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D.C. Schroth Organ Builders (2023)

York Street Congregational / Love & Faith Fellowship Church / The Prestant
720 York St.
Newport, KY

Images

2022 - Original and present builder's plates (Photograph from an archival source: D. C. Schroth Organ Builders (Facebook page), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022 - Console (Photograph from an archival source: D. C. Schroth Organ Builders (Facebook page), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022 - Console from left side (Photograph from an archival source: D. C. Schroth Organ Builders (Facebook page), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2022 - Original Tellers console shell retained and rebuilt/upgraded with solid state. (Photograph from an archival source: D. C. Schroth Organ Builders (Facebook page), submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Date unknown - Sanctuary interior with organ in front (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

2016-05-24 - Church exterior; facade (Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)

Consoles

Chancel

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
2 manuals
20 registers
3 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 Straight
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Computerized/Digital
Syndyne LS8400
Has sequencer
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2023-08-15 - In December of 2022, D.C. Schroth Organ Builders did an assessment of the Tellers-Kent pipe organ from 1924. Upon arrival, about 30% of the organ was not playing/malfunctioning, some repairs were made to the console action and a ventil pouch was repaired in the Swell chest. Most of the malfunctioning components of the organ were from the organ sitting in dis-use, working the organ cleared these malfunctions only temporarily. The console was in rough shape; the console lid had been sawn at, the pedalboard was in extremely poor condition, and the keyboards had many ivories cracked, chipped, broken, and some missing. Schroth created a proposal to upgrade the organ to solid state switching based on the organs age and functionality. The owners of The Prestant had agreed to the proposal for the organ to be upgraded to solid state switching and the console to be rebuilt. Part of the proposal was taking all the pipes back to Schroths' shop to be cleaned and regulated; fine regulation and tuning was done after re-installment. -Seth Daily

2023-08-23 - Flute Harmonic is 4' not 8', mistake by tellers, we didn't catch when tabs ordered, correct tab has been ordered and will be installed later. -Seth Daily

2023-08-23 - Pedal 16 Bourdon and bottom octave of 16 Lieblich are non-expressive. -Seth Daily

Stoplist

Source: Updated console spec sheet. July 2023

Newport, Kentucky
York Street Congregational / Love & Faith Fellowship Church / The Prestant 

Tellers-Kent Organ Co., Opus 316, 1924
Tellers Organ Co., Opus 629, 1939 
David Schroth, Jr., 2023


    GREAT (Expressive):
8'  Open Diapason
8'  Melodia
8'  Gamba
8'  Dulciana
4'  Flute Harmonic
4'  Octave (ext)
    Chimes

Great to Great 16'
Great Unison
Great to Great 4'


    SWELL (Expressive):
16' Bourdon               (ext)  12
8'  Violin Diapason
8'  Lieblich Gedeckt             61
8'  Aeoline
8'  Vox Celeste
4'  Flute D'Amour         (ext)  12
2'  Piccolo               (ext)  12
8'  Oboe
8'  Vox Humana
    Tremolo
    Chimes

Swell to Swell 16'
Swelll Unison
Swell to Swell 4'


    PEDAL (Expressive):
16' Bourdon                      32
16' Gedeckt                (Sw)  --
8'  Open Diapason          (Gt)  --
8'  Dolce Flute            (Sw)  --
    Chimes


    COUPLERS
Swell to Pedal                  8,4
Great to Pedal                  8,4

Swell to Great               16,8,4


    FINGER PISTONS
General                      1 - 12
Swell                         1 - 6
  Sw-Ped                      (rev)
  Sw-Gt                       (rev)
Prev
Next
Great                         1 - 6
  Gt-Ped                      (rev)
Prev
Next
SF                            (rev)
Set
Can


    TOE STUDS
General                      1 - 12
Pedal                         1 - 4
Sw-Ped                        (rev)
Gt-Ped                        (rev)
Sw-Gt                         (rev)
Prev
Next
SF                            (rev)


    PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Great Expression             (bal.)
Swell Expression             (bal.)
Crescendo                    (bal.)


    NOTES
On the original Tellers-Kent console spec, the Harmonic Flute was
shown as it being 8' pitch, but the rank is actually 4' pitch.

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