Luther Memorial Lutheran Church: Sanctuary; East Transept
1021 University Avenue
Madison, WI
Images
August 2021 - Keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from an Organ Media Foundation video tour of the organ, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2020 - Enclosed Great pipework (l-r): 8' Melodia, 4' Octave, 4' Flute d'Amour, 3' Twelfth, 2' Fifteenth, and 8' Clarinet (tc). (Photograph by Still capture from a Church video tour of the organ, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2020 - Hand pump (Photograph by Still capture from a Church video tour of the organ, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2020 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Still capture from a Church video tour of the organ, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2020 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Still capture from a Church video tour of the organ, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
May 2020 - Builder's stencil (Photograph by Still capture from a Church video tour of the organ, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
Unknown - Organ Case (Photograph by Andrew Schaeffer (2012)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ Case detail (Photo in Church Archives, courtesy of Andrew Schaeffer (2012)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ Case and Nave (Photo in Church Archives, courtesy of Andrew Schaeffer (2012)/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Photo in Church Archives, courtesy of Andrew Schaeffer (2012)/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 19 stops
- 21 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
- Has combination trundles
- Has coupler trundles
Notes
2020-01-12 - Originally installed Fifth Presbyterian Church, Chicago; relocated to Millard Congregational Church, Chicago, in ca. 1900; the church closed and the organ was sold in 1996 to Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin, restored by J. C. Taylor, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and installed in the East Transept in 1997. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Source: Stoplist provided by Stephen Schnurr 1999 for Stopt Diapason 1999
Madison, Wisconsin
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
J.W. STEERE & SONS, Opus 356, 1893 - Original Specifications
J.C. Taylor, 1997 - Restoration and Installation
GREAT (Manual I - Expressive with Swell except *)
Gr. 16 ft. Bourdon Treble (TF#) 40 wood*
Gr. 16 ft. Bourdon Bass 18 wood*
Gr. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58 metal; 1-16 en facade*
Gr. 8 ft. Melodia Stopᵈ Bass 58 wood
Gr. 8 ft. Dulciana 58 metal
Gr. 4 ft. Octave 58 metal
Gr. 4 ft. Flute d'Amour 58 wood and metal
Gr. 3 ft. Twelfth 58 metal
Gr. 2 ft. Fifteenth 58 metal
Gr. 8 ft. Clarinet (TC) 46
SWELL (Manual II-Expressive)
Sw. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58 metal
Sw. 8 ft. Stopᵈ Diapason 58 wood
Sw. 8 ft. Salicional 58 metal
Sw. 8 ft. Æoline 58 metal
Sw. 4 ft. Flute Harmonique 58 wood and metal
Sw. 4 ft. Violina 58 metal
Sw. 2 ft. Flautino 58 metal
Sw. 8 ft. Oboe (TC) 48 metal
Sw. 8 ft. Bassoon (bottom 8ve) 12 metal
Sw. Tremolo
PEDAL
Ped. 16 ft. Bourdon 27 wood
Ped. 8 ft. Violoncello 27 metal
COUPLERS (Drawknobs over Swell keys)
Swell to Pedale
Great to Pedale
Swell to Great
FOOT TRUNDLES (l-r; Unlabeled)
Great to Pedal Reversible
Piano Great (double-acting)
Forte Great (double-acting)
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
ACCESSORY
Blowers Signal (knob missing by 1984)
[Received from Andrew Schaeffer January 12, 2020]
[Corrected & Updated by James R. Stettner June 20, 2021)
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