Better Pipe Organ Database

Frobenius Orgelbyggeri Opus 995 (1996)

First United Methodist Church
175 Fifth Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY

Images

2017-07-07 - Console (Photograph by Sam Cherubin/Database Manager)

2017-07-07 - Organ Case & Facade (Photograph by Sam Cherubin/Database Manager)

1996-11-16 - Organ Case and Console (Organ Dedication Booklet; image courtesy of Ian Pykett/Database Manager)

2014-01-04 - HOVEDVÆRK (Great) pipework, looking towards facade pipes (Sam Cherubin/Sam Cherubin)

2014-01-04 - HOVEDVÆRK 8' Festival Trumpet (en chamade) (Sam Cherubin/Sam Cherubin)

2014-01-02 - Pedal copper 8' Bordun (Haskell basses) (Sam Cherubin/Sam Cherubin)

2014-01-04 - HOVEDVÆRK 16' Fagot basses (Sam Cherubin/Sam Cherubin)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Detached Keydesk (Mechanical Action)
2 manuals
30 stops
32 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Horizontal Rows on Flat Jambs
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Details Unknown)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons

Notes

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

2004-10-30 - In 1976 building. Ded. 16 Nov 1996 by Jonathan Dimmock. Stops may also be drawn by computer-controlled combination system. [Previously had 1975 Wicks, Op. 5545, 2-8rk which was sold to St. Stephen's Episcopal, Elsmere, NY in 1996.] -Database Manager

2010-11-28 - Updated through online information from Ian Pykett. -- Made of oiled solid mahogany with oak accents, the asymmetrical case complements the off-center location of the instrument, and the upward sweeps parallel the arched beams of the contemporary sanctuary. The manual natural keys and white stop-knobs are capped with mammoth tusk, and the sharps and black stop-knob plates are ebony. The pedalboard naturals are oak, and the sharps are ebony. The façade pipes are polished 70% tin. The mechanical key action is made using Swedish pine trackers and aluminum rollers. The sliders for the 27 speaking stops are drawn mechanically via the stop-knobs, but stops may also be drawn via a computer-controlled combination system. The eight General pistons and each of the three sets of six Divisional pistons are set at the console, and the settings may be stored in eight independent memories. 1,673 pipes speak in 30 ranks with fundamental frequencies from 32Hz to 10,546Hz. The pipes of the Hovedværk (Great) and most of the pipes of the Pedal division occupy the upper section of the case, and those of the Svelleværk (Swell) are under expression in the lower section. The wind pressure for the Hovedværk and Svelleværk is 70mm, and that for the Pedal division is 78mm. The organ case was designed by Jørgen Christiansen, and the instrument was installed by Kasper Ketels and Finn Østerberg. Voicing was by Ole Willemoes Høyer assisted by Jan Wohlfart, Michel Budde-Jensen and Marius Mathiesen -Database Manager

2010-12-18 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -Database Manager

2013-09-09 - Updated through online information from Sam Cherubin. -Database Manager

2014-08-28 - Updated through online information from Ian Pykett. -- The Saratoga organ, Opus 995, is Frobenius- fourth installation in the United States. The asymmetry of the mahogany case complements the off-center location of the instrument, and the upward sweeps parallel the arched beams of the contemporary sanctuary. <br>The manual natural keys and white stop-knobs are capped with mammoth tusk, and the sharps and black stop-knob plates are ebony. The pedal-board naturals are oak, and the sharps are ebony. The façade pipes are polished 70% tin. <br>The key action is mechanical. The 27 speaking stops are drawn mechanically, but may also be drawn via a computer-controlled combination system.<br>Nearly 1,700 pipes speak in 30 ranks. The wind pressure for the Hovedværk (Great) and Svelleværk (Swell) is 70mm, and that for the Pedal division is 78mm. <br>The case was designed by Jørgen Christiansen, and voicing was by Ole Willemoes Høyer assisted by Jan Wohlfart, Michel Budde-Jensen and Marius Mathiesen. The instrument was installed by Kasper Ketels and Finn ˜Østerberg, and was dedicated to the glory of God in November 1996 -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from memory Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

SARATOGA SPRINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
175 Fifth Ave., Saratoga Springs, New York 

Th. Frobenius & Sons Opus 995 (1996)
II Manuals/30 Ranks/32 Stops


HOVEDVÆRK (GREAT):
8’ Principal (façade)
8’ Rørfløte
4’ Oktav
4’ Blokfløte
2-2/3’ Quinte
2’ Oktav
2’ IV Mixtur
½’ III Cymbal
16’ Fagot
8’ Festival Trompet 

SVELLEVÆRK (SWELL):
8’ Spidsgamba
8’ Celeste (FF)
8’ Gedakt
4’ Principal 
4’ Kobbelfløjte
2-2/3’ Rørquint
2’ Traversfløjte
1-3/5’ Terts
1’ III  Mixtur
8’ Trompet
8’ Obo
Tremulant

PEDAL:
16’ Subbas (CC-AA behind the case, at floor level)
8’ Principal
8’ Bordun (ext. 16’)
4’ Oktav (Great)
16’ Fagot (Great)
4’ Skalmej 


Cymbelstjerne (located with couplers on right jamb) 

COUPLERS:
Sv + Ped.
Hv. + Ped.
Sv. + Hv. 

WIND PRESSURES: 
GREAT: 70mm = 2-3/4" 
SWELL: 70mm = 2-3/4" 
PEDAL: 78mm = 3" 






 [Received from Sam Cherubin 2013-09-08.]