Holtkamp Opus Job No. 1811 (1967)
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church: Sanctuary; rear gallery, right
7845 N River Road
River Hills, WI
Images
2017-05-07 - Organ in Rear Gallery (Photograph by David Bohn/Database Manager)
2017-05-07 - Organ Pipework (Photograph by David Bohn/Database Manager)
2017-05-07 - Console (Photograph by David Bohn/Database Manager)
2017-05-07 - Model provided with proposal to congregation (Photograph by David Bohn/Database Manager)
2024-01-03 - Sanctuary interior with organ in rear gallery (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
March 2025 - Builder's nameplate (Greenleaf Organ Co. Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
March 2025 - Organ in back, right corner of rear gallery (Greenleaf Organ Co./Jim Stettner)
March 2025 - Organ in back, right corner of rear gallery (Greenleaf Organ Co. Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
March 2025 - Pipework (Greenleaf Organ Co. Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
- Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Right
- 2 manuals
- 24 stops
- 24 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 Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
- Has crescendo
- Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
- Has combination thumb pistons
- Has combination toe pistons
Notes
2009-08-16 - Identified through research conducted by Sand Lawn, courtesy of David Scribner. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - Updated by David Bohn, who has heard or played the organ. -Database Manager
2025-03-22 - This entry represents the installation of a new organ. Identified from the Holtkamp opus list on the builder's website. -Jim Stettner
2025-03-22 - The organ was meticulously restored in 2024-25 by the Greenleaf Organ Co. A post on their Facebook page on March 22, 2025 states, "We recently completed work to breathe new life into this beautiful two manual, thirty rank instrument designed by Walter Holtkamp, Sr., and completed by his successors in 1967 (Job No. 1811). Scott R. Riedel & Associates developed the scope of work and provided exemplary leadership throughout the project. All console components were meticulously restored in our shop, with particular care taken to retain the original stop/coupler tablets and pistons in the course of a modern control system addition. The organ was fully re-leathered, including eight reservoirs, and all pneumatic actions. The blowing plant, originally installed in an unconditioned attic, was reinstalled in an insulated attic enclosure, with a new HVAC system designed to bring conditioned air through the space. We also restored the pipework, including cleaning and careful restorative revoicing, aimed solely at retaining the original voicing left by Holtkamp. We are deeply appreciative to St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in River Hills, Wisconsin and especially to Director of Music Christian Rich and Fr. Geoffrey Ward." -Jim Stettner
Stoplist
Source: Taken from a Co. Facebook post & old typed stoplist March, 2025
Great Principal 8, Gedackt 8, Octave 4, Rohr Flöte 4, Super Octave 2, Block Flöte 2, Mixture [IV], Cromorne [Kromhorn] 8
Pedal Subbass 16, Octave 8, Gedackt 8, Choral Bass 4, Mixture [III], Fagott 16, Schalmey 4, Flute 4
Swell Gamba 8, Bourdon 8, Celeste 8, Principal 4, Doublette 2, Nacht Horn 4, Quinte 1 1/3, Sesquialtera [II]
Swell to Swell 8 (Swell to Pedal), Great to Pedal 8 (Great to Pedal), Swell to Great 16, Swell to Great 8 (Swell to Great)
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