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Owner (2003)

Cincinnati Museum Center: Rotunda
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH

Images

2013-09-15 - Console (Photograph by Nik Stackpole/Nik Stackpole)

Nov 12, 2024 - Left stopjamb (Dylan David Shaw/Dylan David Shaw)

Nov 12, 2024 - Right stopjamb (Dylan David Shaw/Dylan David Shaw)

2024-11-13 - Console (Seth Daily, Facebook via Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2024-11-13 - Rotunda (Seth Daily/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Movable Console
4 manuals
80 registers
6 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was Skinner Organ Company (Opus 660, 1927). Originally built for Immaculate Conception RC Church in Philadelphia, PA. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Augmented by Skinner Opus 728, 1928. Originally built for College Hill/Cincinnati residence of Powell Crosley, Jr. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager

2005-06-14 - On-line update from Tom Cruse -- The organ is played most Friday evenings before the museum closes. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from Harvey Piltingsrud Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Cincinnati Museum Center Rotunda
 
Organ Stop List

Great (6” WG)
16’ Bourdon (Pedal Bourdon + 17 P)
8’ First Diapason
8’ Second Diapason
8’ Claribel Flute
4’ Flute
4’ Octave
2’ Fifteenth
III Mixture
8’ Tromba
4’ Clarion*
Chimes (Choir)

Swell (7 ½” WG)
16’ Bourdon
8’ Diapason
8’ Rohrflute
8’ Salicional
8’ Voix Celeste
8’ Flauto Dolce
8’ Flute Celeste
4’ Flute Triangulaire
4’ Octave
2’ Fifteenth
V Mixture
16’ Waldhorn
8’ Cornopean
4’ Clarion
8’ Oboe d’Amour
8’ Flugelhorn
8’ Vox Humana
Tremolo

Choir (6” WG)
8’ Concert Flute
8’ Gamba
8’ Dulciana
8’ Unda Maris
4’ Flute d’Amore
2’ Piccolo
16’ Bassoon (9 ½” WG)
8’ Clarinet
8’ Harp (unit with Celesta)
4’ Celesta
Chimes 25 notes
Tremolo

Solo (10” WG)
8’ Flauto Mirabilis
8’ Gross Gamba
8’ Gamba Celeste
8’ French Horn
8’ Corno d’Bassetto
8’ Tuba Mirabilis (22” WG)
4’ Tuba Clarion
8’ Harmonic Tuba
16’ Tuba Profunda*
Tremolo

Antiphonal (7 ½” WG)
16’ Flute (16’, 8’, 4’ unit flute)
8’ Concert Flute
8’ Unda Maras (2 rk)
8’ Voix Celeste (2 rk)
8’ Flute Celeste (2rk)
8’ Cello Celeste (2rk) Celeste ranks in above four stops can be turned off.
8’ Diapason
8’ Vox Humana
8’ English Horn
8’ Clarinet
8’ French Horn
8’ Trumpet
4’ Clarion*
Harp (61 notes)
Chimes (20 notes)
Tremolo

Pedal
32’ Bourdon 32’, 16’, 8’(unit) (6” WG)
16’ Open Diapason 16’, 8’(unit)(6” WG)
16’ Echo Lieblich (Swell Bourdon duplex)
16’ Violone 32 notes (6” WG)
32’ Bombarde (Metal) (unit with 8’ Tromba) (16 1/2” WG)
32’ Bombarde (Wood) 32 notes, Located in Antiphonal (30” WG)**
16’ Trombone 32 notes (13” WG)
16’ Waldhorn (Swell duplex)
8’ Tromba
Chimes (Choir)

Antiphonal Pedal
16’ Violone 16’(7 ½ WG)
16’ Lieblich Gedeckt (from 16’, 8’, 4’ manual unit flute)(7 ½ WG)
16’ Bourdon 32 notes (5” WG)

*A.R. Schopp’s Sons
**Built at Cincinnati Museum Center


 [Received from Harley Piltingsrud 2013-05-08.]

Documents

History of the Organ Project Received from Harvey Piltingsrud 2013-05-08 -Database Manager

Websites

Pipedreams - This website has information about the instrument, some photographs, and a recording from a previous concert. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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