St. Paul's Episcopal Church
1000 Michigan Avenue
La Porte, IN
Images
Unknown - Original Steer & Turner before relocating inside church (ca. 1880's) (Photograph from church archives; courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Organ after church alterations and relocation (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Chancel facade and keydesk (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Back of facade (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk: Great stopjamb (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Keydesk: Swell and Pedal stopjamb (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great pipework (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Great pipework (f-b): II Mixture, 2' Fifteenth, 4' Flute a Chemineee, 4' Octave, 8' Melodia (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Swell pipework (f-b): 8' Oboe, 4' Wald Flute, 8' St. Diapason, 8' Keraulophon, 8' Open Diapason (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Unknown - Pedal trackers, reservoir (1976) (Photograph courtesy of Jane & Bill Snyder via John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 13 stops
- 16 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
- Combination action: None
Notes
2004-10-30 - Rebuilt and enlarged by Ronald Wahl in 1978 to 24 ranks. -Database Manager
2020-04-09 - Updated though online information from James R. Stettner. -- The organ was originally free-standing and fully encased at the front on the left with the facade facing across the chancel. At the time of a sanctuary renovation, the organ was recessed into a facade - still in front on the left. The facade was reconfigured. -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, August 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
La Porte, Indiana
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Steere & Turner, Opus 45, 1872 - Original Specifications
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GREAT (CC-a2) pipes COUPLERS (by button in keyslip)
8 Open Diapason 58 Swell to Pedale
8 Dulciana 46 Great to Pedale
8 Melodia 46
8 Stop'd Diapason Bass 12 Swell to Great
4 Principal 58
4 Flute a Cheminee 58
2 Fifteenth 58 FOOT TRUNDLES
II Mixture II 116 Undocumented
SWELL (CC-a2 - Expressive) pipes PEDAL MOVEMENTS
8 Open Diapason 46 Swell Expression (bal.)
8 Keraulophon 46
8 Stop'd Diapason 46
8 Stop'd Diapason Bass 12 ACTION: Mech. Key & Stop
4 Wald Flue (harmonic) 58
8 Oboe 46 STOPS: 13
8 Basson 12
Tremulant REGISTERS: 16
RANKS: 14
PEDALE (CC-d)
16 Bourdon 27 PIPES: 745
NOTES
OHS Citation No. 34, 1981
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-13]
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