Better Pipe Organ Database

Mathias Schwab (1858)

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
12th and Greenup
Covington, KY

OHS convention: 1965

Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)

Consoles

Keydesk

Organ type: Traditional With a Keyboard Cover That Can Be Lifted To Form a Music Rack
Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
18 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Flat Straight
Expression Type: No Enclosed Divisions
Combination action: None

Notes

2004-10-30 - To St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption c. 1970. Bldg. razed 1970. Interior signed by Schwab and J. H. Koehnken in 1860. Newspapers about the pedal board are dated 1858. -Database Manager

2008-01-13 - Updated through on-line information from Gregory Schaffer. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: 1965 OHS Handbook

LEFT JAMB Subbass 16, Violon Bass 8 (25 (Now has Gedeckt 16' pipes)), Hohl Floete 8, Violine 8 (42 (Shares common bass with Hohl Floete)), Gedackt 8, Dulciana 8, Principal 4, Rohrfloete 4, Hoboe 8, Tremulant (unmarked, later addition), Octave Couppel (Sub on Manual), Couppel G. & Sw., Couppel Pedal & M.

RIGHT JAMB Bourdon 16, Principal 8, Viol de Gamba 8, Gedackt 8, Octav 4, Rohrfloete 4, Quinte 3, Super Octav 2, Mixtur III, Trumpete Discant 8 (now gone), Trumpete Bass 8 (now gone), Calcantenruf (not connected), Two combination pedals affecting the Manual Division

Websites

Timbrel Home Page [The Cathedral Organs] - Photograph, link to specifications (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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