Frank Roosevelt Opus 380 (1888)

ca. 1890 - Organ facade and console (Photograph from an archival source: B.W. Kilburn of Littleton NH stereoscopic photograph, entered into the Library of Congress in 1890, submitted by Shawn P. Keith/Shawn P. Keith)

2021-07-08 - Console (Photograph by Solomon Wickline/Solomon Wickline)

2021-07-08 - Stained glass windows at rear of church (Photograph by Solomon Wickline/Solomon Wickline)

2021-07-08 - Organ case (Photograph by Solomon Wickline/Solomon Wickline)

2021-07-08 - Church exterior (Photograph by Solomon Wickline/Solomon Wickline)

2009-08-06 - Sanctuary interior and facade (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-08-06 - Console (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-08-06 - Central facade (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-08-06 - Full facade angle (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2009-08-06 - Chancel and full facade (Photograph by Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Unknown - Church Interior, Chancel, and Pipe Facade (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of T. Bradford Willis, DDS (1960s)/Database Manager)

1997-05-04 - Chancel, Console, and Pipe Facade (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Back of facade (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Great pipework (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Great pipework: cone-tuned Mixture and other trebles (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Great pipework: reeds (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Swell pipework (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: Swell 8' Vox Humana (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Choir pipework (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Solo pipework (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: Solo 8' English Horn (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: Solo 4' Hohlpfeife and 4' Bombarde (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pedal pipework (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: Pedal 16' Bassoon (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: Pedal 16' Bassoon resonators and 2009 Bombarde (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: Pedal 32' Diapason and 2009 Bombarde (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Pipework: 2009 Bombarde (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

2010-01-05 - Regulators and interior (Photograph by Bryan Dunnewald/Database Manager)

1888-1900 - Facade (William Henry Jackson, via Denver public library/Christian Tedesco)

Consoles

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Notes

2004-10-30 - Electrified and altered by several builders. A note (by Jim Suttie?) on Roosevelt list says exists, altered. Renovated by I. Morel c. 1969. Chancel. Ash Casework. Cost $30,000. Compass: 58/30. Audsley case design. Originally had water motor. Altered by Moller (old pipework preserved) [was this the 1969 renovation?]. Some changes have been reversed. -Database Manager

2009-02-25 - Updated through online information from Bryan Dunnewald. -- Going to get its fifth console. Being rebuilt and enlarged by Rick Morell and Associates. Sweet Sound, not many strings. Getting a festival trumpet and other pipes, and possibly 32' bombard. -Database Manager

2009-02-28 - Updated through online information from Bryan Dunnewald. -Database Manager

2009-08-14 - Updated through online information from Bryan Dunnewald. -- New OSI console in June '09. New Festival Bombarde: July '09. -Database Manager

2009-11-10 - Updated through online information from Bryan Dunnewald. -- Renovations Finished Sep. 2009. Rededication by James Ruth. 150th anniversary concert by Sophie Choplin in Nov. 2009. -Database Manager

2013-04-28 - Updated through online information from Steven E. Lawson. -- From 1998 OHS Convention Atlas: "The organ has undergone some changes over the years. ... "In 1936, the Roosevelt Swell 8' Vox Humana was replaced with a Möller set; at the same time, the Great and Swell 4' Clarions, the Solo 8' Cor Anglais and 4' [Tuba] Clarion, and the Pedal 16' Trombone and 16' Basson [sic], were disconnected. The contract for this work was signed for the church by A. R. Dowd, Mamie Dowd Eisenhower's father. Two years later, Fred Meunier installed "sweeter" American pipes recycled from the George Foot organ at St. John's Cathedral [Denver] when it was replaced with a new W. W. Kimball organ. The Great 8' Trumpet, $75; Swell 16' Contra Fagotto, $75; 8' Cornopean, $60; 8' Oboe, $65; and Choir 8' Clarinet, $60, were purchased for the indicated prices. With the single exception of the 8' Tuba Mirabilis, the "blazing, metallic" Cavaillé-Coll reeds disappeared, as did all of the Roosevelt reeds. "In 1964, ... Roosevelt reeds removed in 1938, the Swell 8' Cornopean and 4' Clarion, the Great 4' Clarion, and the Choir 8' Clarinet, were replaced with new pipes made and voiced by A. R. Schopp's Sons, Inc. The missing Cavaillé-Coll Solo 4' Tuba Clarion and Great 8' Trumpet were replaced with new pipes made and voiced by Harpfer & Ehrman, pipemakers of Boulay, France. The Solo 8' Cor Anglais, originally a free reed, was replaced with new pipes made and voiced by Geisecke." -- Console has 61/32 compasses -Database Manager

2013-08-06 - Updated through online information from Norman Sutphin. -- The OSI console installed by Morel and Associates in 2009 is the third replacement console for this organ. -Database Manager

2013-12-07 - Updated through online information from Kem Barney. -- A.R. Doud was not the father of Mamie Eisenhower. Her father's name was John Sheldon Doud (per Wiklipedia) A. R. Doud was a long-time member and historian at Trinity Methodist Church, Denver. -Database Manager

2018-05-24 - Updated by Samuel J. Chizmar, who has heard or played the organ. <br> I am a substitute organist at Trinity United Methodist and play this instrument often. Trinity Church seats 1,140 and was designed by architect Robert Roeschlaub to be a civic auditorium for the City of Denver as well as a church: i.e., a speaker at the pulpit can easily be heard from any seat in the auditorium, but it is totally lacking in reverberation. Trinity hosts other music groups such as Central City Opera, The Colorado Mormon Chorale, and Colorado Repetory Singers. Recent speakers at Trinity have been Madeleine Albright, Dan Rather and Al Franken. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from 1998 OHS Convention Atlas Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

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