Better Pipe Organ Database

Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling Opus 1599 (1937)

St. Philomena Roman Catholic Church
13824 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH

Images

2016-11-15 - Church interior (Photograph by metroarchstudio.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-11-15 - Church interior to front (Photograph by metroarchstudio.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2016-11-15 - Interior of church to rear, organ and exposed pipes (Photograph by metroarchstudio.com, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Non-Traditional Style, As Consoles by Holtkamp, Schlicker, et al
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
33 stops
33 registers
4 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Has crescendo
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2000. -Database Manager

2004-10-30 - New chest(s) by John Leek. -Database Manager

2010-03-01 - Updated through online information from David Dunkle. -- Sw II: 8' Schalmei severely damaged in 1975. 61 empty places on chest for replacement or 16' Dulzian. 4' Oboe extended down 1 octave to 8'. John Leek replaced 90% with Pitman chests from Organ Supply, Erie, PA. New leather for bellows and all stopped wooden ranks. Holtkamp Organ Co. restored final Swell chest late 80s, early 90s. 10 r. Rückpositiv, described as "first RP in a No. American church". Rededicated Sept. 1979 by David Dunkle, Mus. Director in a program of Bach, Alain & Schumann. Organ possessed 42 straight ranks, no borrows, no extensions. Last inspected by David Dunkle, Oct. 2009. A few dead notes in one pedal stop, otherwise in good condition. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: From *THE AMERICAN ORGANIST*, February, 1938 1938

Pedal Bourdon 16, Violone 16, Dulciana 16, Octave 8, Vorsatz III, Posaune 8, Choralbass 4

Ruckpositiv Quintaton 8, Prestant 4, Gemshorn 8, Rohrfloete 4, Nasard 2 2/3, Doublette 2, Cymbal III, Tierce 1 3/5

Great Lieblich Gedeckt 16, Bourdon 8, Diapason 8, Salicional 8, Principal 4, Doublette-Tierce II, Hohlfloete 4

Swell I Ludwigtone 8, Harmonic Flute 8, Gamba 8, Viole 8, Octave Flute 4, Tremulant, Fugara 2

Swell II Plein Jeu V, Schalmei 8, Vox Humana 8, Oboe Clarion 4, Tremulant

Documents

From THE AMERICAN ORGANIST February 1938, p.2 Stoplist, description and commentary -Jeff Scofield
Stoplist, description and commentary, p.1 Stoplist, description and commentary -Jeff Scofield