First Presbyterian Church: Sanctuary
299 McWethy Drive
Leadville, CO
OHS convention: 1998
Images
2018-08-21 - Organ Case (Photograph by Rev. Peggy Marshall/Database Manager)
2018-08-21 - Keydesk and Stops (Photograph by Rev. Peggy Marshall/Database Manager)
2018-08-21 - Console: Left Stopjamb (Photograph by Rev. Peggy Marshall/Database Manager)
2018-08-21 - Console: Right Stopjamb (Photograph by Rev. Peggy Marshall/Database Manager)
2018-08-21 - Console: pedalboard, foot rundles, and expression shoe (Photograph by Rev. Peggy Marshall/Database Manager)
1997-05-04 - Organ Case and Keydesk (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
1997-05-04 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
- 2 manuals
- 13 stops
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Terraced/Stepped Jambs
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - The builder did not use opus numbers to identify his work, but the catalog number S-67 was assigned to this instrument by Elizabeth Towne Schmitt and may be used for reference. -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Moved into new building c. 1969 by Ed Bollinger. Also known for a time as 1st Federated. [Citation number must be wrong on this or Leadville's St. George's.] [Manager's Note: The citation number given above is correct. July 2007] -Database Manager
2007-07-22 - Updated through on-line information from Benn Gibson. -- I visited the church and played the organ in July 2007. This superb organ is in fine condition. The congregation appreciates its quality and significance. An air-conditioned atmosphere is provided for the instrument. The builder's name is spelled Scheulke on the framed OHS citation next to the console. -Database Manager
2012-01-28 - Updated through online information from Lexie Palmore. -Database Manager
2022-03-29 - The Schuelke organ for the new building arrived late in December 1 889 and was opened with a recital by Dr. John H. Gower of Denver, on 30 December. The cost of the organ ($2,000, $2,200, or $2,500, depending on which account is to be believed) was paid by the "Ladies' Business Society."
In the words of Jean Parry, "When the decision was made to build a new church, the congregation was sharply divided over the fate of the Schuelke organ. While some wanted to restore and move it to the new church, a sizable faction urged the purchase of a modern electronic substitute. The congregation finally voted to restore the historic Schuelke pipe organ. A $5,000 contract to dismantle, restore, and install it in the new church was awarded to Edward T. Bollinger (of Bollinger Pipe Organs, in Northglenn, Colorado) and former pastor of the Leadville Church from 1 947- 1949. -- *1998 OHS Handbook* -Paul R. Marchesano
Stoplist
Source: 1998 OHS Handbook
Great (58 notes) Bourdon [TC] 16 (46 w), Open Diapason 8 (58 m), Melodia 8 (58 w), Dulciana 8 (58 m), Principal 4 (58 m), Twelfth 3 (58 m), Fifteenth 2 (58 m)
Swell (58 notes, enclosed) Open Diapason 8 (58 m), Stopped Diapason 8 (58 w), Salicional 8 (58 m), Flute Harmonic 4 (58 w&m), Oboe and Bassoon 8 (58 m), Tremolo
Pedal (27 notes) Bourdon 16 (27 w)
Couplers Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal
Pedal Movements 2 unlabeled single-acting comb. pedals, balanced Swell pedal
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