2004-10-30 - The original builder was Holtkamp Organ Co. (1969). -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 1998 -Database Manager
2004-10-30 - From Memorial Chapel (small chapel), Duke University, Durham, NC. Originally 2-14. Rebuilt and enlarged for this location. New Sw. pallet-and-slider windchest.. -Database Manager
2009-01-26 - Updated through on-line information from Terry Eason. -Database Manager
2009-05-10 - Updated through on-line information from John M. Bullard. -- I was Professor of Religion and College Organist when Duke University offered this Holtkamp organ to Wofford College in 1996. I supervised its move to Spartanburg and engaged Greg Hand to adapt it to Wofford's needs in 1997. He enlarged it and revoiced it--superbly! The sound of this organ is distinctly the Holtkamp sound. A new Trumpet stop 16' & 8' was added and the 8' Principal. Chests are electro-pneumatic (Holtkamp) except for the Swell which is electric/slider (Quimby). Michael Proscia rebuilt the console in 2004, updated its mechanism, replaced the worn pedalboard, and refinished the console-case. -Database Manager
2016-06-12 - Updated through online information from Jim Thompson. <br>Additional information and picture of the installation at Wofford Chapel on link. -Database Manager
Source: The Diapason (online), March 5, 2004 March 5, 2004
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Wofford College - Old Main; Auditorium
HOLTKAMP ORGAN CO., Job No. 1837, 1968
Gregory A. Hand, 1998 - “Reinstallation & Enlargement”
GREAT COUPLERS
8' Principal [new] 61 Swell to Pedal
8' Gedackt 61 Great to Pedal
4' Octave 61
2' Recorder 61 Swell to Great 16,8,4
IV Mixture 244
8' Trumpet [new] (Sw) –-
FINGER PISTONS
Great to Great 4' Undocumented
SWELL (Expressive)
8' Copula (new) 61
8' Gemshorn 61
4' Chimney Flute 61
2 2/3' Nazard [old Ses] 61
2' Principal 61 TOE STUDS
1 3/5' Tierce [old Ses] 61 Undocumented
1 1/3' Quinte [old 1'] 61
16' Trumpet 12
8' Trumpet 61
Tremolo
Swell to Swell 4'
PEDAL MOVEMENTS
Swell Expression (bal.)
PEDAL Crescendo (bal.)
16' Bordun 32
8' Principal [new] (Gt) –-
8' Bordun 12
4' Octave 32
2' Choral Bass 32
16' Posaune [new] (Sw) –-
4' Trumpet [new] (Sw) –-
ACTION: E-P Pitman VOICES: 16 STOPS: 22 RANKS: 19 PIPES: 1,096
Elec. Slider
NOTES
The organ was originally installed in 1969 in the Memorial Chapel at Duke University. When in 1995 Duke authorities decided to replace the electro-
pneumatic Holtkamp with a mechanical-action Brombaugh in Italian Renaissance
style, they donated the Holtkamp to Wofford College in memory of William
Preston Few (AB Wofford 1889; PhD Harvard 1896), founding president of Duke.
Gregory A. Hand, of Charlotte, North Carolina, has enlarged and installed the
Holtkamp organ in the Chapel/Auditorium of Wofford College, Spartanburg, South
Carolina.
The chapel at Wofford seats 850, nearly 300 of these in a large balcony. The
organ is installed between the stage pilaster and the right transept. The Great
is at the top, the Pedal beneath, and the Swell located behind the ornamental
grille.
The organ was augmented with new Principal and Trumpet ranks, and was revoiced.
Hand also provided a new slider Swell chest [made by Quimby] and replaced the
console mechanism; new pipes were made in England. A new solid state relay was
installed allowing for expanded memory, combination system and new couplers,
both inter- and intra-manual. A Principal 8', available in both the Great and
Pedal, was designed using the old Principal 4' (now, c13) and completing the
stop with new pipes in the bottom octave. A new Octave 4' was scaled to fit the
new environment. A large-scaled French romantic Trumpet unit was installed in
the Swell and made available at various pitches throughout the organ. A new
large-scaled Stopped Flute 8' (Copula) was installed in the Swell to augment
8' tone in that division. In addition, several modifications were made to the
Swell: the old Cornet II (actually a Sesquialtera) was split into its components,
and the old Octave 1' was re-pitched to produce a new 1 1/3' Quint. The organ
comprises 16 registers, 19 ranks, 22 stops, and 1,096 pipes.
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