Pipe Organ Database

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Vaughan Keyboard Service, Inc. (2005)

Originally Dewey W. Layton (1962& 1963)

Location:

Immanuel Lutheran Church
846 E Pikes Peak Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 US
Sanctuary; rear gallery
Organ ID: 73051

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Lutheran Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition needs attention, but in usable condition.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Daniel Wicks on March 31, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • Chests: Electro-pneumatic (EP)
  • 46 ranks. 5 divisions. 3 manuals.
All:
  • Chest Type(s): Electro-pneumatic (EP) chests
  • Position: In a gallery-level case at the rear of the room.
  • Built by Dewey W. Layton
We received the most recent update for this division from Daniel Wicks on March 31, 2023.
Gallery:
  • Built by Allen Organ Co.
  • Manuals: 3
  • Divisions: 5
  • Position: Console in fixed position, left.
  • 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 with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, not in standard AGO position.
  • 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 Combination Action Toe Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Thumb Pistons
  • Has Coupler Reversible Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Daniel Wicks on March 31, 2023.
Daniel Wicks on March 31, 2023:

The organ has some very fine stops, especially the reeds, and sounds quite exciting in the room. However, it is hampered by the used Allen console, which is VERY worn out, and has some idiosyncracies that make it challenging for the organist. Because of limited space on the coupler rail there aren't as many inter-manual couplers on the organ as there really SHOULD be (and some of the provided ones aren't useful), there are (stupidly) no intra-manual couplers, and the swell shoes are reversed from AGO standard placement - the Swell is on the left and the Choir is on the right! Unusually, and VERY usefully, the organ has three reversible pistons which can be set to move any stop on the organ, and the divisionals affect the couplers.

We received the most recent update for this note from Daniel Wicks on March 31, 2023.
Jim Stettner on March 30, 2023:

This entry represents the combining of the church's existing 2-manual, 1961 Dewey Layton organ with a relocated 3-manual, ca. 1962 Dewey Layton organ from First Lutheran in Colorado Springs. Identified from another OHS Database entry.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on March 30, 2023.
Taken from the console: Open In New Tab Originally published 1/18/2023
We received the most recent update for this stoplist from Daniel Wicks on March 31, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Church exterior: Photograph from an archival source: Church Facebook page, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 2022-09-27