Pipe Organ Database

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Holtkamp Organ Co. (Opus 1611, 1942)

Location:

Baldwin Wallace College
Front Street
Berea, OH US
Kulas (Small Auditorium) Chamber Music Hall
Organ ID: 37868

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Colleges and Universities
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 41 ranks. 4 divisions. 3 manuals. 30 stops. 31 registers.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: Pipes exposed (in whole or in part) at the front of the room.
We received the most recent update for this division from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 4
  • Stops: 30
  • Registers: 31
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style without cover.
  • Stop Controls: Stop keys above top manual.
  • Combination Action: Remote pneumatic/mechanical capture system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Tutti Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Tutti Reversible Toe Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.
Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022:

Offered for sale (due to hall renovation) in 2018 via the Holtkamp website.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.
Database Manager on December 07, 2009:

Updated through online information from John Kenderdine. -- I am certain this was/is a three manual instrument. The lowest manual controlled a true exposed "ruck" positive division mounted above an exit door on the wall opposite the main organ divisions.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 02, 2009:

Updated through online information from David Banas.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on August 01, 2009:

Updated through online information from David Banas.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
Database Manager on December 20, 2008:

Identified through information published in John Ferguson's Walter Holtkamp: American Organ Builder (DMA treatise, Eastman School of Music, 1976). Although neither Votteler-Holtkamp-Sparling nor their successor Holtkamp Organ Co. assigned Opus numbers to their instruments, this organ was identified in factory documents as Job number 1611. That number appears here as the Opus number of this instrument.

We received the most recent update for this note from Database Manager on April 09, 2020.
From THE DIAPASON December 1940: Open In New Tab
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.
Write-up from THE DIAPASON December 1940: Open In New Tab Stoplist and description
Document created on 1940-12-01
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on April 07, 2022.

Write-up from THE DIAPASON June 1941: Open In New Tab Stoplist and dedicatory concert comments
We received the most recent update for this document from Jeff Scofield on May 04, 2022.

Instrument Images:

Console: Photograph by John E. Kenderdine, Jr.. Taken on 1967-04-16

Console, Exposed Great, and Open Swell Box: Photograph by John E. Kenderdine, Jr.. Taken on 1967-04-16

Organ and exposed pipes: Photograph by Holtkamp website, submitted by Jeff Scofield.

Organ and exposed pipes: Photograph by Holtkamp website, submitted by Jeff Scofield.