Swedesburg Lutheran Church
1897 140th Street
Mt. Pleasant, IA
Images
2020-04-26 - Two facades / chambers and console location (shown before 2023 rebuild) (Photograph by Christopher Arp/Christopher Arp)
2019-11-24 - Painted Swell Facade pipes (non-speaking) (Photograph by Christopher Arp/Christopher Arp)
2022-10-17 - Pedal Bourdon (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2022-12-21 - Great pipework (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2022-12-21 - Choir pipework (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2022-12-21 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2021-11-30 - Pedal Trombone (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2023-03-16 - Great upper chest right pipework (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2022-12-21 - Console during installation (Photograph by Christopher Arp, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
Consoles
Main console
- Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 3 manuals
- 62 stops
- 90 registers
- 5 divisions
- Key action Type: Electrical
- Stop action Type: Electrical
- Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets Above Top Manual
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 32 notes
- Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Computerized/Digital
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
- Has coupler thumb pistons
- Has tutti thumb pistons
Stoplist
Source: Pamphlet: Swedesburg Lutheran Pipe Organ History
Great (2nd Keyboard) (61 notes, Located in the left chamber) Violoncello 16 (2023) 1–12 digital, Open Diapason 8 (1963) 61 pipes, Viola Pomposa 8 (2023), Harmonic Flute 8 (1963) 61 pipes, Stopped Diapason 8 (2023) 73 pipes, Octave 4 (1963) 61 pipes, Octave Flute 4 (1963), Bourdon 4 (2023), Fifteenth 2 (1963) 61 pipes, Mixture III-IV (2023) 228 pipes, Tromba 8 (2023)
Swell (3rd Keyboard) (61 notes, enclosed, Located in the right chamber) Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (1928) 97 pipes, Violin Diapason 8 (2023) 68 pipes, Salicional 8 (1928) 68 pipes, Voix Celeste 8 (1928) 68 pipes, Gedeckt 8 (1928), Violin Octave 4 (1963) 68 pipes, Flute d’amour 4 (1928), Piccolo 2 (1928, last five 2023), Mixture III (1963) 183 pipes, Contra Fagotto 16 (1963) 80 pipes, Trumpet 8 (1963) 61 pipes, Oboe 8 (1963), Clarion 4 (2023) 12 pipes
Choir (1st Keyboard) (61 notes, Located in the left chamber) Viola Pomposa 8 (2023) 73 pipes, Dulciana 8 (1928) 68 pipes, Unda Maris 8 (1928) 56 pipes, Melodia 8 (1928) 68 pipes, Chimney Flute 8 (1963), Octave Viol 4 (2023), Open Flute 4 (1928), Chimney Flute 4 (1963) 73 pipes, Nazard 2⅔ (1963), Flautino 2 (1963), Tierce 1⅗ (Electronic systems are prepared for the future addition of pipes in this rank), Clarinet 8 (1963) 68 pipes
Solo (Floating) (Primarily extensions of pedal ranks) Major Diapason 8 (2023) 29 pipes, Major Flute 8 (2023) 41 pipes, Choeur des Viols 8 (1928), Major Octave 4 (2023), Major Flute 4 (2023), Trombone 16 (2023), Tromba 8 (2023) 41 pipes, Clarion 4 (2023), Chimes (1946) 21 chimes
Pedal (32 notes, Split between both chambers) Resultant 32 (2023), Open Wood 16 (1928) 56 pipes, Violoncello 16 (2023) 1–12 digital, Major Bass 16 (1928) 44 pipes, Lieblich Gedeckt 16 (1928), Octave 8 (1928/1963), Viola Pomposa 8 (2023), Major Flute 8 (1928/2023), Gedeckt 8 (1928), Fifteenth 4 (1963), Octave Viol 4 (2023), Major Flute 4 (2023), Trombone 16 (2023) 44 pipes, Contra Fagotto 16 (1963), Tromba 8 (2023), Trumpet 8 (1963), Tromba Clarion 4 (2023), Clarinet 4 (1963)
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