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Felix F. Schoenstein & Sons (1984-)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Mormon Tabernacle
Temple Square
Salt Lake City, UT

Images


2023-09-23 - Console (Photograph by Ryan J. Ballantyne, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2005-05-07 - Organ case (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2012-10-05 - Console (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

2012-10-05 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

2012-10-05 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

2012-10-05 - Organ Facade (Photograph by René Troost/Database Manager)

2014-08-30 - Left Stop Jamb (Photograph by Allen Blodgett/Database Manager)

2014-08-30 - Right Stop Jamb (Photograph by Allen Blodgett/Database Manager)

2014-08-30 - Organ Historical Society Plaque (Photograph by Allen Blodgett/Database Manager)

2007-04-18 - Console (Photo by Jeff Scofield/Database Manager)

0202-05-02 - Console and case (Diane Meredith Belcher, via Facebook/Jeff Scofield)

2024-08-19 - Building interior from case top looking rear (Paul Marchesano/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main


Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Aeolian-Skinner (1948, Opus1075). -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1997 -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Renovation and enlargement. 256-channel SSL combination action added. -Database Manager

2007-03-06 - Updated through online information from William E. Berlo. -Database Manager

2014-11-26 - Updated through online information from Allen Blodgett. -Database Manager


Stoplist

http://www.templesquareorgans.com/tab/spec.html Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon Tabernacle 
Builder:	Æolian-Skinner Organ Co., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Year:	1949 (renovated by Schoenstein & Co., San Francisco, California, USA in 1988)
Opus no.:	1075
Stop controls:	drawknob (polished ebony drawknobs with ivory resin faces and brass shanks) 
Keyboards:	ivory-covered manual keys with tracker  touch
Pedals type:	concave, radiating
No. of speaking stops:	147
No. of ranks:	206
No. of pipes:	11,623

STOP LIST:

I Choir (Enclosed)

18 stops, 24 ranks, 1536 pipes

Gamba 16 
Principal 8 
Concert Flute 8 
Viola 8
Viola Celeste 8 
Dulcet 8 2 ranks
Kleine Erzähler 8 2 ranks
Prestant 4 
Zauberflöte 4
Gambette 4 
Piccolo Harmonique 2 
Fife 1 1988; from Carillon
Sesquialtera II 1988; from Carillon
Carillon III 
Rauschpfeife III 
Dulzian 16 
Trompette 8 
Krummhorn 8 
Orchestral Oboe 8 
Rohr Schalmei 4 
Trompette Harmonique 8 (Bombarde)
Tremulant

Positiv (Unenclosed)

Resident on manual I (Choir); also playable from manual II (Great) or manual IV (Solo).
16 stops, 21 ranks, 1257 pipes

Principal 8 1988; 
Cor de Nuit 8 
Quintade 8 
Principal 4 
Nachthorn 4 
Nazard 2 2/3 
Principal 2 
Spillflöte 2 
Tierce 1 3/5 
Larigot 1 1/3 
Sifflöte 1 
Septerz II 
Scharf III 
Zimbel III 
Rankett 16 
Cromorne 8 1988
Tremulant

II Great (Unenclosed)

29 stops, 44 ranks, 2564 pipes

Subprincipal 16 
Quintaton 16 
Principal 8 
Diapason 8 
Montre 8 1988 
Bourdon 8 
Spitzflöte 8 
Flûte Harmonique 8 1988 
Bell Gamba 8 
Grosse Quinte 5 1/3 
Principal 4 
Octave 4 
Koppelflöte 4 
Flûte Octaviante 4 1988
Gemshorn 4 
Grosse Tierce 3 1/5 
Quinte 2 2/3 
Super Octave 2 
Blockflöte 2 
Tierce 1 3/5 
Septieme 1 1/7 
Acuta III 
Full Mixture IV
Fourniture IV 
Klein Mixtur IV 
Cornet V 1988; f-f3
Double Trumpet 16 1988
Trumpet 8 1988
Clarion 4 1988

III Swell (Enclosed)

29 stops, 40 ranks, 2561 pipes

Lieblich Gedeckt 16 From earlier organ
Gemshorn 16 
Geigen Principal 8 
Gedeckt 8 
Claribel Flute 8 From earlier organ
Flauto Dolce 8 
Flute Celeste 8
Viole de Gambe 8 
Viole Celeste 8 
Orchestral Strings 8 2 ranks; 136 pipes
Salicional 8 
Voix Celeste 8 
Prestant 4 
Fugara 4 
Flauto Traverso 4 
Nazard 2 2/3 
Octavin 2 
Hohlflöte 2 1988
Cornet III 
Cymbale IV From Plein Jeu VI; 1988
Plein Jeu IV From Plein Jeu VI; 1988
Plein Jeu VI 
Contra Fagot 32 
Contra Trompette 16 
1ere Trompette 8 1988
2eme Trompette 8 
Hautbois 8 
Voix Humaine 8 127 mm wp
Quinte Trompette 5 1/3 
Clairon 4 
Tremulant

IV Bombarde (Unenclosed)

8 stops, 18 ranks, 1038 pipes

Diapason 8 
Octave 4 
Grosse Cornet IV-VI
Grande Fourniture VI 
Bombarde 16 
Trompette Harmonique 8 305 mm wp; 1988
Trompette 8 
Clairon 4 

