Howe Military Academy: St. James Chapel - Transept gallery
Alumni Drive
Howe, IN
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
ca. 1902 - Original chapel before additions (Vintage postcard/Jim Stettner)
ca. 1909 - Chapel interior with organ in rear gallery (Website: https://www.howealumni.org/howe-history/st-james-chapel//Jim Stettner)
ca, 1909 - Organ in rear gallery from the right (Website: https://www.howealumni.org/howe-history/st-james-chapel//Jim Stettner)
Consoles
Main; rear gallery
- Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Tubular Pneumatic (Details Unknown)
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Angled Jambs
- Manual compass: 61 notes
- Pedal compass: 30 notes
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Notes
2025-04-07 - This entry represent the installation of a new organ. Identified from information in a related OHS Database entry (52781) and from information of the https://www.howealumni.org/howe-history/st-james-chapel/ website. -Jim Stettner
2025-04-07 - From the website: https://www.howealumni.org/howe-history/st-james-chapel/ -- "In 1909, the north transept was built, containing the sacristy, Kimball organ, balcony seating, and a stairs down to the crypt. This area has incurred serious termite damage in recent years. There has also been detrimental damage to the Kimball pipe organ over the years from roof leaks." -Jim Stettner
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