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Multiple Builders

Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
717 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH

Images

2019 - Church exterior (Photograph by Feryal Alaymont, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2023-01-25 - Organ case (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

April 2020 - Church interior to front and organ case (Photograph by Cincinnati Chapter, AGO, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2021 - Church interior (Photograph by Tara Mechley/Jeff Scofield)

2019-03-04 - Reisner console (Photograph by Church Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
53 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
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: Adjustable Combination Pistons

Notes

2023-09-14 - From Don Hurd: The church celebrated the 100th birthday of the organ November 15, 2015. The [Reisner] console located in the balcony and the pipes are located behind a case located behind the front platform, far away. Rebuilt following a fire in the 1960's by Charles Hildreth. Balcony echo organ possibly removed at that time, too Console was originally on the main floor platform with a curtain around it. Beautiful case façade from previous Koehnken & Grimm organ Extra pipes stored in the basement. Charles Hildreth installed a setter-board in a cabinet behind the balcony console. This has been removed and updated. Chimes are in front of echo shutters. -Jeff Scofield

Stoplist

Source: Dr. Thomas Heidenreich, via The Zimbelstern Quarterly, Fall 2013

         Cincinnati, Ohio       
         Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
  
         Austin   Op. 601   1915   4/
         Additions & changes by others
         ____________________________________________

         GREAT                    CHOIR
b    16' Flauto Dolce         16' Contra Gamba      a     
a     8' Open Diapason         8' Spitz Flute       b
a     8' Clarabella            8' Concert Flute     a
c     8' Gemshorn              8' Flute Celeste     a
a     4' Octave                8' Quintadena        a
      4' Spitz Flute   CH      4' Rohrflöte         a
b 2 2/3' Twelfth           2 2/3' Nazard            s
b     2' Fifteenth             2' Principal         b
b   III  Mixture           1 3/5' Tierce            s
a     8' Trumpet           1 1/3' Larigot           b
         Sub                   1' Sifflöte          s
         Unison Off            8' Clarinet          a
         Super                    Tremulant
         Chimes (1974)            Sub
                                  Unison Off
         SWELL                    Super
a    16' Bourdon                  Choir Manual OFF
a     8' Violin Diapason 
a     8' Stopped Diapason         PEDAL
a     8' Salicional           32' Resultant         a
a     8' Vox Celeste          16' Double Diapason   a
b     4' Principal            16' Bourdon           a
a     4' Nachthorn            16' Violone           a
b     2' Block Flute          16' Lieblich Gedeckt SW
b   III  Plein Jeu            16' Contra Gamba     CH
a    16' Contra Posaune        8' Open Diapason     b
a     8' Cornopean             8' Gross Flute       a
c     8' Oboe                  8' Gedeckt          SW
c     4' Clarion               8' Viole            CH
         Tremulant             4' Octave            b
         Sub                   4' Flute            SW
         Unison Off            2' Super Octave      b
         Super                16' Tuba Profunda     a
         Zimbelstern (2010)   16' Contra Posaune   SW
                               8' Trumpet          SW
                               4' Cor Anglais       b

a  Austin 1915                 c  c 2003
b  1971-1972                   s  from Spitz Flute

     [Received from Jeff Scofield September 14, 2023]

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