Oberlin College & Conservatory: Fairchild Chapel, Bosworth Hall
50 W Lorain Street
Oberlin, OH
Images
September, 2020 - Keydesk (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Oberlin-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
September, 2020 - Front of chapel showing organ placement (Photograph from an archival source: Still capture from Oberlin-produced YouTube video, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
c. 2012, or later - Organ as installed in Fairchild Chapel (Photograph from an archival source: Oberlin College website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 1 manuals
- 5 stops
- 6 registers
- 1 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Suspended Tracker)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 48 notes
- Pedal compass: 26 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
- Combination action: None
Notes
2022-09-04 - This entry represents the installation of an existing organ in a new home. Identified from an email sent by Charles Beck on Sept. 4, 2022. The Brombaugh was originallly built for the Oberlin, Ohio residence of organ professor David S. Boe, who gifted the organ to the Conservatory. It was inaugurated in its new home in 2016.
There is no independent Pedal division. The 16' Subbaß is a mechanical extension/duplex of the Manual 8' Gedackt. -Jim Stettner
2023-03-04 - The organ is still a Brombaugh. The work of re-pitching was carried out by Hal Gober in 2014-15. -David Kazimir
Stoplist
The David S. Boe Organ Source: Pipe Organ Wiki
Manual (CD-c''') Gedackt 8 (Wood, 48 pipes), Prestant 4 (Metal, 48 pipes, in façade), Rohrflöte 4 (Wood, 48 pipes), Octave 2 (Metal, 48 pipes), Mixtura II-III (Metal, 133 pipes)
Pedal (CD-d') Subbaß 16 (Wood, the rank has 12 independent pipes and upper 14 notes come from the Manual's Gedackt 8')
Coupler Manual to Pedal
Accessories Tremulant (affects entire instrument)
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