Better Pipe Organ Database

B. Schaefer & Sons Co. (1910's)

St. Paul Catholic Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery
304 Sinclair Lewis Ave.
Sauk Centre, MN

Images

2009-03-21 - Builder's nameplate (Photograph by Josh Sellner, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2009-03-21 - Organ case (Photograph by Josh Sellner, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2009-03-21 - Sanctuary interior with organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Josh Sellner, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Gallery

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
2 manuals
3 divisions
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2021-04-27 - Identified by other existing OHS Datbase accounts. The organ was tonally altered in the 1970's to be 'Neo-Baroque'. The attempt has been described in less than ideal terms. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist taken from the windchest stop actions of the altered original organ ca. 2021

Sauk Centre, Minnesota
St. Paul Catholic Church

B. Schaefer & Sons Co. (1910's)


    GREAT
8’  Open Diapason
8’  Melodia
8’  Dulciana
4’  Octave
 

    SWELL (Expressive)
8’  Stopped Diapason
8’  Salicional
8’  Voix Celeste
8’  Aeoline
4’  Harmonic Flute
    Tremolo
 

    PEDAL
16’ Subbass


[Submitted by Allen Moe; 2021-04-27]