2022-07-12 - In the 1970s and 1980s work was done to releather parts of the instrument and replace the pneumatic switching with a diode-matrix Solid State Logic control system. The original 3 manual console was replaced in 1984 with a larger 4 manual console. The 4 manual console shell appears to have been made by Klann Organ Supply and was installed by Julian Bulley and Philip Crowell. The original 1917 console was placed in storage in the 1980s and was removed in 2022 by Nicholas Koch. The console shell was made of quarter sawn white oak, stained dark to match the casework, and had elaborate carvings under the key bed, as was typical of Wangerin consoles. Since the console was stored in an unheated environment, it suffered damage due to weather and rodents. The original console mechanisms, aside from the nameboard and expression pedals, were not present in 2022 and it was presumed that they were disposed of when the console was removed from the church in the 1980s. The keyboards were in extremely rough shape and not restorable. The console carvings however, are in excellent shape and have been preserved for reuse in future restoration work. -Nicholas Koch
2022-10-01 - Transcribed from a note inside the organ: "Holy Trinity Catholic Church - Dayton, Ohio Organ Repair + leather replacement --- 12/72 - Pedal chests external leather replaced. Swell shutter engine recovered! Rectifier installed. 10/75 - Great chest, upper swell chest, choir melodia chest, leather replaced - polyurethane cloth. Console Combinations - external pneumatics covered - zepher membrane, pedal relay switch pneumatics recovered. 3/79 - Re-recovered upper SW with lighter cloth (blue & red), used different glue (Dow-Corning Urethane Bond) to glue buttons to slick side of cloth, patched bad leather in lower sw. Reglued loose buttons on Gt & Ped with the new glue 8/17/79 - Patched 8 notes - Ch Unda Maris 4/1/80 - Re-leathered Choir Diapason, Dulciana, Unda Maris, New Choir Tremolo, "General" Pistons installed with diodes, Re-Covered Choir bellows corners. DEC 81 - Patched all bad echo notes, patched SW. Horn Diapason, Bourdon, Patched CH Rohr Flute 84 - New Console - Relay (SS) Jan 85 - Lower Swell Releathered, Swell Reservoir recovered May 85 - Echo releathered [NOT VOX HUMANA], Echo Reservoir recovered Nov 87 - Releathered Choir Clarinet & Rohr Flute" A picture of this note has been included. -Nicholas Koch
2022-10-02 - This work was a joint effort between Julian Bulley, Philip Crowell, Thomas Aldridge, and Lawrence Stofer. -Nicholas Koch
Source: Taken from Console 2022
Great (Partially Enclosed) Open Diapason 16, Open Diapason 8, Flute 8 (Former 8' Melodia, cut down and stopped), Octave 4, Quint 2-2/3, Doublette 2 (From Schantz mixture on Schantz Chest), Mixture III (Schantz mixture on Schantz Chest), Trumpet 8, Vox Humana 8 (Echo), Tremolo, Chimes on Great, Gamba 8, Flute 4
Swell (Enclosed Stacked Upper/Lower) Bourdon 16, Open Diapason 8, Gedeckt 8, Viole 8, Voix Celeste T.C. 8, Flute Harmonique 4, Flautino 2, M2 (Handwritten, Midi 2?), Cornopean 8, Oboe 8, Tremolo
Choir (Enclosed with Great) Violin Diapason 8, Melodia 8, Dulciana 8, Unda Maris T.C. 8, Rohr Flute 4, Blank, Clarinet 8, Vox Humana 8 (Echo), Tremolo, Harp on Choir
Echo (Enclosed) English Open Diapason 8, Fern Flute 8, Salicional 8, Aeoline 8, Gemshorn 4, Vox Humana 8 (Located in main organ but playable on Echo manual), Tremolo, Chimes on Echo, Zimbelstern, All Swells to Swell
Pedal (Unenclosed) Resultant 32, Open Diapason 16, Subbass 16, Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (Swell), Cello 8, Bass Flute 8, Posaune 16 (1960s Wicks, former manual stop), M3 (Midi??)
Swell to Pedal (Swell to Pedal), Swell to Pedal 4, Great to Pedal (Great to Pedal), Great to Pedal 4, Choir to Pedal (Choir to Pedal), Choir to Pedal 4, Great to Great 16, Echo to Pedal (Echo to Pedal), Great to Great 8 (Great Unison Release), Great to Great 4, Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 4, Swell to Great (Swell to Great), Choir to Great 16, Choir to Great (Choir to Great), Choir to Great 4, Echo to Great (Echo to Great), Echo to Great 4, Swell to Swell 16, Swell to Swell 8 (Swell Unison Release), Swell to Swell 4, Choir to Choir 16, Choir to Choir 8 (Choir Unison Release), Swell to Choir 16, Swell to Choir (Swell to Choir), Swell to Choir 4, Echo to Choir (Echo to Choir), Echo to Choir 4, Echo to Echo 16, Echo to Echo 8 (Echo Unison Release), Echo to Echo 4
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