Most Pure Heart of Mary
29 West St.
Shelby, OH
Images
2023-06-11 - Chimes manual (Photograph by Erin Bohne/Erin Bohne)
2023-06-11 - Pedalboard (Photograph by Erin Bohne/Erin Bohne)
2023-06-11 - Manuals and stoptabs (Photograph by Erin Bohne/Erin Bohne)
2023-06-11 - Console (Photograph by Erin Bohne/Erin Bohne)
December 1974 - Photo from newspaper article. (Photograph from an archival source: Mansfield News-Journal, submitted by Thurlow B. Weed/Thurlow B. Weed)
2023-02-08 - Organ in balcony (Photograph by Kyle Ray/Churches of Ohio, submitted by Thurlow B. Weed/Thurlow B. Weed)
2023-02-08 - Church interior (Photograph by Kyle Ray/Churches of Ohio, submitted by Thurlow B. Weed/Thurlow B. Weed)
2023-02-08 - Church exterior (Photograph by Kyle Ray/Churches of Ohio, submitted by Thurlow B. Weed/Thurlow B. Weed)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- 3 manuals
- 4 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Stop Keys Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
- Has combination thumb pistons
Notes
2023-03-17 - Articles in the 31 Aug 1971 and 26 Dec 1974 issues of the Mansfield (OH) *News-Journal* show that the organ was releathered by members of the congregation, with "final installation work being done by Rudy Sepelnic, who had worked on the original installation." -Thurlow B. Weed
2023-03-23 - Information recieved from Barb Studer, parish business administrator, on 3/21/23: "An organ recital by Henry F. Seibert of New York City introduced the new organ on February 1, 1928."
She also relayed that it is unknown what became of the 1903 Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling organ that was in the previous church building that was demolished for the construction of the present building. -Thurlow B. Weed
2023-03-23 - The parish was originally known as Sacred Heart of Mary when established in 1866; when the present church was built in 1928, the name changed to Most Pure Heart of Mary. -Thurlow B. Weed
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