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Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders Opus 44 (2019)

Hillsdale College: Chapel; front/left
Hillsdale, MI

Images

2019 - Great pipework (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019 - Manuals and stops (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019 - Full keydesk with pedalboard (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019 - Upper casework and facade (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019 - Full free-standing organ case (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2019 - Chapel interior showing organ in front at left (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
28 stops
30 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 30 notes
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

2022-09-01 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the builder's opus list. One of two organs by the Fritts & Co. form going into the chapel. This one was installed first. The rear gallery 3-man. instrument was installed in late summer 2022. -Jim Stettner

2023-04-14 - This organ, and the 3-manual Fritts in the gallery are featured in this article in *The Diapason*: https://www.thediapason.com/content/cover-feature-hillsdale-college?fbclid=IwAR1jeb-Kt2CNG0Kg_ezfhDobPki8LLRPmdAPseR9EbkB7wLWWhrMaBJp2aQ -David Hendricksen

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the builder's website 2019

Hillsdale, Michigan
Hillsdale College - Chapel; front

Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders, Opus 44, 2019 - Original Specifications

 
       GREAT                     SWELL (Exp.)             PEDAL 	
16'    Bourdon            8'     Principal          16'   Subbass
8'     Principal 	  8'     Gamba              8'    Principal
8'     Salicional         8'     Voix celeste       8'    Bourdon  *
8'     Rohrflöte          8'     Gedackt            4'    Octave  *
4'     Octave             4'     Octave             16'   Posaune
4'     Spitzflöte         4'     Rohrflöte          8'    Trompet
2 2/3' Quinte             2 2/3' Nasard 			
2'     Octave             2'     Gemshorn
IV     Mixture            1 3/5' Tierce
8'     Trompet            III-IV Mixture
4'     Trompet            16'    Fagott 			
                          8'     Trompet
                          8'     Basson /Hautbois
							
* Transmissions from other stops 				
 
    COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal

Swell to Great

		
    NOTES
-Polished tin front pipes
-Solid wood casework with carved pipe shades
-Suspended, direct mechanical key action
-Mechanical stop action with electric pre-set system
-Tremulant
-1854 speaking pipes
	 
		
    COMPASS 	
Manual: 58 notes
Pedal :	30 notes