IV Solo (Enclosed)

11 stops, 11 ranks, 727 pipes

Flauto Mirabilis 8 
Gamba 8 
Gamba Celeste 8 
Concert Flute 4 
Nazard 2 2/3 1979
Piccolo 2 1979
Tierce 1 3/5 1979
French Horn 8 
English Horn 8 
Corno di Bassetto 8 
Tuba 8 292 mm wp
Cornet V 8 Great
Harp 8 c-c4; amplified; 49 bars
Chimes c-g2; amplified; 32 tubes
Celesta From harp
Tremulant

V Antiphonal (Enclosed)

9 stops, 11 ranks, 720 pipes

Diapason 8 
Gedeckt 8 From earlier organ
Salicional 8 
Voix Celeste 8 
Principal 4 
Kleine Mixtur III 
Trompette 8 
Vox Humana 8 
Tuba Mirabilis 8 1988
Cornet V Great
Tremulant

Pedal (Unenclosed)

27 stops, 37 ranks, 1220 pipes

Montre 32 From earlier organ; ext. of Great
Subprincipal 16'
Flûte Ouverte 32 From earlier organ
Contre Bourdon 32 From earlier organ
Principal 16 
Flûte Ouverte 16
Contre Basse 16 
Violone 16 
Bourdon 16 
Gemshorn 16 Swell
Gamba 16 Choir
Lieblich Gedeckt 16 Swell
Grosse Quinte 10 2/3 
Principal 8 
Violoncello 8 
Spitzprincipal 8 
Flûte Ouverte 8 
Flauto Dolce 8 
Gamba 8 Choir
Lieblich Gedeckt 8 Swell
Quinte 5 1/3 
Choral Bass 4 
Nachthorn 4 
Gamba 4 Choir
Lieblich Gedeckt 4 Swell
Principal 2 
Blockflöte 2 
Full Mixture IV 
Cymbale IV 
Grand Harmonics V 
Bombarde 32 
Contra Fagot 32 Swell
Ophicleide 16 
Trombone 16 
Double Trumpet 16 1988; Great
Contre Tompette 16 1988; Swell
Dulzian 16 Choir
Posaune 8 
Trumpet 8 
Double Trumpet 8 1988; Great
Contre Trompette 8 1988; Swell
Krummhorn 8 Choir
Clairon 4 
Chalumeau 4 
Kornett 2 

Percussion

Chimes on Great
Chimes on Pedal
Harp on Choir
Celesta on Choir

Couplers

Swell to Choir 8, 4 4' affects only stops with top extension
Solo-Bomb to Choir 8
Antiphonal to Choir 8 1988

Antiphonal to Solo 8 1988
Great Tutti to Solo 8
Pedal Tutti to Swell 8
Swell to Great 8, 4 4' affects only stops with top extension
Choir to Great 8, 4 4' affects only stops with top extension
Solo-Bombarde to Great 16, 8, 4
Antiphonal to Great
Great to Pedal 8
Swell to Pedal 8, 4
Choir to Pedal 8
Positiv to Pedal 8
Solo-Bomb to Pedal 8, 4
Antiphonal to Pedal 8
Positiv off Choir 1988
Positiv on Great
Positiv on Solo
Choir to Choir 16, 4 4' affects only stops with top extensions
Swell to Swell 16, 4 4' affects only stops with top extensions
Solo-Bombarde to Solo-Bombarde 16, 4
Antiphonal to Antiphonal 16, 4

Combinations

64 memories (1988)

General 0, 1-20 1-5 and 11-15 duplicated by toe studs; 1-3,
5-7 and 13-15 duplicated on right side of
manuals
Choir 0, 1-8
Great 0, 1-8
Swell 0, 1-8
Positiv 0, 1-6 1988
Solo-Bomb 0, 1-8
Antiphonal 0, 1-4
Pedal 0, 1-8 6-8 duplicated on thumb pistons under Manual
I; 1988

Reversibles

Each manual to Pedal 8' coupler (thumb)
Great to Pedal Toe 
Swell to Pedal Toe
Solo-Bomb to Great Toe
Bombarde 32' Toe
Flûte Ouverte 32' Toe 1988
Contra Fagot 32' Toe 1988
Contre Bourdon 32' Toe
Choir shades to Swell expression pedal (thumb)
Manual I/II Thumb With indictor lights; 1988
Sforzando Thumb & Toe Thumb 1988; Sforzando may be set
independently for each memory.

Accessories/Miscellaneous

Crescendo 4 sequences: standard, A, B and C; A, B and C adjustable from console; 1988
30-segment LED Crescendo Pedal indicator, 1988.
Tremulants, Celestes and Percussion may be programmed to cancel with Crescendo
Pedal; 1988
Crescendo and Sforzando blind check; 1988
Chime volume
Chimes forte/piano
Chime dampers on/off
Harp dampers on/off
Combination set
Memory lock 1988
Memory selector 1988
Memory clear 1988
Digital clock with mode selector, stop/start, reset, fast set, slow set, hold;
1988
"Stand by" and "On air" signals; 1988
Broadcast timer; 1988
Console fan on/off; 1988
Technician call button
Intercom; 1988
Monitor; 1988
Nauvoo Bell button

 [Received from Sebastian Scionti 2013-07-24.]

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