Bethany Lutheran Church
102 G Street
La Porte, IN
Images
2020-03-16 - Chimes (in the Swell), with the original Moller pneumatic action, 20 notes (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2020-03-16 - Swell Stops, Chest from Fabry, Inc. (pipes and chest from Schopp), Stopped Flute (left) Bourdon 16 (right), Salicional (mitered), Voix Celeste, etc. (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2020-03-16 - Pedal Ranks, within the Swell chamber, Posaune (Vroom), Bourdon (Moller) (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2020-03-16 - Pedalboard (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2020-03-16 - Manuals and Stops (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 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: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has coupler toe pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
- Has tutti toe pistons
Notes
2020-04-09 - Updated through online information from John R. Gouwens. -- In 2004, Fabry, Inc. added several new ranks to the Swell.
Prior to this in 1983, Gustav Fabry & Sons had releathered all of the Perflex pouches, primaries, and pneumatics in the organ. And in 1990 Fabry, Inc. had converted the console and relay to solid state Peterson components. In 2008, the church was truck by lightening causing minor damage to the solid state components which was repaired. And in 2014 Fabry, Inc. installed two concussion bellows, glued stop action primaries, re-wired the offset chests fo the 16' Posaune and 16'/8' Bourdon, and performed corrective voicing. The Pedal contact rail was also replaced. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Personal inspection, as well as communications with Dave Fabry, Sr. and with Cheryl Essling (recently-retired organist, who served for 49 years) Source: John Gouwens (personal inspection) 2020
Fabry, Inc. (2004)
Bethany Lutheran Church
Great (unenclosed)
Open Diapason 8’
Melodia 8’
Dulciana 8’
Octave 4’
Twelfth 2 2/3’ (Vroom?)
Mixture IV (Vroom)
Chimes (20 tubes, Old Möller pneumatic striker action)
Swell to Great 16’
Swell to Great 8’
Swell to Great 4’
Great (to Great) 16’
Great Unison Off
Great (to Great) 4’
Swell (enclosed)
Bourdon 16’ (tenor C – but same the bottom octave does play from the Pedal)
Stopped Flute 8’ (Fabry, 2004)
Salicional 8’ (Fabry, 2004)
Voix Celeste 8’ (tenor C) (Fabry, 2004)
Flute 4’ (Fabry, 2004)
Principal 4’ (Fabry, 2004)
Nazard 2 2/3’ (Vroom?)
Flautino 2’
Trompette 8’ (Fabry, 2004)
Oboe 8’ (Original, rank placed in storage, pipes reportedly in rough shape)
Tremolo
Swell (to Swell) 16’
Swell (to Swell) 4’
Swell Unison Off
Interestingly, there is no unification or duplexing in the manual divisions.
Pedal (enclosed with Swell)
Bourdon 16’
Lieblich Gedeckt 16’ (from Swell) (original)
Bass Flute 8’ (ext. of Bourdon)
Posaune 16’ (Vroom)
Great to Pedal 8’
Great to Pedal 4’
Swell to Pedal 8’
Swell to Pedal 4’
4-level Peterson Duo-Set combination action
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