July 2022 - Organ in rear gallery (Photograph by William Furry posted on AGO Facebook , submitted by Edward Bouvier /Edward Bouvier )
2004-10-30 - Status Note: There 2003. -Database Manager
2018-08-07 - Updated by Carl Henry, who has heard or played the organ. Additionally, Carl Henry listed this website as a source of information: http://www.bachorgan.com/Organs/Brombaugh/Op35/01.html. -Database Manager
From builder's old website, via Central Lutheran Church, Eugene, Oregon web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded
Springfield, Illinois
First Presbyterian Church
John Brombaugh & Associates Opus 35 2001 3 manuals, 49 stops, 70 ranks
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GREAT - Manual II (56 notes)
16' Præstant * +
8' Octave +
8' Holpipe
4' Octave
4' Spitzflöte
2 2/3' Quinte
2' Octave
IV Cornet (discant) + Hp 8
IV-VI Mixture
III Cimbel
16' Trumpet
8' Trumpet *
4' Trumpet *
8' Hautbois (after Alkmaar Bw)
RUCKPOSITIVE - Manual I (56 notes)
16' Quintadena
8' Præstant +
8' Gedackt +
4' Octave
4' Rohrflöte
2' Octave
2' Waldflöte
1 1/3' Sifflet
II Sesquialter
IV-VI Scharff
8' Dulcian
4' Schalmey (after M. Prætorius)
SWELL - Manual III (56 notes)
8' Baarpijp
8' Viola da Gamba
8' Vox Celeste (tc)
4' Geigen Principal
4' Flauto
2 2/3' Nasard
2' Querflöte
1 3/5' Tierce (tc)
III Scharff
16' Bassoon (Dulcian C-f', rest Oboe)
8' Trumpet
8' Vox Humana (after Haarlem Bw)
PEDAL (30 notes)
16' Præstant * +
16' Subbass (wood) +
16' Violonbass (wood)
8' Octave (most in upper center façade) +
4' Octave
V-VI Mixture
32' Contra Posaune (C-B wood) ]
16' Posaune ]
8' Trumpet *
4' Trumpet *
2' Cornett
COUPLERS, ETC.
Ruckpositive - Great
Swell - Great
Great - Pedal
Ruckpositive - Pedal
Swell - Pedal
Cymbelstern
Tremulant, adjustable
* Manual stops transmit to Pedal
+ Bass pipes common w/ other stops
] Same pitches share common pipes
Mechanical key action, suspended; attached Keydesk with bench at level one step
above gallery main floor level
Electric stop action with adjustable solid state combination system; mechanical
control of Swell division louvers
Metal flue pipes of finest lead/tin and copper alloys, hammered and voiced for
vocale sound
Cone tuning for small flue pipes; soldered hats for stopped metal pipes; reeds
easily tunable by organist
Wind system with wedge bellows and electric blower; stable, but flexible
To be tuned using a mild unequal temperament - Kellner's "Bach" - which is well
suited to music of all periods
Organ Case to be made in the general style of classical European organs as
exemplified in many of Builder's projects. Main Case for Great, Pedal & Swell
to be placed in nave gallery behind which stand the Posaune 32' wooden bass
octave pipes; the renown Tiffany "Dove" window will remain fully visible from
nave front; Ruckpositive to project into nave from center of gallery rail;
Keydesk to be centered in Main Case front with bench floor one step above
gallery main floor level to provide visible connection with choir and director.
Bellows/blower to be located in SE tower.
Specification and Disposition were developed by Builder in consultation with
Dr. Rudolf Zuiderveld, professor of organ at Illinois College, Jacksonville,
and organist for the church.
[Received from Steven E. Lawson August 20, 2014]
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