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Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders Opus 45 (2022)

Hillsdale College: Chapel; rear gallery
Hillsdale, MI

Images

0020-06-15 - Building exterior (Photograph by stroik.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022 - Interior to front (Photograph by Weigand Construction, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2022 - Nave to rear, front and gallery organ cases (Photograph by Paul Fritts & Co., via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2022 - Organ case (Photograph by Paul Fritts & Co., via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

August 2022 - Organ case (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

August 2022 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by Erik McLeod, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Gallery

Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
3 manuals
4 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
Stop action Type: Electrical
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons

Notes

2022-09-03 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the builder's website. This is the 2nd of two Fritts organs in the chapel. Opus 44, a choir organ installed in front on the left side, was installed in 2019. -Jim Stettner

Stoplist

Source: Stoplist copied from the builder's website

Hillsdale, Michigan
Hillsdale College

Paul Fritts & Co., Organbuilders, Opus 45, 2022


        GREAT	
16'     Principal
8'      Octave
8'      Salicional
8'      Rohrflöte
8'      Flûte Harmonique
4'      Octave
4'      Spitzflöte
3'      Quinte
2'      Octave
VI-VIII Mixture 	
V       Cornet
16'     Trompet
8'      Trompet
8'      Trompette


        SWELL (Expressive)
8'      Principal
8'      Gedackt
8'      Baarpijp
8'      Violdigamba
8'      Voix celeste
4'      Octave
4'      Koppelflöte
2 2/3'  Nasat
2'      Octave
2'      Gemshorn
1 3/5'  Terz
V-VI    Mixture
16'     Trompet
8'      Trompet
8'      Hautbois
8'      Vox Humana
			  	  			

        POSITIV
8'      Principal
8'      Gedackt
8'      Quintadena
4'      Octave
4'      Rohrflöte
2 2/3'  Nasat
2'      Octave
2'      Blockflöte
1 1/3'  Larigot
II      Sesquialtera
VI-VII  Mixture
16'     Dulcian
8'      Trompet
8'      Cromorne
			  	  			
							
        PEDAL 			  	  	
32'     Subbaß  *	
16'     Principal	
16'     Subbaß 	
8'      Octave 	
8'      Bourdon * 	
4'      Octave 	
2'      Nachthorn 		  	  	
VI-VII  Mixture 	 	
32'     Posaune 	
16'     Posaune		  	  	
8'      Trompet
4'      Trompet
2'      Cornet

*Some pipes transmitted from other stops


        COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Positive to Pedal

Swell to Great
Positive to Great

Swell to Positive 	


NOTES
Compass: Manual :  58 notes 	
         Pedal :  30 notes 	
 		  	  	
Other: 	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 1: Great and Positive 	
Tremulant 2: Swell 	
Wind Stabilizer