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Herbert Leadbitter (1947)

First Baptist Church
Milwaukee, WI

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
3 manuals
48 stops
63 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Slanted Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)

Notes

2022-06-21 - As Op. 919, ten new ranks plus Harp (replacing the Campanetta) and Chimes added in 1912; rebuilt and enlarged in 1916 to 3/46 as Op. 1347; 4 additional ranks added in 1927; relocated in 1947 to First Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Herbert Leadbitter of Detroit. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: From THE DIAPASON January 1948

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    First Baptist Church

    Aeolian   Op. 919   1903   2/27
    Aeolian   Op. 1347  1916   3/50
    Leadbitter          1947   3/53
    ______________________________________________

    GREAT                      CHOIR (from Great)
16' Dulciana          61   16' Dulciana
 8' 1st Open Diapason 61    8' 1st Open Diapason
 8' 2nd Open Diapason 61    8' 2nd Open Diapason
 8' Grossflöte        61    8' Grossflöte
 8' Viola d'Gamba     61    8' Viola d'Gamba
 8' Dolce Flute       61    8' Dolce Flute
 8' Gemshorn          61    8' Gemshorn
 8' Dulciana          61    8' Dulciana
 4' Harmonic Flute    61    4' Harmonic Flute
 2' Piccolo           61    2' Piccolo
 8' Trumpet           61    8' Trumpet
 8' Clarinet          61    8' Clarinet
    Chimes            20       Chimes

    SWELL                      SOLO (on SW or CH)
16' Lieblich Gedeckt  61    8' Grossflöte       61
 8' Violin Diapason   61    8' Voix Celeste II 122
 8' Dulciana Celeste  61    8' Trumpet          61
 8' Stopped Diapason  61    8' French Horn      61
 8' Flute Celeste     61
 8' Viole d'Orchestre 61       ECHO (on SW or CH)
 8' Viole Celeste     61    8' Salicional       61
 8' Aeoline           61    8' Voix Celeste     61
 8' Voix Celeste      61    8' Stopped Diapason 61
 8' Quintadena        61    8' Flute Celeste    61
 4' Octave            61    8' Vox Humana       61
 4' Harmonic Flute    61
 4' Salicet           61       PEDAL
 2' Flageolet         61   16' Open Diapason    30
 V  Dolce Mixture    244   16' Bourdon          30
 8' Trumpet           61   16' Violone          30
 8' Oboe              61   16' Dulciana         GT
 8' Orchestral Oboe   61   16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
 8' Vox Humana        61    8' Open Diapason    12
    Chimes            GT   16' Bassoon          SW
    Harp              49

     [Received from Jeff Scofield June 21, 2022]

Documents

Write-up from THE DIAPASON January 1948 Stoplist, console photo and commentary -Jeff Scofield

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