola Celeste       (GG)  54          TOE STUDS
4      Nachthorn                 61          General                       1 - 5
2      Prinzipal                 61          Pedal                         1 - 4
1 1/3  Larigot                   61          Gr. to Ped.                   (rev)
II     Cymbal                   122          Sforz                           ?
8      Trompette                 61
4      Trichter Regal            61
       Tremolo                               PEDAL MOVEMENTS
                                             Swell Expression             (bal.)
Swell 16                                     Crescendo                    (bal.)
Swell Unison Off                             
Swell                                        


PEDAL
16     Contra Bass               32
16     Gedeckt             (Sw)  12          ACTION: E-P
8      Principal                 12
8      Gedeckt             (Sw)  –-          VOICES: 18
4      Octave                    12
4      Gedeckt             (Sw)  –-          STOPS: 27; inc. chimes
II     Rausch Quinte             64
16     Double Trumpet     (L/2)  12          RANKS: 24
8      Trumpet             (Sw)  –-
4      Clarion             (Sw)  –-          PIPES: 1,382


NOTES
The organ is installed in front on the left side. The console is in fixed
position with the organist facing into the room – organ to their right.
Sometime before 1975, the Great Trompette En Chamade was added by Burger &
Shafer who were the Möller Reps.

Ca. 1978, Fabry, Inc. of Antioch, IL. Added an 8' Gemshorn Celeste II to
the Great, but with the pipes installed inside the swellbox.

The Pedal II Rausch Quinte was listed on the factory specs as prepared for.
But it IS in the organ now - at whose hands or when is a mystery.

Sources: M.P. Möller opus list; Factory specifications on OHS Database; photos
         added to OHS Database


First Presbyterian Church
307 Kingsbury Avenue
La Porte, IN. 46350
(219) 362-6219

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