Pipe Organ Database

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Unknown Builder (1987ca.)

Originally A. B. Felgemaker Co. (Opus 720, 1900)

Location:

St. Paul's United Methodist Church
1201 Madison Ave.
Toledo, OH 43604 US
Organ ID: 59775

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Methodist Churches
  • The organ has an unknown or unreported status.
  • The organ's condition is unknown.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Database Manager on May 13, 2018.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Slider, Information unknown or not applicable
  • 3 divisions. 2 manuals.
Great:
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. B. Felgemaker Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022.

Swell (Expressive):
  • Chest Type(s): Slider chests
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. B. Felgemaker Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022.

Pedal:
  • Position: In a case at the front of the room.
  • Built by A. B. Felgemaker Co.
We received the most recent update for this division from Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022.
Main:
  • Built by A. B. Felgemaker Co.
  • Manuals: 2
  • Divisions: 3
  • Position: Keydesk attached.
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 30
  • Key Action: Mechanical connection from key to chest (tracker, sticker or mix).
  • Stop Action: Mechanical connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with a keyboard cover that can be lifted to form a music rack.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in horizontal rows on terraced/stepped jambs.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals.
  • Pedalboard Type: Flat straight pedalboard.
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022.
Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022:

Updated through online information from James D. Williams, "I'm not sure of the price but I think it was about $35,000."

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022.
Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022:

The organ was relocated from St. John's United Methodist in Toledo, Ohio which reportedly closed in 1972.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on June 22, 2022.
Database Manager on January 09, 2017:

This entry describes a new home for an organ that was relocated without either tonal or mechanical changes.
Identified by J. A. Hefner.
St. Paul's had been reconstructed on several occasions; the most recent building first held services on 23 August 1987.

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

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-09-21

Organ case in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2018-09-21

Organ case: Photograph from an archival source: Mapquest (Unattributed), submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Date unknown