Trinity Episcopal Church
10 East Fourth Street
London, OH
Images
2017-09-16 - View of façade, case, and alcove (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Console and Pedalboard (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Organ alcove in sanctuary (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Church Exterior (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Organ in alcove (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Trackers (Swell in foreground and Great in background) (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Drawknob levers (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Pipes inside Organ (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-09-16 - Pipes inside Organ (Photograph by J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-08-25 - Pedalboard (Photograph by J.A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-08-25 - Unknown (Photograph by J.A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-08-25 - Combination Action Trundles (Photograph by J.A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-08-25 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by J.A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-08-25 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by J.A. Hefner/Database Manager)
2017-01-01 - Original Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by Louis Huffman/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph (ca. 2006) from the Church Archives; image courtesy of Tim Wilson/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 15 stops
- 20 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: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: None
- Has coupler toe pistons
Notes
2004-10-30 - From Springfield, OH. -Database Manager
2010-03-06 - Updated through online information from Earl Green. -- I practiced on this organ from age 8 through 18 (1972-1980). It was still playing in 1994 when I returned to London. It was for sale on the Organ Clearing House Website some time back. Don't know if it sold. -Database Manager
2014-01-30 - Updated through online information from Tim Wilson. -- This instrument was relocated in 1918 from Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield, Ohio when they installed their new E.M. Skinner, Opus 285. The organ is completely original except for the electric blower. Some releathering has been performed over the years. <br>The organ was for sale with Organ Clearing House in the early 2000's. When the priest (at the time the organ was listed for sale) left Trinity Church, the congregation did not want to sell their instrument so it remains still in use today. The instrument is used each Sunday for mass. Muller Pipe Organ Company, Croton, Ohio is responsible for the maintenance and tuning. Trinity Church makes every effort, as funds are available, to keep the organ in a good state of playing condition. -Database Manager
2017-01-03 - Updated by Louis Huffman, who did not provide the source of his information. -Database Manager
2017-12-11 - Updated by J. A. Hefner, who has heard or played the organ.<br>
I have had a few opportunities to play, record, and document this organ. Despite the high cost of maintenance, it is in very nice shape, with only a few quirks [the entire instrument is rather sharp, almost like each note sounds a quarter-tone higher than it should be...the blower and tremulant are very loud and mar the sound quality, and a few of the lower pedal notes don't work].<br>It has a basic combination action, with foot trundles for Great to Pedal reversible coupler, Piano/Soft, and Forte/Grand. The swell pedal is a crude mechanism with the heel connected to a shunt-lever which controls the internal swell-box shutters. It's open by default, and has to be manually held shut, but the pedal's position [and the bolted-down bench] make operation uncomfortable, unlike later Felgemakers with recessed right-side pedals and balanced pedals.<br>The façade pipes speak. Due to the instrument's location in an alcove, plus the loud blower and tremulant, it is somewhat quiet except in full-organ, and it isn't audible outside the sanctuary. At some point, the keys were replaced or otherwise refinished [the surfaces are plastic, not ivory or bone].<br><br>According to church history, the building was first built across the street in 1870, then dismantled and moved to present location in 1917-1918. At this time, Christ Episcopal in Springfield was planning to install a new Skinner organ [opus 285, thanks to Ellen Bushnell] to replace its Felgemaker opus 430. Trinity never had a pipe organ, so they expressed interest and acquired ABF opus 430, installing it in the reconstructed church. It is the only Felgemaker from Springfield to still play, and it is one of the oldest playing Felgemakers I have found. It sounds nice in spite of its quirks. Thankfully, the current vicar and congregation want to keep it, and it will be the subject of more performances and recordings to come. -Database Manager
2019-10-24 - Updated by Lia Ferrell, who has heard or played the organ. <br>This organ is still going strong in 2019. I play it every Sunday and the congregation sings heartily. Muller Pipe Organ Company is still maintaining and tuning it. With Michael Schreffler (organist at First UMC) I gave a concert on it on March 11, 2018. -Database Manager
Stoplist
. Online update from Earl Green. Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
GREAT
16' Bourdon Bass
16' Bourdon
8' Open Diapason
8' Melodia
8' Viola de Gamba
8' Dulciana
4' Octave
4' Flute d'Amour
2' Fifteenth
SWELL (Enclosed)
8' Open Diapason
8' Stopped Diapason
8' Salicional
8' Aeolina
4' Fugara
4' Flute Harmonique
8' Bassoon
8' Oboe
PEDALE
16' Double Open Diapason
8' Violincello
Bellow Signal
Pedale Check
Swell to Great Swell to Pedale Great to Pedale
Tremolo
Dimensions: 21’ wide, 8’ deep, 19’6” height Builder: Felgemaker
Date: 1881
Opus: N/A
Approximate location: London, OH
Asking price: 10,000
Dimensions (in inches, unless specified):
Height: 234
Width: 252
Depth: 96
Additional Info:
Keyboards: 2
Stops: 19
Ranks: 19
[Received on line from Earl Green March 6, 2010.]
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