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Visscher & Associates (1997ca.)

Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights: John D. Herr Memorial Chapel
2860 Coventry Road
Shaker Heights, OH

OHS convention: 2009

Images

2008-06-27 - Nave, Balcony, and Organ Case (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-06-27 - Keydesk and Pedalboard (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-06-27 - Drawknobs (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

2008-06-27 - Builder's Nameplate (Photograph by William T. Van Pelt/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached, Manuals Set Into Case
2 manuals
21 stops
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop action Type: Mechanical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Flat Jambs
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Details Unknown)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: None
Has hitchdown couplers

Notes

2004-10-30 - The original builder was George Stevens (1844). -Database Manager

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

2004-10-30 - OCH from St. Augustine's R. C., Scotts Valley, CA c. 1997. -Database Manager

2008-10-04 - Updated through online information from Don Daley. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: 2009 OHS Atlas

Great (58 notes) 1st Open Diapason 8 (58 pipes), 2nd Open Diapason 8 (42 pipes), Clarabella 8 (35 pipes), Dulciana 8 (35 pipes), Stop Diapason Treble 8 (35 pipes), Stop Diapason Bass 8 (23 pipes), Principal 4 (58 pipes), Flute 4 (58 pipes), Twelfth 2⅔ (58 pipes), Fifteenth 2 (58 pipes), Sequaltra III-II, Trumpet 8 (58 pipes), [blank knob]

Swell (Enclosed treble chest, from f0) Open Diapason Sw. 8 (37 pipes), Dulciana Sw. 8 (37 pipes), Stop Diapason Sw. 8 (37 pipes), Principal Sw. 4 (37 pipes), Cornet Sw. II (74 pipes), Hautboy Sw. 8 (37 pipes)

Unenclosed "Choir Bass" (GGG, AAA -e0) Stop Diapason Bass Sw. 8 (21 pipes), Principal Bass Sw. 8 (21 pipes), Basson Sw. [ 8 (21 pipes), Tremulant (New, multi-stage Laukhuff exhaust tremulant)

Pedal (30 notes) Sub Bass 16 (42 pipes, old (original?) label, CC-BB very old pipes installed behind main case, painted pine;), Open Diapason 8 (42 pipes), Bourdon 8 (Extension Sub Bass, new knob and label), Octave 4 (Extension Open Diapason, new knob and label), Contra-Bassoon 16 (42 pipes, full-length), Basson 8, Extension Pedal

COUPLERS Swell to Great coupler, Great to Pedal coupler

Accessories Balanced Swell expression pedal (originally a hitch-down), Bellows (inoperable)

Websites

Chapel Organ - History and description, stoplist (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

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