St. Paul's Episcopal Church
1000 Michigan Avenue
La Porte, IN
OHS convention: 2002
Images
2020-05-19 - Church Exterior (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2020-02-06 - Reservoir in the process of being re-leathered. (Blower is to the right, and the boots of the 16' Cremona are visible in the background.) (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2019-11-06 - Great Pipework, top to bottom: Melodia, Dulciana, 4' Chimney Flute, Fifteenth, Trumpet (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2019-11-06 - Tracker turns to the Pedal chest. (Note, this was shortly before the reservoir was re-leathered.) (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2019-11-06 - View from the back of the music rack, showing tracker runs up from the keys. (Photograph by John Gouwens/John Gouwens)
2019-11-06 - Original Steere & Turner facade and keydesk (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Added nave facade - Pedal 8' Violoncello (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Left stop jamb (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Right stop jamb (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Nave interior with organ at front, left (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Nave and chancel facades (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Keydesk with cover closed (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Keydesk with cover open (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Pedalboard and combination trundles (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
2019-11-06 - Swell-to-Great On/Off coupler pistons and Steer & Turner nameplate (Photograph by John Gouwens/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- Organ type: Traditional Without Cover
- Console position: Keydesk Attached
- 2 manuals
- 20 stops
- 23 registers
- 3 divisions
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
- Stop action Type: Mechanical
- Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
- Manual compass: 58 notes
- Pedal compass: 27 notes
- Pedal Type: Flat Straight
- Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
- Combination action: Fixed Mechanical
Notes
2004-10-30 - The original builder was Steer & Turner (1872, Opus 45). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1996. -Database Manager
2009-12-20 - Updated through online information from John Gouwens. -- The stops added by Wahl are lettered in red at the console, so that the player may readily play only the original Steer & Turner ranks. This includes two ranks added to the Great Mixture. (Half-draw of that knob engages only the S&T ranks.) -Database Manager
Stoplist
Typed Stoplist (Source: The Stopt Diapason, August 1980) Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
La Porte, Indiana
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Steer & Turner, Opus 45, 1872
Ronald Wahl, 1978 - Additions
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<u>GREAT (CC-a2)</u> pipes <u>COUPLERS</u>
Gr. 8 ft. Open Diapason 58 Swell to Pedale (drawknob)
Gr. 8 ft. Dulciana 46 Great to Pedale (drawknob)
Gr. 8 ft. Melodia 46
Gr. 8 ft. Stop'd Diap. Bass 12 Swell to Great ON/OFF (mech. f.p.)
Gr. 4 ft. Principal 58
Gr. 4 ft. Flute a Chiminee 58
Gr. 2 ft. Fifteenth 58 <u>TRUNDLES (Unlabeled; l - r)</u>
Gr. Mixture 2 and 4 Ranks + 232 * Piano -
Gr. Cornet 1 and 2 Ranks + 107 *
Gr. 8 ft. Trumpet 58 * Forte -
<u>SWELL (CC-a2 - Expressive)</u> pipes
Sw. 8 ft. Open Diapason 46 <u>PEDAL MOVEMENTS</u>
Sw. 8 ft. Keraulophon 46 Swell Expression (bal.)
Sw. 8 ft. Stop'd Diapason 46
Sw. 8 ft. Stop'd Diap. Bass 12
Sw. 4 ft. Wald Flute (harmonic) 58
Sw. 2 ft. Flautino 58 *
Sw. 1-1/3 ft. Nineteenth 58 *
Sw. 8 ft. Oboe 46 <u>ACTION</u>: Mech. Key & Stop
Sw. 8 ft. Basson 12
Tremolo <u>REGISTERS</u>: 23
<u>PEDALE (CC-d)</u> <u>STOPS</u>: 20
Ped. 16 ft. Bourdon 27
Ped. 8 ft. Violoncello 27 * <u>RANKS</u>: 24
Ped. 4 ft. Gemshorn 27 *
Ped. 16 ft. Cremona 27 * <u>PIPES</u>: 1,223
<u>NOTES</u>
+ indicates a double-draw stop knob.
* indicates new ranks added in 1978-79.
OHS Citation No. 34, 1981
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[Received online from T. Daniel Hancock, 2012-09-13; Corrected & updated by James R. Stettner 2019-11-09]
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